dc.contributor.author | Chew, Brendan WK | |
dc.contributor.author | Tiew, Lay Hwa | |
dc.contributor.author | Creedy, Debra K | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-10T03:22:48Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-07-10T03:22:48Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0962-1067 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/jocn.13290 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/142964 | |
dc.description.abstract | Aims and objectives. To investigate acute care nurses’ perceptions of spirituality
and spiritual care and relationships with nurses’ personal and professional characteristics.
Background. Spirituality and spiritual care are often neglected or absent in daily
nursing practice. Nurses’ perceptions of spirituality can be influenced by personal,
professional and social factors and affect the provision of spiritual care.
Design. A cross-sectional, exploratory, nonexperimental design was used.
Methods. All nursing staff (n = 1008) from a large acute care hospital in Singapore
were invited to participate. Participants completed a demographic form and
the Spiritual Care-Giving Scale. Completed surveys were received from 767 staff
yielding a response rate of 76%. Descriptive statistics and General Linear Modelling
were used to analyse data.
Results. Acute care nurses reported positive perceptions of spirituality and spiritual
care. Religion, area of clinical practice and view of self as spiritual were associated
with nurses’ reported perspectives of spirituality and spiritual care.
Conclusion. Nurses working in this acute care hospital in Singapore reported positive
perceptions of spirituality and spiritual care. Respondents tended to equate
religion with spirituality and were often unclear about what constituted spiritual
care. They reported a sense of readiness to apply an interprofessional approach to
spiritual care. However, positive perceptions of spirituality may not necessarily
translate into practice.
Relevance to clinical practice. Spiritual care can improve health outcomes.
Nurses’ understanding of spirituality is essential for best practice. Interprofessional
collaboration with clinicians, administrators, educators, chaplains, clergy
and spiritual leaders can contribute to the development of practice guidelines and
foster spiritual care by nurses. Further research is needed on the practical applications
of spiritual care in nursing. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 2520 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 2527 | |
dc.relation.ispartofissue | 17-18 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | Journal of Clinical Nursing | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 25 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Nursing | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Nursing not elsewhere classified | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Health services and systems | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Public health | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Psychology | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 4205 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 420599 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 4203 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 4206 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 52 | |
dc.title | Acute care nurses’ perceptions of spirituality and spiritual care: an exploratory study in Singapore | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
gro.hasfulltext | No Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Creedy, Debra K. | |