title: Spirituality in nursing practice.
abstract: Spirituality is an important aspect of holistic care that is frequently overlooked. This is because of difficulties in conceptualising spirituality and confusion about how it should be integrated into nursing care. This article explores what is meant by spirituality and spiritually competent practice. It examines attitudes to spirituality, describes factors that might affect the integration of spirituality into nursing care and offers practical guidance to equip nurses to incorporate spirituality into their practice.
authors.affiliation: University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, England.
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wattis
mesh_terms: D018939:Holistic Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D026443:Spiritual Therapies / Q000379:methods*; D029181:Spirituality
keywords: Attitudes; holistic care; nursing care; religion; spiritual care; spiritual needs; spirituality