Spirituality, Religious Diversity and Holistic Nursing Care in Nursing Education: An Exploratory Study Among Nursing Students in Italy
The results highlight a discrepancy between professional values and perceived operational skills, suggesting the need to systematically integrate spirituality and religious diversity into nursing curricula. These findings highlight the need for a structured integration of spirituality and religious diversity into nursing curricula through targeted educational strategies in order to strengthen students' competencies and promote truly holistic and person-centered care.
Authors
- Alessandro Stievano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3508-2352)
- Elisa Porcelli
- Ippolito Notarnicola (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4828-8811)
- Gennaro Rocco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9211-3752)
- Carla Murgia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2390-6385)
- Serena Caponetti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3224-3350)
Institutions
- University of Messina (IT)
- Università degli Studi di Enna Kore (IT)
- Radiotelevisione Italiana (Italy) (IT)
- Ospedale San Filippo Neri (IT)
- University of the Sacred Heart (JP)
- Ferrari (Italy) (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nursing Reports
- Published
- 2026-04-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep16040144
- Primary Topic
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00