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- Title
How do children express their spiritual needs?
- Authors
McSherry W; Smith J
- Abstract
Like adults, children draw on previous experiences of life including religious and spiritual beliefs to make sense of life events and to cope with crises. They will have a range of preconceived ideas, fears, concerns and fantasies which are usually linked to their stage of cognitive development and prior experiences. This article provides examples of expressions of spiritual beliefs across childhood, related to a discussion of the meaning of spirituality in the context of holistic care. Spiritual needs should be incorporated into daily practice of nursing, beginning with assessment, so that normal home routines are maintained and the family's beliefs respected. However this requires nurses to understand ways that children may express their spirituality.
- Subjects
RELIGIOUS life of children; CHILD health services; PEDIATRIC nursing; BELIEF &; doubt; SPIRITUALITY
- Publication
Paediatric Nursing, 2007, Vol 19, Issue 3, p17
- ISSN
0962-9513
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.7748/paed.19.3.17.s20