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1School of Nursing, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, USA.
Issues And Purpose:
To describe how African-American mothers' spirituality helped them cope during the time of their infants' hospitalization for a serious illness.
Design And Methods:
Fourteen mothers whose infants were seriously ill in the early months of life were interviewed for this retrospective, descriptive study.
Results:
The core theme related to prayer. Four mothers reported a strengthened faith, while two mothers continued to have difficulty relating to God or attending church.
Practice Implications:
These findings support the importance of understanding and respecting the spiritual needs and expressions of spirituality in African-American mothers who are coping with a serious illness in one of their children.
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