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Danielle Leone-Sheehan1, Jane Flanagan, Danny Willis
1Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Health Sciences, Merrimack College, North Andover, Massachusetts (Dr Leone-Sheehan); William F. Connell School of Nursing, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (Dr Flanagan); Yvonne L. Munn Center for Nursing Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts (Dr Flanagan); and Trudy Busch Valentine School of Nursing, Saint Louis University, St Louis, Missouri (Dr Willis).
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to explore intensive care unit (ICU) nurses' experience of developing spiritual self to meet the significant spiritual and existential needs of patients and their families. A qualitative descriptive method with directed content analysis guided by Watson's Theory of Human Caring was utilized. From a sample of 10 ICU nurses, 3 main themes were described. The themes articulate ICU nurses' experience of personal spiritual growth as influenced by their work environment and the need for continued development of spiritual self to support their clinical role.
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