title: Spiritual care activities of nurses using Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) labels.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the spiritual care activities of nurses as subsequently identified in the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) labels.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were taken from a larger study that used a multiple triangulation research design to describe spiritual perspectives, interventions, and attitudes of 1,000 Sigma Theta Tau International members. Data analysis included descriptive and multivariate statistics for quantitative items, and content analysis for responses to questions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  97 respondents reported providing 32 spiritual care activities. Ten NIC labels actually mapped the nurses' spiritual care activities.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Spiritual care activities involve a broad spectrum of interventions that may be unique to each patient. The 32 spiritual care activities described by the nurses provide new knowledge regarding core spiritual care activities. The use of NIC labels can facilitate documentation of spiritual care activities in diverse practice settings.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study supports greater specificity in describing spiritual care interventions to a level that allows replication and advancement of knowledge.
authors.affiliation: College of Staten Island/City, University of New York, Brooklyn, USA. RCavendish@prodigy.net
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cavendish
authors.forename: Lynda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Konecny
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mitzeliotis
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Russo
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Luise
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lanza
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Medefindt
authors.forename: Mary Ann McPartlan
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Bajo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000145:classification*; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D010327:Pastoral Care; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D036301:Qualitative Research; D029181:Spirituality; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled