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Toward
Developing a Theory of Spirituality
Dorothy Woods Smith, RN; PhD, Associate
Professor
University of Southern Maine School of Nursing
Publication:
Visions: The Journal of Rogerian Nursing Science
Vol 2, Number 1, 1994, pp.35-43.
Abstract
The purposes of this paper are to share work done by the author toward
developing and testing a theory of spirituality within Rogers' nursing
model, and to promote discussion among Rogerian scholars in order to
further theory development. Major themes found in the nursing literature
are compared with a humanist definition of spirituality and examined
for theoretical congruence with Rogers' nursing model. Findings from
a national study in which spirituality, measured by the Spiritual Orientation
Inventory, was positively correlated with power measured by the Power
as Knowing Participation in Change Tool showed that polio survivors
manifested greater spirituality and the same power as people who had
not experienced a disabling or life-threatening event. Rogerian scholars
are encouraged to consider spirituality a potential of all human beings,
and continue to discuss and develop a theory of spirituality that is
conceptually consistent with Rogers' dynamic nursing model.
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