title: Spirituality and spiritual self-care: expanding self-care deficit nursing theory.
abstract: The authors propose an integration of the concepts of spirituality and spiritual self-care within Orem's self-care deficit nursing theory as a critical step in theory development. Theoretical clarity is needed to understand the contributions of spirituality to health and well-being. Spirituality is the beliefs persons hold related to their subjective sense of existential connectedness including beliefs that reflect relationships with others, acknowledge a higher power, recognize an individual's place in the world, and lead to spiritual practices. Spiritual self-care is the set of spiritually-based practices in which people engage to promote continued personal development and well-being in health and illness.
authors.affiliation: University of Detroit Mercy, USA.
authors.forename: Mary L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: Rosalind
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: Stephanie Myers
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Schim
mesh_terms: D009732:Nursing Care; D012648:Self Care; D029181:Spirituality