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Spiritual care in a hospital setting: nurses’ and patients’ perspectives

open access: yesNursing Reports, 2012
Many patients wish to discuss spiritual issues with nurses. Previous work has shown that nurses do so infrequently. A mixed methods research approach was used to investigate the perceptions of spiritual care of nurses and patients.
Jan P. Vlasblom   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nurses' perceptions of spirituality and spiritual care

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2013
Objective: The study was conducted to determine the perceptions of nurses regarding spirituality and spiritual care. Design: This descriptive-type study was carried out in three hospitals in a province in the west of Turkey. The study’s population was made up of 733 nurses working in these hospitals and the sample consisted of 289 nurses who agreed to
Çetinkaya, Bengü   +2 more
openaire   +5 more sources

A Brief Patient-Recorded Audio File Called TIMS (This Is My Story) Improves Communication and Empathy for Healthcare Teams in the Hospital

open access: yesJournal of Patient Experience
Our objective was to assess the impact of a 4-question patient audio interview (this is my story [TIMS]) on medical staff empathy and communication with hospitalized patients and loved ones.
Elizabeth Tracey MS   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Narrowing Place: Responsive Spirituality

open access: yesReligions
Among the many distinct experiences of cancer is the experience of the parent who watches their child become pale and drained of energy in the weeks preceding diagnosis.
Christopher P. Turner
doaj   +1 more source

An Online Educational Program Improves Pediatric Oncology Nurses’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Spiritual Care Competence [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This study evaluated the potential impact of an online spiritual care educational program on pediatric nurses’ attitudes toward and knowledge of spiritual care and their competence to provide spiritual care to children with cancer at the end of life.
Bansal, Naveen K.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Measures of spiritual issues for palliative care patients: A literature review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Members of the EORTC Quality of Life Group are developing a standalone functional measure of spiritual wellbeing for palliative care patients, which will have both a clinical and a measurement application.
Vivat, B
core   +1 more source

Spirituality and palliative care

open access: yesIndian Journal of Palliative Care, 2011
This paper shows how palliative care developed as a reaction to the compartimentalized technical approach of modern medicine. But what does it mean if we say palliative care wants to treat patients as whole persons? A few pitfalls need to avoided.
openaire   +2 more sources

‘They Need to Hear You Say It’: Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives on Barriers and Enablers to End‐of‐Life Discussions With Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT End‐of‐life conversations with adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer rarely occur without the guidance of healthcare professionals. As a part of the ‘Difficult Discussions’ study, focused on palliative care and advance care planning discussions with AYAs with cancer, we investigated the factors that healthcare professionals identify ...
Justine Lee   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impressions of Recording a Brief Audio File Known as a TIMS (This is My Story) File

open access: yesJournal of Patient Experience
TIMS (This is My Story) audio files are about 1.5 min long and provide a brief snapshot of the patient as a person. Previous research has shown TIMS files improve communication between medical teams, patients and loved ones, and increase empathy on the ...
Elizabeth Tracey BCCC, MS   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing the Spiritual Needs of Long-Term Paediatric Patients and Identifying Chaplaincy Interventions Which Address Those Needs

open access: yesReligions
In order to offer holistic, patient-centred care, attention needs to be paid to spiritual needs. For long-term paediatric patients, this need can be crucial as they may be facing a range of challenges, including life-limiting or life-changing illnesses ...
Liz Bryson, Paul Nash, Sally Nash
doaj   +1 more source

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