Nurse Education Today
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 386-392 , July 2010

An exploration of the status of spiritual health among nursing students in Taiwan

  • Ya-Chu Hsiao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Chang Gung Institute of Technology, Taiwan, ROC
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: 261, Wen-Hwa 1 Rd, Kwei-Shan, Tao-Yuan, 333-03, Taiwan, ROC. Tel.: +886 3 2118999x5585 (O); fax: + 886 3 2118866.
    • ,
  • Hui-Ying Chiang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Cui Mei Medical Center, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Li-Yu Chien

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Chang Gung Institute of Technology, Taiwan, ROC

,Accepted 1 May 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.05.001

Nurse Education Today
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 386-392 , July 2010

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