Spiritual Distress in Patients With Cancer Initiating Chemotherapy: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Helga Martins Sílvia Caldeira Margarida Vieira Emília Campos de Carvalho Jane M Flanagan

Published in: Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (2021)

These results are relevant to clinical practice and indicate a need for nurses to use the clinical reasoning process to assess spiritual distress and to plan nursing interventions aimed at meeting the spiritual needs of patients with cancer who are initiating chemotherapy.

Keyphrases

advanced cancer
clinical practice
mental health
healthcare
locally advanced
physical activity
palliative care
risk factors
rectal cancer
quality improvement
radiation therapy