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Journal article
Nurses' Spiritual Well-Being and Patients' Spiritual Care in Iran
COJ Nursing & Healthcare, Vol.1(3), pp.74-78
16/01/2018
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Abstract
Spirituality is known to play a significant role in patients' well-being and quality of life. Responding to patients' spiritual needs is considered to be an essential element of high quality medical care. Consequently, it seems logical that there is a professional requirement for nurses to achieve competence in the delivery of spiritual care. This study aims to examine the impact of nurses' spiritual well-being on patients' spiritual care. A total of 210 nurses working in critical care units completed Basic Psychological Needs questionnaire and Spiritual Care Competence Scale. 5.8% of nurses provided spiritual care at a poor level; 53.4% at an optimal level; and 39.8% at a highly desirable level. There were negative significant relations between the average scores of spiritual well-being with: age (p<0.04); and clinical experience (p<0.02). There were positive significant relations between the receipt of training by nurses in the principles of spirituality with: the level of spiritual well-being (p<0.003); and the level of spiritual care (p<0.02). Overall, a significant relationship was observed between spiritual well-being and spiritual care (p<0.001). The study has demonstrated that there was a positive relationship between nurses' spiritual well-being and the provision of spiritual care. Implementation of strategies that might develop spiritual well-being in nurses would be of great benefit in catering for the spiritual needs of patients.
Details
- Title
- Nurses' Spiritual Well-Being and Patients' Spiritual Care in Iran
- Creators
- Sepideh Jahandideh - Griffith University (Australia)Azam Zare - University of Tarbiat Modares (Iran)Elizabeth Kendall - Griffith University (Australia)Mina Jahandideh - Zanjan University of Medical Sciences
- Publication Details
- COJ Nursing & Healthcare, Vol.1(3), pp.74-78
- Publisher
- Crimson Publishers
- Identifiers
- 991013357509202368
- Copyright
- © 2018 Sepideh Jahandideh, et al
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article