Spiritual Dimensions of Care

Timmins, Fiona; Neill, Freda; Griffin, Mary T. Quinn; Kelly, John; Cruz, Emmanuel De La

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“…Some scholars [47] have incorporated religious and communication skills into teaching. Timmins et al [48] concluded that spiritual content education includes personal understanding of spirituality and spiritual concepts and identification of patients’ spiritual needs. Ross et al [23] showed that nurses’ personal beliefs and values and their spirituality and sensitivity levels can affect spiritual care outcomes.…”

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Effectiveness of spiritual care training to enhance spiritual health and spiritual care competency among oncology nurses

Jiao

2019

BMC Palliat Care

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BackgroundAlthough spiritual care is a basic element of holistic nursing, nurses’ spiritual care knowledge and abilities are often unable to satisfy patients’ spiritual care needs. Therefore, nurses are in urgent need of relevant training to enhance their abilities to provide patients with spiritual care.DesignA nonrandomized controlled trial.ObjectiveTo establish a spiritual care training protocol and verify its effectiveness.MethodsThis study recruited 92 nurses at a cancer treatment hospital in a single province via voluntary sign-up. The nurses were divided into two groups—the study group (45 people) and the control (wait-listed) group (47 people)—using a coin-toss method. The study group received one spiritual care group training session every six months based on their routine nursing education; this training chiefly consisted of lectures by experts, group interventions, clinical practice, and case sharing. The control group participated in monthly nursing education sessions organized by the hospital for 12 continuous months.ResultsAfter 12 months of intervention, the nurses in the study group had significantly higher overall spiritual health and spiritual care competency scores as well as significantly higher scores on all individual dimensions compared with those in the control group (P < 0.01).ConclusionsA spiritual care training protocol for nurses based on the concept of mutual growth with patients enhances nurses’ spiritual well-being and spiritual care competencies.

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Effectiveness of spiritual care training to enhance spiritual health and spiritual care competency among oncology nurses

Jiao

2019

BMC Palliat Care

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“…Dewing ( 2008 ) highlighted that every person has an absolute value and that every person should be embedded within a social group that provides integrity, continuity and stability. Friendly and cheerful caring, respecting privacy and dignity, should be provided by nursing staff (Timmins et al., 2014 ) in all nursing homes. Thus, nursing care for people living with dementia must be compassionate and respectful.…”

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Family members’ experiences with the spiritual care of older people living with dementia in nursing homes: A phenomenological hermeneutical study

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When a family member (FM) cannot take care of an older person with dementia, they may seek accommodation in a nursing home, where their relative can receive appropriate and safe nursing care.The most common reasons for seeking nursing home accommodation for older people living with dementia are family caregivers' distress, burden and even depression. Family members can feel both a sense of relief and concern for their relative after placement in a nursing home. Family members expect that their older FM living with dementia will receive good-quality holistic nursing care. Care that will meet not only their physical needs but incorporating their spiritual needs will be truly holistic. | BACKG ROU N DSpirituality, as a universal concept, is very personal and deeply individual (McSherry & Smith, 2012). The European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) defines spirituality as "The dynamic dimension of human life that relates to the way person experience, express

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“…This is resultant from various factors including confusion between religion and spirituality and lack of role clarity. There is also an identified lack of educational preparedness of healthcare staff, and thus a lack of confidence and competence to deliver spiritual care (Timmins et al 2014). There is also a risk or concern about proselytizing.…”

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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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Spiritual Dimensions of Care

Cited by 10 publications

References 39 publications

Effectiveness of spiritual care training to enhance spiritual health and spiritual care competency among oncology nurses

Effectiveness of spiritual care training to enhance spiritual health and spiritual care competency among oncology nurses

Family members’ experiences with the spiritual care of older people living with dementia in nursing homes: A phenomenological hermeneutical study

Spirituality in the Healthcare Workplace

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