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Western Journal of Nursing Research, Vol. 23, No. 1, 90-104 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/01939450122044970

Spiritual Perception, Attitudes about Spiritual Care, and Spiritual Care Practices among Nurse Practitioners

Susan Stranahan

Division of Nursing Education, Indiana Wesleyan University

The purpose of the nonexperimental study was to examine the relationships among spiritual perception, attitudes about spiritual care, and spiritual care practices in nurse practitioners. Attitudes about providing spiritual care and spiritual care practices have been studied among nurse generalists, but little research has been conducted on nurses in advanced practice. All nurse practitioners registered by the state of Indiana were sent Reed’s Spiritual Perspective Scale (SPS) and a modified version of the Nurses’ Spiritual Care Perspectives Scale developed by Taylor, Highfield, and Amenta. Pearson correlation techniques were used to test for significant relationships. Statistically positive relationships were between perception of personal spirituality and 9 of the 12 spiritual care practices. Eight of the 13 items describing attitude toward providing spiritual care were statistically significant with the SPS. Implications of the findings are discussed.


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