Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this descriptive study was to describe the knowledge, practices and
perceptions of nurses concerning spirituality and spiritual care.
Design
A descriptive study.
Methods
The study was performed with 142 surgical nurses working in three public hospitals
in a city in Turkey. A “Personal Information Form” and the “Spirituality and Spiritual
Care Grading Scale” were used for data collection. The data were analysed on SPSS
25.0 software.
Findings
While 77.5% of the nurses reported having heard about the concepts of spirituality
and spiritual care, 17.6% reported having received instruction concerning spirituality
and spiritual care during their initial nursing education and 19.0% after graduation.
In addition, 78.2% provided spiritual care in the clinics where they worked, 40.5%
reported that patients were given religious support and 37.8% stated that patients
were given the opportunity to be involved in their own care. The nurses’ total mean
spirituality and spiritual care grading scale score was 57.6±5.6. A statistically
significant difference was determined in mean scale scores between nurses who had
and had not heard about the concepts of spirituality and spiritual care (P=0.049) and between those who practiced and did not practice spiritual care in the
clinics where they worked (P=0.018).
Conclusions
The majority of surgical nurses had heard about the concepts of spirituality and spiritual
care but had not been exposed to them during their initial nursing education. However,
the majority practiced spiritual care in their clinics, and their perception levels
were above average.
Keywords
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Published online: May 16, 2023
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