Spirituality and family nursing

"The majority of published guidelines on spiritual assessment and interventions are designed predominantly for individuals. They fail to differentiate between individual and family spirituality or offer only brief discussions on family spirituality. Such guidelines are potentially problematic. They may lead nurses to focus only on individual spirituality and neglect to discern family unit spirituality or recognize the presence of conflicts in spiritual perspectives within the family."

"The aim of this paper is to propose a guideline for spiritual assessment and interventions explicitly for families, while considering each family member's unique spirituality.
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To read the full paper:
Ruth A. Tanyi Spirituality and family nursing: spiritual assessment and interventions for families. J Adv Nurs. 2006 Feb;53(3):287-94.