The Spiritual Care Perspectives and Practices of Hospice Nurses

Spirituality and spiritual caring: nurses’ perspectives and practice in palliative and acute care environments

“…Nurses come to their caring profession from many personal and cultural backgrounds and academic preparations. Nurses’ individual spiritual perspectives, experience and education have been recognised to impact on the delivery of their spiritual caring and to influence their ability to practice it (Grant 2004, Belcher & Griffiths 2005, van Leeuwen et al. 2006, Lundmark 2006, Miner‐Williams 2006, Ross 2006, Ellis & Narayanasamy 2009, O’Shea et al.…”

“…1999). The clinical environment for hospice nursing is one with a focus on end of life issues and often concentration on meeting patients’ and their families’ spiritual needs (Belcher & Griffiths 2005). The hospice nurses’ commitment to the delivery of spiritual caring was associated highly with their patients’ spiritual needs: the need for meaning and purpose in life, the need to give and to receive love and the need for hope and for creativity (Taylor et al.…”

Nurses' and caregivers' definition of spirituality from the Christian perspective: a comparative study between Malta and Norway

“…Furthermore, ‘ No one can give anything which he/she does not possess’ (Baldacchino , p. 25). Thus, the essence of spiritual care is the therapeutic use of self which may be associated with the use of the caregiver's own spirituality (Belcher & Griffiths , Stockdale & Crosby , Baldacchino ). This requires the commitment of continual professional development in spiritual care by the nursing managers and the education sectors.…”

An integrative review of spiritual assessment: implications for nursing management

“…In recent years, scholars from fields as diverse as medicine, nursing, social work, sociology, psychology and theology have investigated the relationships between spirituality and health. Nurse scholars have been particularly active in the field of spirituality research, and recent studies have explored the attitudes, characteristics and practices of nurses and other health professionals in relation to the provision of spiritual care (Belcher & Griffiths , Baldacchino , Hubbell et al . , Lundmark , Yang , Chung et al .…”

“…In recent years, scholars from fields as diverse as medicine, nursing, social work, sociology, psychology and theology have investigated the relationships between spirituality and health. Nurse scholars have been particularly active in the field of spirituality research, and recent studies have explored the attitudes, characteristics and practices of nurses and other health professionals in relation to the provision of spiritual care (Belcher & Griffiths 2005, Baldacchino 2006, Hubbell et al 2006, Lundmark 2006, Yang 2006, Chung et al 2007, Bush & Bruni 2008, Nagai 2008, Wong et al 2008, Bailey et al 2009, Seccareccia & Brown 2009, Tanyi et al 2009, Chism & Magnan 2009, Chan 2010, Noble & Jones 2010, Wehmer et al 2010, Kale 2011, Smyth & Allen 2011. Nurses have also examined spirituality from the perspective of patients and carers in diverse clinical settings, including acute areas, but perhaps with an emphasis on older people, oncology and palliative care (Daaleman et al 2008, Edwards et al 2010.…”