title: Exploring the spiritual needs of families with seriously ill children.
abstract: Although we know that families of seriously ill children experience spiritual distress, especially at the end of the child's life, there is little information on the specific spiritual needs of families. In order to develop further training for nurses in paediatrics and help nurses develop skills for communicating about spirituality, this research examined the spiritual needs of families based on nurses' experiences with families of seriously ill children. Nurses' experiences revealed that families' anger with God, blame/regret, forgiveness, and ritual and cultural traditions are salient spiritual needs requiring effective nurse communication skills to support families of ill children.
authors: City of Hope National Medical Center, Division of Nursing Research and Education, CA USA.
authors: Betty
authors: B
authors: Ferrell
authors: City of Hope National Medical Center, Division of Nursing Research and Education, CA USA.
authors: Elaine
authors: E
authors: Wittenberg
authors: paediatric Nurse Practitioner, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA USA.
authors: Vanessa
authors: V
authors: Battista
authors: Hospice and paediatric Palliative Care Providence Trinity Care Hospice, CA USA.
authors: Gay
authors: G
authors: Walker
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010166:Palliative Care; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D036301:Qualitative Research; D029181:Spirituality
keywords: Nursing; Paediatrics; Palliative care; Qualitative; Spirituality