title: Nurses enhance performance through prayer.
abstract: Prayer can be empowering for performance enhancement. Researchers drew conclusions from a larger study that employed triangulation of research methods and a random sample of 1000 nurses to describe spiritual perspectives, interventions, and attitudes of nurses in the United States. This article describes the nurses' prayerful activities.
authors.affiliation: College of Staten Island, City University of New York, USA. RCavendish@prodigy.net
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cavendish
authors.forename: Lynda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Konecny
authors.forename: Barbara Kraynyak
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Luise
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lanza
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000523:psychology*; D029221:Faith Healing; D005260:Female; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology*; D029181:Spirituality; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States