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Spirituality in Nursing and Health-Related Literature: A Concept Analysis
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Spirituality has become an increasingly popular concept among the nursing and health-related literature. The purpose for conducting this concept analysis, guided by Walker and Avant's methodology, was to (a) examine how spirituality has been used within the current body of nursing and health-related literature, (b) clarify the meaning of spirituality by discovering what this concept's current critical attributes/characteristics are, and (c) propose a definition of spirituality based on the concept analysis findings. A total of 90 references were reviewed, including 73 nursing and health-related references. Concept analysis findings revealed that spirituality was defined within four main themes in the nursing and health-related literature: (a) spirituality as religious systems of beliefs and values (spirituality = religion); (b) spirituality as life meaning, purpose, and connection with others; (c) spirituality as nonreligious systems of beliefs and values; and (d) spirituality as metaphysical or transcendental phenomena.
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“Despite the increasing use of the concept of spirituality among health researchers, there is no clear consensus about its definition (Chiu et al., 2004; Sessanna et al., 2007; Gall et al., 2011).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Sessanna, L., Finnell, D., & Jezewski, M. A.
- Affiliations
- University at Buffalo, State University of New York (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Holistic Nursing
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2007-12
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 252-262
- ISSN
- 0898-0101 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-5724
- OpenAlex
- W2055224796
- Cited by
- 141
- References
- 101
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 10 · 2014: 12 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 9
- FWCI
- 6.60
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Holistic Nursing (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Workplace Spirituality and Leadership
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Palliative and Oncologic Care
- Keywords
- spirituality, conceptual analysis, nursing literature, definition of spirituality, religion and spirituality, meaning of life, holistic nursing
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Holistic Health, Humans, Humanism, Nursing Theory, Philosophy, Nursing, Religion and Medicine, Nursing Research, Models, Nursing, Holistic Nursing, Nurse's Role, Spirituality
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