The relationship between the individualized care perceptions and spiritual care perceptions of nurses

This exploratory descriptive study of spiritual experiences, well-being, and practices was conducted among 126 nursing students. Participants reported a higher level of spiritual well-being and life scheme than self-efficacy for well-being and life-scheme. Thus, students appeared to view the world and their role in it slightly more positively than their ability to affect their lives and make decisions. The students reported the most frequent spiritual experiences as being thankful for blessings; the next most frequent spiritual experiences having a desire to be close to God, feeling a selfless caring for others, and finding comfort in ones religion and spirituality. Students used both conventional and unconventional spiritual practices. Further study is necessary to study the relationship among spiritual practices, daily spiritual experiences, and spiritual well-being among nursing students and to evaluate these before and after implementation of specific educational offerings focused on spirituality and spiritual care in nursing.

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Three Emerging Spiritual Practices in the Canadian Association for Spiritual Care (CASC): From Pastoral Care and Counselling to Multi-Faith, Evidence-Based Spiritual Care and Psycho-Spiritual Therapy

Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling Advancing theory and professional practice through scholarly and reflective publications ◽

10.1177/15423050211036662 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 154230502110366

Author(s):

Thomas St. James O’Connor ◽

Elizabeth Meakes

Keyword(s):

Pastoral Care ◽

Spiritual Care ◽

Process Theology ◽

Spiritual Practices ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Canadian Association ◽

Spiritual Therapy ◽

Integrated Psychotherapy ◽

The Relationship

Describes the relationship between practice and theory (praxis) along with an examination of changes in the last 40 years in the praxis of pastoral care and counselling in the Canadian Association for Spiritual Care (CASC) that led to spiritual care and psycho-spiritual therapy. Developments in spiritual practices include growth in multi-faith, evidence-based spiritual care, and spiritually integrated psychotherapy (psycho-spiritual therapy). Suggests further areas of research and reflection including process theology.

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Determinant Factors of Supervisor Model 4S (Structure, Skill, Support, Sustainability) Against the Implementation of Islamic Spiritual Care

Jurnal Keperawatan ◽

10.22219/jk.v12i1.13231 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 33-41

Author(s):

Inggriane Puspita Dewi ◽

Dewi Mustikaningsih

Keyword(s):

Nursing Care ◽

Spiritual Care ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Bivariate Analysis ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Adult Inpatient ◽

Supervision Model ◽

Spearman Test ◽

The Relationship

Introduction: The supervision model commonly applied in nursing is the 4S model, namely the Structure, Skill, Support and Sustainability (4S) stages. This supervision model can be applied by the head of the room and the head of the shift as a supervisor in overseeing the implementation of Islamic spiritual nursing care in adult inpatient rooms. Purpose: to analyze the relationship between the role of the 4S supervisor model and the implementation of Islamic spiritual nursing care in adult inpatient rooms. Methods: the study used a cross sectional method. The sampling technique with a proportionate stratified random sampling was 62 nurses. Data analysis used univariate, bivariate analysis with Spearman test, and multivariate with logistic regression. Results: showed the role of the 4S supervisor model was good (88.7%), the implementation of Islamic nursing care was good category (52%), there was a relationship between the role of model supervision 4S with the implementation of Islamic spiritual care, with a significance value of <0.0001 and the strongest relationship between the 4S model and the implementation of Islamic spiritual care is the variable skill and sustainability, seen from the significance value for skills of 0.05 (Pvalue ≤0.05), and sustainability of 0.01 (Pvalue ≤0.05). The strength of the relationship is seen based on the OR [EXP {B}] value, respectively, skill (0.194) and sustainability (0.109). Discussion: The probability of nurses implementing Islamic nursing care well is 90% if they provide Islamic spiritual nursing care skills and continuous supervision by the hospital supervisor.

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Spiritual care

Oxford Handbook of Palliative Care ◽

10.1093/med/9780198745655.003.0023 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 657-672

Keyword(s):

Spiritual Care ◽

Holistic Care ◽

Religion And Spirituality ◽

Spiritual Assessment ◽

Faith Practices ◽

Life Force ◽

The Relationship ◽

Spiritual Healers ◽

Beauty Products

This chapter includes discussion on the nature of spirituality in a secular and multicultural world. It describes the relationship between religion and spirituality and the role of faith practices, religion, and spiritual assessment. It also outlines the nature of spiritual pain, and its importance in holistic care. The word ‘spirit’ is widely used in our culture. Politicians speak about the ‘spirit’ of their party, veterans talk about the wartime ‘spirit’; religious people discuss the ‘spirit’ as that part of human being that survives death, whereas humanists might regard the human ‘spirit’ as an individual’s essential, but non-religious, life force. Related words are equally common and diverse: footballers describe their team as a spiritual home; spiritual music and spiritual art are fashionable; and there are spiritual healers, spiritual life coaches, spiritual directors, and even spiritually revitalizing beauty products. Spiritual care, particularly of those facing their own death, demands the response of a wise and compassionate ‘spiritual friend’. Not every member of the multidisciplinary team will want to or be equipped to offer this level of spiritual care. But each can contribute to enabling a patient to find a ‘way of being’ that will help them to go through the experience of dying in the way appropriate to them.

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Implementation of spiritual care in patients with diabetic foot ulcers: a literature review

British Journal of Nursing ◽

10.12968/bjon.2020.29.15.s24 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 29 (15) ◽

pp. S24-S32

Author(s):

Sumarno Adi Subrata

Keyword(s):

Spiritual Care ◽

Diabetic Foot ◽

Nursing Practice ◽

Theoretical Perspective ◽

Foot Ulcers ◽

Diabetic Foot Ulcers ◽

The Family ◽

The Relationship ◽

Extremity Amputation

Lower extremity amputation is a complication of diabetic foot ulcers that can cause spiritual crisis. Integrating spiritual care into nursing practice is important to overcome this. However, studies articulating the role of nurses in spiritual care when caring for patients with diabetic foot ulcers is limited. This article aims to describe the importance of providing spiritual care for this group of patients. The interpretation of spiritual care with respect to the relationship between the patient and the family, and the role of the nurse are discussed. The findings offer a theoretical perspective on spiritual care that can be used to develop spiritual interventions, as well as prevent spiritual crises in patients with diabetic foot ulcers.

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Is Meeting Spiritual Need within the Occupational Therapy Domain?

British Journal of Occupational Therapy ◽

10.1177/030802260506800406 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 68 (4) ◽

pp. 177-180 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Marion Hoyland ◽

Christine Mayers

Keyword(s):

Occupational Therapy ◽

Spiritual Care ◽

Occupational Therapists ◽

Holistic Approach ◽

Spiritual Needs ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

The profession's present interest in the topic of spirituality initiated the decision to undertake this study, which aimed to investigate the extent to which occupational therapists consider clients' spiritual needs as part of their domain. The objectives of the study were to ascertain whether this was part of the occupational therapist's role and to identify the ways in which occupational therapists addressed the spiritual needs of their clients. Six senior II occupational therapists participated in semi-structured interviews. The participants felt that all individuals have spiritual needs, although not all would recognise or acknowledge them as such. All the participants considered spiritual care to be part of their role, but there was some uncertainty regarding the relationship of spiritual care to occupational therapy in general. Spiritual needs were addressed by a listening and holistic approach.

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