Nursing students' perceptions of spiritual needs at the end of life. A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT: Spirituality is defined as the meaning of life, being the very essence of life made up of all of the aspects inherent to it. During end-of-life processes, this need is shown to be particularly altered in patients and yet it is an aspect that the health professionals accompanying patients in this situation report being least equipped to address, alongside therapies that could help to meet these needs, such as art therapy. An exploratory qualitative study was conducted, adheres to the guidelines of COREQ (41). The study population were final year students undertaking a nursing degree at the University of Huelva, Spain. The sample was selected via intentional sampling using snowball recruitment from the study population. Stratification according to gender was performed due to the feminised na

SUBMITTER: Garcia-Navarro EB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10375720 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature