The Relationship between Spiritual Health and Spiritual Care Competencies in Nurses: A Cross-sectional Study

Abstract

The aim of this study the effect of spiritual health on spiritual care competencies in nurses and predictors affecting spiritual care competence. The cross-sectional study was conducted with nurses working in a university hospital in 2022 (n=205). Data were collected the “Socio-demographic information form”, “Spiritual Health Scale-Short Form” and “Spiritual Care Competence Scale-Turkish”. The spiritual health (93.81±12.19) and spiritual care competence (105.45±17.10) points of the nurses were moderate level. The spiritual health and spiritual care competencies of the nurses who had a high education level and took courses/trainings on spiritual care were higher. A significant correlation was found between the spiritual health and the spiritual care competence (p