Spiritual Nursing Care: State of the Art

Holistic Nursing Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 161-168

  McEwen, Melanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Spiritual care; Spiritual interventions; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COUNSELING; EDUCATION; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; REVIEW; STANDARD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PASTORAL CARE; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 26944487328     PISSN: 08879311     EISSN: 15505138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004650-200507000-00007     Document Type: Article

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