Background: Today, spiritual care is one aspect of holistic care. The role of nurses in providing services to patients is important. Attention to the variables involved in this type of care can be a basis for many training programs, especially in health care and treatment. The researchers decided to investigate the relationship between spiritual intelligence and happiness of nursing students, since they will be the health providers in each country's future. Methods: This cross-sectional study with quota sampling was conducted in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Qazvin. A total of 107 nursing students in different academic semesters complete the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire and spiritual intelligence. Data were analyzed via ANOVA, Pearson's correlation, and t-test. Results: The average age of nursing students was 21.61 ± 5.25. The majority of participants (63.6%) were female. Total scores of spiritual intelligence and happiness with mean and standard deviation were 145.29 ± 16.44 and 39.32 ± 16.44, respectively. There was no significant difference between any of the socio-demographic variables, except for age and happiness (P = 0.031, R = 0.209). Significant differences were observed between spiritual intelligence and happiness (P = 0.000, R = 0.427). Conclusions: It seems that promoting happiness can lead to increasing spiritual intelligence in nursing students, which can improve the quality of care with emphasis on patients' spiritual care.
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