Palliative care nurse specialists' perspectives on spiritual care at end of life: A scoping review

Palliative care nurse specialists' perspectives on spiritual care at end of life: A scoping review
Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing; Bronagh Dunning, Michael Connolly, Fiona Timmins; 3/25
The research demonstrates that specialist palliative care nurses perceive spiritual care as an important element of holistic care at end of life; however, these nurses also agree that spiritual care is lacking. This deficiency results from a lack of education in spirituality; experience of the nurse; the nurses' own spiritual and religious beliefs and values, fears, and difficulties in communication; and the nurse-patient relationship. The findings demonstrate the necessity to increase the level of spiritual care education in nurse programs, educating nurses on the provision of spiritual care, and how to deal with conflicts in spiritual and religious beliefs.