Teaching nursing students about spiritual care - A review of the literature

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 499-505

  Timmins, Fiona ^a   Neill, Freda ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Care; Care provision; Nurses; Nursing; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARE; CARE PROVISION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSE; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; RELIGION; TEACHING;

CARE; CARE PROVISION; NURSES; NURSING; SPIRITUALITY;

EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; HUMANS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; SPIRITUALITY; TEACHING;

EID: 84886803910     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2013.01.011     Document Type: Article

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