December, 2017 | Transforming Chaplaincy

Prayer and the Registered Nurse (PRN): nurses’ reports of ease and dis-ease with patient-initiated prayer request

December 5, 2017 nursing, prayer

AIMS: To explore nurse comfort with patient-initiated prayer request scenarios. BACKGROUND: Spiritual care is fundamental to patient care evidenced by Joint Commission requirement of a spiritual [...]
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Filipino nurses’ spirituality and provision of spiritual nursing care

December 5, 2017 nursing

This study was to explore the perceptions of Filipino nurses’ spirituality and the provision of spiritual nursing care. A descriptive, cross-sectional, and quantitative study was adopted [...]
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Empathy in Medical Students Is Moderated by Openness to Spirituality

December 5, 2017 empathy

THEORY: Empathy is one component of medical student education that may be important to nurture, but there are many potential psychological barriers to empathy, such as student depression, [...]
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Critical Care Nurses’ Perceived Need for Guidance in Addressing Spirituality in Critically Ill Patients

December 5, 2017 critical care, nursing

BACKGROUND: The term spirituality is highly subjective. No common or universally accepted definition for the term exists. Without a clear definition, each nurse must reconcile his or her own [...]
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Why do We Find It so Hard to Discuss Spirituality? A Qualitative Exploration of Attitudinal Barriers

December 5, 2017 spirituality

ACKGROUND: Despite known health benefits of spiritual care and high patient interest in discussing spirituality with their physicians, the frequency of spiritual discussions in the medical [...]
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