From: Exploring nurses’ experiences of providing spiritual care to cancer patients: a qualitative study
Themes | Codes |
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Spirituality from the Perspective of Oncology Nurses | The essence of living Unique Whole Universal Within the context of religion |
Recognition of patients’ spiritual needs | Communication Observation of the patient’s surrounding Expression of feelings Health status or diagnosis of patients |
Provision of spiritual care to cancer patients | Facilitating prayers. Encouraging the patients to read and/ or listen to Quran. Encouraging the patients’ families to participate in the spiritual care. Encouraging the patients to trust Allah (God). |
Barriers in implementing spiritual care | Insufficient staff Lack of time Insufficient knowledge and skills |