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Ann N Hellman, Wesley E Williams, Shelia Hurley.
Abstract
Healthcare literature suggests that many nurses fail to address patients' spiritual needs and/or identify signs of spiritual distress. A study was conducted to explore whether nurses in a medical center possessed the knowledge to assess patients' spirituality and design and implement a plan of spiritual care. The Spiritual Care Competence Scale was used to assess competence in spiritual care assessment and implementation; professionalization and improving quality; personal support and patient counseling; referral; attitude toward patient spirituality; and communication of spiritual needs.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26548177
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Christ Nurs ISSN: 0743-2550