title: Spirituality, meaning, mental health, and nursing.
abstract: 1. Spirituality, defined as meaning making, is a primary motivation in life. 2. The medical literature increasingly demonstrates an important positive relationship between spirituality and health. 3. Nurses often feel uncomfortable or unprepared to discuss spiritual issues with patients. 4. Through a few simple questions, nurses can easily make spiritual assessment a routine part of taking a patient's psychosocial history.
authors.affiliation: Yale University School of Nursing, 100 Church Street South, P. O. Box 9740, New Haven, CT 06536-0740
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ameling
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Povilonis
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing*; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000451:nursing; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires