Spiritual Care in Undergraduate Nursing Education: An Integrative Review

Nurse Educ. 2024 Jul-Aug;49(4):E180-E186. doi: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001576. Epub 2023 Nov 8.

Abstract

Background: The growth of international migration and globalization has increasingly diversified patient populations, emphasizing the need for nursing students to provide competent spiritual care.

Purpose: To understand the teaching and learning strategies used to prepare undergraduate nursing students for spiritual care.

Methods: An integrative review with deductive data analysis was used to evaluate, analyze, and synthesize diverse research methodologies.

Results: Three educational approaches were identified, including passive, reflective, and combinatory approaches. The combinatory approach appears most appropriate for diverse learning styles within a student group.

Conclusions: No one strategy is best, but any combination of educational strategies can positively impact spiritual care competency within clinical practice.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Curriculum
  • Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate* / organization & administration
  • Humans
  • Learning
  • Nursing Education Research*
  • Nursing Evaluation Research
  • Spirituality*
  • Students, Nursing* / psychology
  • Students, Nursing* / statistics & numerical data