What is spiritual care in nursing? Findings from an exercise in content validity.
The scope and nature of what is spiritual care in nursing are poorly defined. This article explores what is nursing spiritual care using data collected from a panel of 9 experts for the purposes of establishing content validity for an instrument to measure frequency of nurse-provided spiritual care therapeutics.
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Elizabeth Johnston
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School of Nursing, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California 92350, USA. ejtaylor@llu.edu
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D018939:Holistic Nursing; D006808:Humanism; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research / Q000379:methods*; D009736:Nursing Process; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D010327:Pastoral Care; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012586:Science; D029181:Spirituality; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*