title: When nurses grieve: spirituality's role in coping.
abstract: This study explored spirituality as an aspect of support for nurses grieving the loss of patients. Previous research has sought to understand the grief support needs of nurses; spirituality is one support nurses describe. Fifty-eight nurses responded to questions related to spirituality from a Needs Assessment Questionnaire (NAQ) designed to study grief support for nurses. Nurses reported spirituality as important in their daily lives (75%) and in helping them cope with patient-related grief (70%), and cited spiritual-based resources as beneficial in coping. Spirituality can play an important role in coping with grief and should be included in nurses' support.
authors.affiliation: White River Junction Veterans' Hospital, Vermont, USA.
authors.forename: Christina G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Shinbara
authors.forename: Lynn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Olson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D012648:Self Care; D029181:Spirituality; D014481:United States