title: The challenge of providing spiritual care.
abstract: Spirituality is an essential element of holistic nursing and nurses need the knowledge and confidence to address spiritual issues with patients. This paper describes the development of a tool to help with broaching this sensitive aspect of care. It argues that nurses need to examine their own spiritual needs in order to be able to help others.
authors.affiliation: St Oswald's Hospice, Regent Avenue, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne NE3 1EE, UK. janet@stospont.fsnet.co.uk
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jackson
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000592:standards; D018939:Holistic Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000592:standards; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D009731:Nursing Audit; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education; D010327:Pastoral Care / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000592:standards; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D029181:Spirituality