Integrating Spirituality into Nurse Practitioner Practice: The Importance of Finding the Time

Is it possible to find the time to incorporate spirituality into nurse practitioner (NP) practice in time-driven managed care? This article reviews how medical schools are increasingly adding spirituality into their curricula, although NP programs and literature may be deficient in the area of spirituality Caring concepts and books on nursing and spirituality are reviewed. Stranahan cites that less than 50% of NPs interviewed incorporate spirituality into practice. Practical suggestions are given to NPs to add spirituality care into their practice and recognize how they can enhance spiritual care by the use of spiritual assessment scales.