scholarly journals Effects of a Spiritual Care Education Program based on the Action Learning on Spiritual Needs, Spiritual well-being and Spiritual Care Competence of Nursing Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 285-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sehoon Hong
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Spiritual Care ◽  
Action Learning ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Spiritual Needs ◽  
Care Education ◽  
Spiritual Well Being

An Exploratory Study of Spiritual Dimensions Among Nursing Students

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary A Wehmer ◽  
Mary T Quinn Griffin ◽  
Ann H. White ◽  
Joyce J. Fitzpatrick
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Spiritual Care ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Spiritual Practices ◽  
Religion And Spirituality ◽  
Spiritual Experiences ◽  
Daily Spiritual Experiences ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Spiritual Well Being ◽  
The Relationship

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 one’s 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.

Barriers to the Provision of Spiritual Care by Nurses for Hospitalized Patients in Jordan

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 392-409
Author(s):  
Ahmad Salem Musa ◽  
Mohammad Ibrahim Al Qadire ◽  
Ma'en Aljezawi ◽  
Loai I. Tawalbeh ◽  
Sami Aloush ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Spiritual Care ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Perceived Barriers ◽  
Spiritual Needs ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Spiritual Well Being ◽  
Insufficient Time ◽  
Jordanian Nurses

Background and PurposeSpiritual care is an essential part of holistic patient care but is provided infrequently in practice. There is a paucity of research investigating the barriers to the provision of spiritual care among Jordanian nurses. The main purpose of this cross-sectional, correlational study was to identify these barriers and to explore the associations with nurses' personal and professional characteristics. A secondary purpose was to examine the psychometric properties of a newlydeveloped spiritual care barriers instrument.MethodsWe surveyed a convenience sample of Jordanian nurses (N = 282). Participants completed both the Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWBS) and the Spiritual Care Barriers Scale (SCBS). We conducted an exploratory factor analysis to examine the internal structure of the SCBS, and internal consistency was assessed by Cronbach's alpha.ResultsThe most common perceived barriers were lack of private places (82.3%), absence of an imam (79.8%), insufficient time (78.8%), inadequate skills and competencies (73.7%), lack ofreligious and spiritual facilities and resources in the hospital (71.3%), and insufficient knowledge (71.3%). Nurses' personal spiritual and existential well-being were negatively associated with spiritual care barriers. Head nurses and supervisors reported lower mean scores on perceived barriers than did associate nurses. The SCBS exhibited acceptable evidence of internal consistency and validity.Implications for PracticeThe findings help Jordanian nurse decision makers in practice and education to overcome barriers to the provision of spiritual care to better meet the spiritual needs of Muslim patients.

Spiritual Screening, History, and Assessment

2019 ◽  
pp. 432-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Johnston Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Spiritual Care ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Care Recipient ◽  
Spiritual Needs ◽  
History Taking ◽  
Spiritual Assessment ◽  
Spiritual Well Being ◽  
Spiritual Screening ◽  
Screening History

Spiritual care is integral to palliative care. Palliative care patients and their family members often use spiritual coping strategies, and spiritual well-being is a commonly high-ranked pursuit for those at the end of life. Appropriate spiritual care, however, must reflect the spiritual needs and preferences of the care recipient. Thus, numerous approaches to spiritual screening, history-taking, and assessment exist. Whereas the spiritual screening is proposed as a skill and expectation that nurses and others can be trained to complete, the spiritual assessment is the domain of the spiritual care expert—typically, a skilled chaplain. These diverse approaches are described here along with some additional observations that can guide the process.

Palliative Caregivers’ Spirituality, Views About Spiritual Care, and Associations With Spiritual Well-Being: A Mixed Methods Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 305-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clare O’Callaghan ◽  
Davinia Seah ◽  
Josephine M. Clayton ◽  
Martina Welz ◽  
David Kissane ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Spiritual Care ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Religious Faith ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Spiritual Needs ◽  
Religious Support ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Spiritual Well Being

Background: Spiritual care is integral to palliative care. It engenders a sense of purpose, meaning, and connectedness to the sacred or important and may support caregiver well-being. Aim: To examine caregivers’ spirituality, religiosity, spiritual well-being, and views on spiritual/religious support. Design: A mixed-methods study across 4 Australian sites, recruiting caregivers of patients with a life expectancy of under 12 months. The anonymous semistructured questionnaire used included research team developed and adapted questions examining religion/spirituality’s role and support and views on hospitals supporting spiritual/religious requirements. It additionally included the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-Being Scale (FACIT-Sp-12). Results: One hundred nine caregivers participated (47.4% responded). Median spiritual well-being was 30.5 on FACIT-Sp-12. Religious affiliation was associated with higher Faith subscores ( P < .001). Spirituality was very important to 24.5%, religiosity to 28.2%, and unimportant to 31.4% and 35.9%, respectively. Caregivers prayed ( P = .005) and meditated ( P = .006) more following patients’ diagnoses, gaining comfort, guidance, and strength. Caregivers whose spiritual/religious needs were met to moderate/full extent by external religious/faith communities (23.8%) reported greater spiritual well-being ( P < .001). Hospitals supported moderate/full caregiver spiritual needs in 19.3%. Pastoral care visits comforted 84.4% of those who received them (n = 32) but elicited discomfort in 15.6%. Caregivers also emphasized the importance of humane staff and organizational tone in supporting spiritual care. Conclusions: Hospital-based spiritual care providers should seek to identify those who seek pastoral or religiously orientated care. Genuine hospitality of showing concern for the other ensures the varied yet inevitably humanist requirements of the caregiver community are met.

scholarly journals Literature Review of Spiritual Care in Islamic Cultural Perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 350-368
Author(s):  
Henie Kurniawati ◽  
Sofia Retnowati ◽  
Bagus Riyono ◽  
Widyawati Widyawati
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Spiritual Care ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Spiritual Needs ◽  
Literature Analysis ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Dynamic Activity ◽  
Cultural Perspectives ◽  
Spiritual Well Being

This article aims to literature review regarding spiritual care in Islamic culture perspective. Systematic review is done to support knowledge regarding spiritual care. Literature studies from 2007 to 2017 are identified narratively and reviewed critically in Islamic cultural perspectives. The method for literature analysis is using eight steps from Walker and Avant. The findings of this review stated that spiritual care is a dynamic activity to integrate physical, psychological, social, and spiritual aspects. Spiritual care takes the form of spiritual service that is done dynamically and integratively based on divine and human values especially Islamic cultural values. The main services include caring for the sick, identifying spiritual needs, and increasing spiritual well-being. The implications of the findings are to help building policies in nursing and to help nurses in developing positive attitude in applying spiritual care. The conclusion of this literature review produces a comprehensive definition regarding spiritual care and supports spiritual care competency in health in Islamic cultural perspective.

Spirituality and spiritual well-being among nursing students

2021 ◽  
pp. 458-460
Author(s):  
Jisha Joseph ◽  
Betcy George ◽  
Jose K Benny ◽  
Alfy George ◽  
Ammu Kuriachan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Spiritual Care ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Assessment Scale ◽  
World Health ◽  
Holistic Care ◽  
Strong Positive Correlation ◽  
Spiritual Wellbeing ◽  
Spiritual Well Being

Aim: A descriptive study was conducted to assess the spirituality and spiritual among nursing students in a selected college of nursing in Ernakulum District, Kerala. Background: Spirituality and spiritual care are of great importance as fundamental principles in health care. With the introduction of important changes in the health care system, nurses use the concept of holism in patient care and the spiritual aspect of health care is steadily gaining importance. The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the health needs should include spiritual well-being in addition to physical, mental, and social domains .Spirituality is a positive dimension of the human being and care and might help patients reframe their experiences and condition of illness as well as find meaning in life and in that circumstance.Spiritual well being is one of a core human component that provides driving force to give person stability, meaning, and fulfillment in life, faith in self. The purpose of this study is to assess the spirituality, spiritual wellbeing and perception towards spiritual care among nursing students. Methods: A Descriptive analytical study was conducted among 129 BSc Nursing students studying in a Nursing College attached to a Medical College Hospital of South India during the month of December 2020.Convenience sampling technique was adopted for the study. Spirituality assessment scale and spiritual well being assessment scale were used to collect the data.Pilot study was conducted and the study was found to be feasible. Permission from the authorities was obtained and data collection was done. The data analysis was done using descriptive and inferential statistics and R software used for the analysis. Results: The result revealed the mean score of spirituality and spiritual wellbeing as 84.40(SD+_8.45) and 65.81(SD+_6.09) respectively and a statistically significant strong positive correlation was found between spirituality and spiritual wellbeing with correlation coefficient ( r ) 0.806 at p value < 0.0001. Conclusion: Spirituality is a significant concept for the discipline of nursing with profound consequences for caring patients. Spirituality is an important aspect of holistic care This study identified that there is a strong relationship between spirituality and spiritual wellbeing.So this study convey the significance of spirituality and spiritual well being in holistic care.

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