1 40 1 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Citation List Month October 2016 List Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Nurses' Experiences Of Spiritual Communication With Seriously Iii Children. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Journal Of Palliative Medicine Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016 Subject The topic of the resource Methods; Nurse's Role; Pediatric Nursing; Child; Adolescent; Health Promotion; Nursing & Ancillary Services; Electronic Books; Local; Children's Health; Health & Fitness Palliative Care Nursing Issues; Pediatric Palliative Care; Spirituality Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ferrell B; Wittenberg E; Battista V; Walker G Description An account of the resource The goal of this study was to explore nurse experiences in communication with children about spiritual topics in order to develop training in this area. BACKGROUND: Although spiritual care is essential in pediatric palliative care, few providers receive training about communication with ill children about spirituality. METHODS: Researchers developed a brief survey to prompt nurses to reflect on pediatric palliative care experiences that included spiritual discussions. Nurses attending training courses voluntarily submitted stories. Qualitative data were thematically analyzed by members of the research team, consisting of two researchers with expertise in palliative care, spirituality, and communication and two expert pediatric palliative care clinicians. RESULTS: Nurses' spiritual conversations with children revealed that children question God and the reason for their illness, have a desire to talk about the afterlife as a way of understanding their limited lifespan, and to share descriptions of an afterlife, in these cases described as heaven. Nurses conveyed the importance of being present and engaging in spiritual communication with children. DISCUSSION: Communication training is needed and should prepare providers to respond to a child's spiritual questioning, assist parents when the child initiates discussion about the afterlife, and help parent and child understand the spiritual meaning of their illness. Chaplains serve as spiritual care experts and can help train nurses to screen for spiritual distress, have greater competence in spiritual communication, and to collaborate with chaplains in care. Quality palliative care is incomplete without attention to spiritual care. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2016.0138 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Article information provided for research and reference use only. PedPalASCNET does not hold any rights over the resource listed here. All rights are retained by the journal listed under publisher and/or the creator(s). 2016 Adolescent Battista V Child Children's Health Electronic Books Ferrell B Health & Fitness Health Promotion Journal of Palliative Medicine Local Methods Nurse's Role Nursing & Ancillary Services October 2016 List Palliative Care Nursing Issues Pediatric Nursing Pediatric Palliative Care Spirituality Walker G Wittenberg E