The rehabilitation nurse's role in spiritual care.
For the ill or disabled patient, spiritual distress can prove to be a major nursing care problem that interferes with positive patient outcomes. This article explores major factors involved in spiritual distress and illustrates them through case studies and selected interventions. Nurses should be aware of the possibility that unidentified spiritual distress often is the culprit in an unsuccessful plan of care.
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