The qualitative findings from an online survey investigating nurses' perceptions of spirituality and spiritual care

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 21-22, 2013, Pages 3170-3182

  Mcsherry, Wilfred ^a,b   Jamieson, Steve ^c  

^a PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Deaconess University College   (Norway)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Keyword analysis; Nurses; Qualitative; Spiritual care; Spirituality; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KEYWORD ANALYSIS; NURSE; NURSING ORGANIZATION; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE; RELIGION; SPIRITUAL CARE; SURVEY; UNITED KINGDOM;

KEYWORD ANALYSIS; NURSES; QUALITATIVE; SPIRITUAL CARE; SPIRITUALITY; SURVEY;

DATA COLLECTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF; SOCIETIES, NURSING; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 84885716668     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12411     Document Type: Article

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