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Tanya Sherry Lee Willett1, Deena Honan, Amanda Wills
1Author Affiliations: Nursing Instructor (Ms Willett and Dr Honan), Department of Nursing Education and Health Studies, Northwestern Polytechnic, Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada; Librarian (Ms Wills), Learning Commons, Northwestern Polytechnic, Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada; and Assistant Professor (Dr Younas), Faculty of Nursing, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, Newfoundland, Canada.
Background:
The growth of international migration and globalization has increasingly diversified patient populations, emphasizing the need for nursing students to provide competent spiritual care.
Purpose:
To understand the teaching and learning strategies used to prepare undergraduate nursing students for spiritual care.
Methods:
An integrative review with deductive data analysis was used to evaluate, analyze, and synthesize diverse research methodologies.
Results:
Three educational approaches were identified, including passive, reflective, and combinatory approaches. The combinatory approach appears most appropriate for diverse learning styles within a student group.
Conclusions:
No one strategy is best, but any combination of educational strategies can positively impact spiritual care competency within clinical practice.
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