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    Singapore Nursing Students' Perceptions and Attitudes about Spirituality and Spiritual Care in Practice: A qualitative study

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    Authors
    Tiew, L.
    Drury, Vicki
    Date
    2012
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Tiew, Lay Hwa and Drury, Vicki. 2012. Singapore Nursing Students' Perceptions and Attitudes about Spirituality and Spiritual Care in Practice: A qualitative study. Journal of Holistic Nursing. 30 (3): pp. 160-169.
    Source Title
    Journal of Holistic Nursing
    DOI
    10.1177/0898010111435948
    ISSN
    1552-5724
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24107
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    • Curtin Research Publications
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    Purpose: This exploratory study investigated nursing students' perceptions and attitudes about spirituality and spiritual care in practice. Study Design: A qualitative interpretative approach was used to investigate the research question. Method: In-depth interviews were conducted with 16 final-year preregistration nursing students from 3 different educational institutions offering a degree or diploma program in Singapore. Data were analysed using the Miles and Huberman's method of thematic analysis. Findings: Thematic analysis identified three themes: (a) students' perceptions of spirituality, (b) spiritual care, and (c) factors influencing spiritual care in practice. Conclusion: The study informed that though young, spirituality matters to the nursing students. Accordingly, nursing is perceived to play an integral role in spiritual care. Enabling factors need to be systematically addressed both in the education and practice arenas before the perennial issue of disconnect between development and implementation of spirituality in practice can be bridged.

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