TY - JOUR
T1 - The possibilities and challenges in providing pediatric spiritual care
AU - Alvarenga, Willyane de Andrade
AU - Carvalho, Emilia Campos de
AU - Caldeira, Sílvia
AU - Vieira, Margarida
AU - Nascimento, Lucila Castanheira
PY - 2017/12/1
Y1 - 2017/12/1
N2 - The purpose of this article was to present discussions on how pediatric nurses can perform spiritual care to children and adolescents and discuss the challenges of integrating such care in health-care settings. Based on the literature, the article presents an overview of spiritual care in pediatric settings highlighting the assessment of spirituality, expected outcomes, and the corresponding nursing interventions. Spiritual care provided to children and adolescents should take into account all aspects of the developmental stage, life experiences, and familiar and sociocultural contexts. Different approaches can be used to perform spiritual care. However, lack of knowledge and time are highlighted as the main challenges in integrating spiritual care into the clinical practice. Spiritual care is crucial to the well-being of children and adolescents in times of illness and hospitalization when the goal is to provide holistic care.
AB - The purpose of this article was to present discussions on how pediatric nurses can perform spiritual care to children and adolescents and discuss the challenges of integrating such care in health-care settings. Based on the literature, the article presents an overview of spiritual care in pediatric settings highlighting the assessment of spirituality, expected outcomes, and the corresponding nursing interventions. Spiritual care provided to children and adolescents should take into account all aspects of the developmental stage, life experiences, and familiar and sociocultural contexts. Different approaches can be used to perform spiritual care. However, lack of knowledge and time are highlighted as the main challenges in integrating spiritual care into the clinical practice. Spiritual care is crucial to the well-being of children and adolescents in times of illness and hospitalization when the goal is to provide holistic care.
KW - Adolescent
KW - Child
KW - Nursing
KW - Nursing care
KW - Spirituality
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85034764008&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1367493517737183
DO - 10.1177/1367493517737183
M3 - Article
C2 - 29110531
AN - SCOPUS:85034764008
SN - 1367-4935
VL - 21
SP - 435
EP - 445
JO - Journal of Child Health Care
JF - Journal of Child Health Care
IS - 4
ER -