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Factors influencing nurse spiritual care practices at the end of life: A systematic review.
- Source :
- Palliative & Supportive Care; Dec2022, Vol. 20 Issue 6, p878-896, 19p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Objectives: The aim was to identify determinants of nurse spiritual/existential care practices toward end-of-life patients. Nurses can play a significant role in providing spiritual/existential care, but they actually provide this care less frequently than desired by patients. Methods: A systematic search was performed for peer-reviewed articles that reported factors that influenced nurses' spiritual/existential care practices toward adult end-of-life patients. Results: The review identified 42 studies and included the views of 4,712 nurses across a range of hospital and community settings. The most frequently reported factors/domains that influenced nurse practice were patient-related social influence, skills, social/professional role and identity, intentions and goals, and environmental context and resources. Significance of results: A range of personal, organizational, and patient-related factors influence nurse provision of spiritual/existential care to end-of-life patients. This complete list of factors can be used to gauge a unit's conduciveness to nurse provision of spiritual/existential care and can be used as inputs to nurse competency frameworks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14789515
- Volume :
- 20
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Palliative & Supportive Care
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 159972821
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S1478951521001851