title: Enhancing the ability of nursing students to perform a spiritual assessment.
abstract: According to the literature, a majority of nurses and nursing students report a lack of comfort and ability to perform a spiritual assessment. The researchers designed and implemented an intervention program to address the 4 barriers most frequently identified as obstacles to performing a spiritual assessment. They discuss this study and suggest teaching interventions to assist nursing students to assess and implement spiritual care. Researcher-developed tools are presented and can be made available for use.
authors.affiliation: Lydia Green School of Nursing, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA 98122, USA. dhoffert@comcast.net
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hoffert
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Henshaw
authors.forename: Nyaradzo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mvududu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000592:standards*; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009742:Nursing Theory; D010327:Pastoral Care / Q000193:education; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D015397:Program Evaluation; D020377:Self Efficacy; D029181:Spirituality; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014861:Washington