What Is the Essence of Spiritual Care?

Teaching spiritual care – a grounded theory study among undergraduate nursing educators

“…2004, Baldacchino 2006, AACN 2009). However, there is no consensus on a definition of spirituality and spiritual care nor is there universally recognised training for this domain in nursing school curricula (Meyer 2003, Stern & James 2006, McSherry 2007, Carson 2011). Bloemhard (2008) reports a significant amount of literature relating to the meaning of spiritual care (McSherry et al.…”

Prayer in Clinical Practice

“…According to Carson (2011), spiritual care consists of "three overlapping modalities-ministry of presence, ministry of word, and ministry of action" (p. 173). Ministry of word can include the use of prayer and prayer can be offered in silence as the nurse provides care to the patient.…”

“…Ministry of word can include the use of prayer and prayer can be offered in silence as the nurse provides care to the patient. Silent prayer can be offered for God's involvement to increase healing or to help with test or surgical results (Carson, 2011). Silent prayer can be offered for God's involvement to increase healing or to help with test or surgical results (Carson, 2011).…”

Open journey theory: Intersection of journeying with students and opening up to learning

“…The literature evidences nurse insecurity and a lack of sufficient training to provide spiritual care [2,4,[9][10][11] . However, no clear guidelines for teaching spiritual care exist for curricular design in nursing theory or clinical practice [11][12][13][14] .…”

“…However, no clear guidelines for teaching spiritual care exist for curricular design in nursing theory or clinical practice [11][12][13][14] . Most studies report on educational courses and curricular changes [14][15][16][17][18] , but qualitative research from the perspective of students and teachers is limited.…”