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Implementing spiritual care interventions.

S Ílvia Caldeira1, Fiona Timmins2

  • 1Instituto de Ciências da Saúde, Lisbon, Portugal.

Nursing Standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)
|April 20, 2017
PubMed
Summary

Nurses can implement spiritual care interventions using clinical reasoning and the nursing process. This approach helps identify spiritual distress and meet patient needs within a holistic, multidisciplinary team framework.

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Area of Science:

  • Nursing
  • Spiritual Care
  • Holistic Health

Background:

  • Spiritual care is integral to holistic patient care.
  • Nurses play a key role in addressing patients' spiritual needs.
  • Previous articles in the series addressed foundational aspects of spiritual care.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To guide nurses in implementing spiritual care interventions.
  • To outline competencies for identifying and addressing spiritual distress.
  • To emphasize the role of spiritual care within multidisciplinary teams.

Main Methods:

  • Discussion of clinical reasoning in spiritual care.
  • Application of the nursing process to spiritual care interventions.
  • Review of necessary competencies for spiritual care provision.
Keywords:
clinical reasoningholistic carenursing processreligionspiritual carespiritual care interventionsspirituality

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Main Results:

  • Nurses can systematically implement spiritual care.
  • Identification of spiritual distress is a key nursing competency.
  • Spiritual care is effectively delivered as part of a team.

Conclusions:

  • Nurses are equipped to implement spiritual care interventions.
  • Competent spiritual care enhances holistic patient outcomes.
  • Multidisciplinary collaboration is essential for effective spiritual care.