Turkish nurses’ perceptions of spirituality and spiritual care

Abstract

These findings will enable nurses to consider the importance of spirituality and spiritual care. Grasping these concepts will enable nurses to become more sensitive in their daily practices of spiritual care.

Nurses’ Perceptions of Spirituality and Spiritual Care in Different Health Care Settings in the Netherlands

“…In addition, are slightly higher than scores of the SSCRS of graduated nurses in other countries [16,24]. With regard to the SCCS and SAIL, the scores are slightly higher than those in nursing students in the Netherlands [2,25], but in general, differences in the scores are small.…”

“…It is not clear whether these variables are predictors for nurses' attitudes towards spirituality and spiritual care. A survey among staff nurses in Turkey showed that nurses in pediatric and psychiatric departments reported higher sensitivity to spirituality and spiritual care compared to other departments [16]. Ruder, who investigated the nurses' perceptions of spiritual care [17], emphasizes explicitly that her study did not address the relationship between the sector of healthcare where the nurse worked and the spirituality.…”

Developing Agreed and Accepted Understandings of Spirituality and Spiritual Care Concepts among Members of an Innovative Spirituality Interest Group in the Republic of Ireland

“…The only study conducted in the ROI revealed similar findings [29]. With the exception of Turkish nurses in one study [38], most nurses see chaplains as a key resource for spiritual care [2,30]. Nonetheless, significant barriers exist to the provision of spiritual care or addressing of spiritual needs in healthcare practice.…”

“…Over the past 20 years, nurses' attitudes worldwide toward the provision of spiritual care have been surveyed extensively, revealing that most are positively disposed to providing spiritual support [2,[38][39][40]. Internationally, most nurses agree that they provide spiritual care as part of their nursing practice [29][30][31] although many are unprepared and may lack supporting education for the assessment or provision of such care [2,31].…”

“…Specific spiritual competencies for nurses are emerging [25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42] but, even though in the UK a systematic nursing assessment has been suggested [12,13], these competencies are not clearly articulated in either UK or ROI standards for the nursing and midwifery professions [21,22] In the Netherlands, on the other hand, six core spiritual care competencies for nurses have been identified and these are commonly referred to within healthcare literature on the topic (Box 1). Box 1.…”