End of life care through the lenses of nursing theories Spiritual facilitation is a method in which the nurse provides spiritual intervention to assist in resolution of end-of-life (EOL) issues, supported by nursing conceptual models, and promoting positive client and family outcomes. The proposed approach of spiritual facilitation, intervention, nursing education and conceptual models of nursing are all intimately related. Research validates the need for basic education regarding nurses ability to provide spiritual intervention in relation to end-of-life care issues and describe the pertinent concerns that nurses identify as barriers to providing EOL care. Selima was born and reared in Egypt, is Muslim and practices the Islamic faith. She is eighty-five years old and is cared for by her unmarried fifty-year old daughter. Upon recommendation from a family friend, I was contracted to provide spiritual care for the patient as a result of her deteriorating health following a mild cerebral vascular accident in June of 2000. She presented initially with mild deficits in speech, and mild right-sided weakness. As her speech began to improve, Selima began to verbalize her fears of dying