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01-03-2021 | Care | Review Article

Spiritual care interventions in nursing: an integrative literature review

Authors: Mojtaba Ghorbani, Eesa Mohammadi, Reza Aghabozorgi, Monir Ramezani

Published in: Supportive Care in Cancer | Issue 3/2021

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Abstract

As an important part of the holistic care, spiritual care is considered an indicator of care quality. This study aims to identify and characterize nursing spiritual care interventions. In order to identify and select resources, an integrative review was done. The search was conducted in national and international databases such as Google Scholar, Scopus, INML, Iran Medex, Iran Doc, Web of Science, Wiley, SID, ProQuest, Ovid, Science Direct, PubMed, ebrary, Sage, CINAHL, and Magiran from 1994 to 2018. As a result, 1625 articles were detected, 59 of which were included in synthesis. Data extraction and analysis presented eight categories of spiritual care interventions in the field of nursing including (1) the exploration of spiritual perspective, (2) healing presence, (3) the therapeutic use of self, (4) intuitive sense, (5) patient-centeredness, (6) meaning-centered therapeutic interventions, (7) the creation of a spiritually nurturing environment, and (8) the documentation and evaluation of spiritual care.
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Metadata
Title
Spiritual care interventions in nursing: an integrative literature review
Authors
Mojtaba Ghorbani
Eesa Mohammadi
Reza Aghabozorgi
Monir Ramezani
Publication date
01-03-2021
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keyword
Care
Published in
Supportive Care in Cancer / Issue 3/2021
Print ISSN: 0941-4355
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7339
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-020-05747-9

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