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Spiritual assessment across the cancer trajectory: methods and reflections
1California State University, Northridge, USA.
Objectives:
To provide information about spiritual assessment strategies and the spiritual stages through which persons with cancer pass.
Data Sources:
Books and articles (including research reports) from various disciplines including nursing, medicine, theology, and other health care professions: personal narratives and reflections of individuals with cancer.
Conclusion:
Sound spiritual assessment is prerequisite for sound spiritual intervention. Nurses must find the time, means, and knowledge to incorporate spiritual assessment into nursing care. Patients agree.
Implications For Nursing Practice:
Nurses can improve spiritual assessment by eliciting patient accounts of the evolving spiritual journey and prayers that parallel changes in health status.