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Developing a spiritual care competency framework for pre-registration nurses and midwives
Dr Josephine Attard1, Dr Linda Ross2, Keith W Weeks3
1Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta, Malta.
Abstract:
This paper identifies competencies in spiritual care from an in-depth literature review and develops a theoretical framework for competencies in spiritual care. It forms part of a larger modified Delphi study which recruited international nursing/midwifery experts. Using Braun and Clark (2006) adapted six-phase content thematic analysis, 7 domains and 116 competency items were generated from an in-depth literature review in three areas; spirituality and spiritual care, spiritual care education, and spiritual care curricular contents.
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