Relationship of nurses’ spirituality to their understanding and practice of spiritual care

Chung, Loretta Yuet Foon; Wong, Frances Kam Yuet; Chan, Moon Fai

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04225.x

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“…Nursing has acknowledged the role of RS in patients' lives and developed protocols to ensure spiritual assessments and interventions are included in patient care (American Holistic Nursing Association 2007; Clark et al 2003). While several studies in nursing document patients' desire for their spirituality to be acknowledged in treatment (Clark 2010;Puchalski 2004), nurses' attitudes about integration (Strang et al 2002;Williams et al 2011), as well as barriers to RS integration in treatment (Brush and Daly 2000;McSherry 2006;Vance 2001), little has been done to understand the RS beliefs and practices of nurses or to compare their RS with the clients' RS whom they serve (Chung et al 2007;Taylor et al 2014). …”

Section: Religion/spirituality In Health and Mental Health Treatmentmentioning

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The Religious and Spiritual Beliefs and Practices among Practitioners across Five Helping Professions

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Abstract:Helping professionals' religious and spiritual beliefs and practices have been reported as important components in the consideration of clients' religion/spirituality (RS) in mental and behavioral health treatment. However, no study to date has simultaneously examined and compared five helping professions' RS beliefs and practices, including psychologists, social workers, counselors, nurses, and marriage and family therapists. The current study is a secondary analysis of 536 licensed helping professionals in Texas to answer the following questions: (1) What levels of intrinsic religiosity and frequency of religious activities exist across these five professions, and how do they compare?; (2) To what extent do these five professions consider themselves religious or spiritual, and how do they compare?; and (3) What are the religious beliefs and practices across these five professions, and how do they compare? Results indicated significant differences across the five professions with regards to their religious affiliation, frequently used RS practices and activities, degree to which each profession self-identifies as spiritual, as well as intrinsic religiosity. A general comparison between helping professionals' responses with the general population's RS is also discussed. Implications based on these findings, as well as recommendations for future studies are included, particularly given the recent movement toward transdisciplinary clinical practice.

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Section: Religion/spirituality In Health and Mental Health Treatmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Religious and Spiritual Beliefs and Practices among Practitioners across Five Helping Professions

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“…5 For those who have a religious affiliation, doing so may be straightforward; for those who do not have a formal affiliation, however, it could take some time, effort, and genuine introspection.…”

Section: Knowing One's Own Spiritual Viewmentioning

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The Importance of Spirituality in Patient-Centered Care

Savel

Munro

2014

American Journal of Critical Care

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“…For some nurses continuous self-awareness and connectedness with a dimension beyond the self for inner resource can yield to personal growth and wholeness. This in turn, may support the delivery of spiritual care (Chung et al 2007). However further research is required to explore this concept further, especially on the transcendent dimension of workplace spirituality to explore its possible contribution towards finding meaning and purpose at the workplace Particular emphasis is needed on researching the importance of spirituality on psychosocial dimensions of interactions within the workplace and thepotential influence on patients' spirituality (Tanyi 2002;Robinson and Kendrick 2000).…”

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Spirituality in the Healthcare Workplace

Baldacchino

2017

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Spirituality involves a sense of connectedness, meaning making and transcendence. There is abundant published research that focuses on the importance of spirituality to patients and their families during times of illness and distress. However over the last decade there has also been a growing awareness about the importance of considering the need to address peoples' spiritual needs in the workplace. Engaging in ones own personal spirituality involves connecting with the inner self, becoming more self aware of ones humanity and limitations. Engaging with ones personal spirituality can also mean that people begin to greater find meaning and purpose in life and at work. This may be demonstrated in the workplace by collegial relationships and teamwork. Those who engage with their own spirituality also engage more easily with others through a connectedness with other staff and by aligning their values with the respective organization if they fit well with ones personal values. Workplace spirituality is oriented towards self-awareness of an inner life which gives meaning, purpose and nourishment to the employees' dynamic relationships at the workplace and is eventually also nourished by meaningful work. Exercising ones personal spirituality contributes towards generating workplace spirituality. Essentially acting from ones own personal spirituality framework by being in doing can contribute towards a person becoming a healing and therapeutic presence for others, that is nourishing in many workplaces. Personal spirituality in healthcare can be enhanced by: reflection in and on action; role-modeling; taking initiative for active presence in care; committing oneself to the spiritual dimension of care; and, integrating spirituality in health caregivers' education. As spirituality is recognized as becoming increasingly important for patients in healthcare, increasing educational opportunities are now becoming available for nurses internationally that could support personal and workplace spirituality.

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Relationship of nurses’ spirituality to their understanding and practice of spiritual care

Abstract: Through continuously seeking self-awareness and connecting to a dimension beyond the self for inner resource, the contented whole self will be able to provide spiritual care.

Cited by 77 publications

References 80 publications

The Religious and Spiritual Beliefs and Practices among Practitioners across Five Helping Professions

The Religious and Spiritual Beliefs and Practices among Practitioners across Five Helping Professions

The Importance of Spirituality in Patient-Centered Care

Spirituality in the Healthcare Workplace

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