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To care for the whole person, nurses must provide spiritual care (Narayanasamy, 1995 Narayanasamy, A. 1995. Spiritual care of chronically ill patients. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 4(6): 397–398. [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]; Wright, 1998 Wright, K. 1998. Professional, ethical, and legal implications for spiritual care in nursing. Image, 30(1): 81–83. [Google Scholar]). The inability to consistently and effectively provide spiritual care has been linked to the lack of educational preparation in our basic nursing programs (Govier, 2000 Govier, I. 2000. Spiritual care in nursing: A systematic approach. Nursing Standard, 14(7): 32–36. [Google Scholar]; Piles, 1990 Piles, C. 1990. Providing spiritual care. Nurse Educator, 15(1): 36–41. [Crossref], [PubMed] , [Google Scholar]). This lack of preparation is unacceptable because patients experiencing serious illness, life transitions, loss, grief, or pain have an increased awareness of spiritual needs (Charlton, 1992 Charlton, R. C. 1992. Spiritual need of the dying and the bereaved—Views from the United Kingdom and New Zealand. Journal of Palliative Care, 8(4): 38–40. [Google Scholar]; Clark, Cross, Deane, and Lowry, 1991 Clark, C. C., Cross, J. R., Deane, D. M. and Lowry, L. W. 1991. Spirituality: Integral to quality care. Holistic Nursing Practice, 5(3): 67–76. [Crossref], [PubMed] , [Google Scholar]; Narayanasamy, 1995 Narayanasamy, A. 1995. Spiritual care of chronically ill patients. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 4(6): 397–398. [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]; Taylor, Highfield, and Amenta, 1999 Taylor, E., Highfield, M. and Amenta, M. 1999. Predictors of oncology and hospice nurses' spiritual perspectives and practices. Applied Nursing Research, 12(1): 30–37. [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]). During these experiences, patients are likely to interact with nurses—professionals that advocate holistic care (Martsolf and Mickley, 1998 Martsolf, D. S. and Mickley, J. R. 1998. The concept of spirituality in nursing theories: Differing world views and extent of focus. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 27(2): 294–303. [Crossref], [PubMed], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]; McSherry and Draper, 1998 McSherry, W. 1998. Nurses' perceptions of spirituality and spiritual care. Nursing Standard, 13(4): 36–40. [PubMed] , [Google Scholar]). Nurses must be prepared to provide spiritual care since spirituality is an integral part of being human. Nurses are not likely to receive this preparation unless faculty value spiritual care. Faculty who are aware of spiritual needs, value spiritual care, and have the skills to provide spiritual care are more likely to teach those skills. They are also more likely to role model or encourage the provision of spiritual care during clinical experiences. For some faculty, teaching spirituality may seem inconsistent with the dominant paradigm of scientific based practice (Govier, 2000 Govier, I. 2000. Spiritual care in nursing: A systematic approach. Nursing Standard, 14(7): 32–36. [Google Scholar]). Nursing faculty at state universities may question whether the overt inclusion of spiritual care in the curriculum is appropriate or permissible. The study reported in this paper explored the spiritual perspectives and identified the spiritual care practices of nursing faculty in a state university and a private Christian university. Along with describing the findings, spirituality related to patients, nurses, and nursing education is discussed.
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