Spiritual care in nursing in Slovenia
literature review
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https://doi.org/10.14528/snr.2019.53.3.749Keywords:
spiritual care, religion, spiritual needs, nursesAbstract
Introduction: Spirituality in nursing is based on research findings that provide the basis for nursing practice. The aim of the study was to determine the number of scientific works published on the topic of spirituality in nursing in Slovenia and classify them according to research approach and content.
Methods: A literature review was conducted using the COBIB.SI database, covering the period from 2005 to 2017. The search was conducted using keywords: 'spirituality', 'spiritual care', 'holistic approach', 'nursing', 'palliative care', 'bereavement', 'dying', 'spiritual health'. Content analysis method was used.
Results: From the 367 identified publications, 11 scientific works were included in the final analysis. The content analysis method yielded the following three categories: (1) understanding the concept of spirituality and spiritual care and its significance for the patients, (2) perception of patients' spiritual needs and provision of spiritual care, (3) presentation of the potentials of the existential-phenomenological approach, which deepens the providers' self-understanding while caring for the spiritual needs of patients and their families.
Discussion and conclusion: The research findings indicate that in the Slovene literature spirituality in nursing is a topic of interest. Most scientific publications, however, consider spirituality in relation to palliative care and the dying process. Nurses play an important role in the perception of patients' spiritual needs and can offer advice and support.
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