Neurosurgery Nursing and Spiritual Dimension of Nursing Care

As healthcare started to be given in holistic approach, spiritual dimension has gained value by getting as much importance as other dimensions (physical, emotional and psycho-social) and this approach has removed the idea of the sipiritual deminsion being only for religious focus. Holistic nursing care is composed of a multidimensional structure including medical, moral, spiritual and religious aspects. In a study by McEwen however, it is stated that although some theoreticians define and accept spiritual necessities in holistic care concept, many others neglect that term [3]. In a study by Yılmaz and Okyay [4] on 621 nurses, it is noted that the neglection of the concept by many theoreticians should be one of the reasons that spiriutal needs are insufficiently considered in nursing education [5].