Nursing diagnosis and care in spiritual dimension: integrative review

Abstract

Objective. To analyze the production of research that adopted the use of nursing diagnoses and care in the spiritual dimension as an object. Method. Integrative review, by having as an outlining question: "” what is the relationship between nursing diagnoses and the spiritual dimension? The sample was given through the access to the databases: LILACS, Medline through PubMed Central, Scopus, CINAHL and Web of Science. Controlled descriptors combined with Boolean operators were used as a search strategy, available in the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH): "Spirituality", "Nursing Diagnosis", "Care", along with the descriptor: "Nursing". Result. There was a predominance of publications in the year of 2018. From articles evaluated, the majority arised from cross-sectional quantitative research. Conclusion. Not registering the spiritual assistance as a nursing care, possibly reflects a biomedical model incorporated within the profession, attachment to diagnoses of physiological foundations, taboos and prejudices involving this theme.