Factors Affecting Greek Nurses’ Caring Behaviors: The Role of Nurses’ Spirituality and the Spiritual Climate of Hospitals

Fradelos, Εvangelos C.; Alexandropoulou, Christina-Athanasia; Papathanasiou, Ioanna V.; Papathanasiou, Ioanna V.; Tzavella, Foteini

doi:10.1007/s10943-022-01503-x

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“…Considering opportunity, one of the important components of COM-B framework, nurses generally believed that the implementation of caring involves adequate resources, a strong explicit and implicit caring culture in institutions, and public recognition of nurses. The first two of which were recognized in other studies (Fradelos et al, 2022;Oluma & Abadiga, 2020), but the latter was relatively seldom considered. These opportunity factors were positively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.…”

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Factors influencing caring behaviour among registered nurses during the COVID‐19 pandemic in China: A qualitative study using the COM‐B framework

Tong

Zhu

Wang

et al. 2022

J Nursing Management

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Aim The aim of this work is to explore the influencing factors of nurses' caring behaviour during the COVID‐19 pandemic based on the Capability, Opportunity, Motivation as determinants of Behaviour (COM‐B) theoretical framework. Background Nurse caring behaviour is vital to reduce and speed up the healing process of COVID‐19 patients. It is important to understand the factors that influence caring behaviour among nurses during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Research suggests that when it comes to understanding behaviour, using a theoretical framework is likely to be most effective, and the COM‐B framework is a recommended approach. Methods Semistructured interviews with 42 nurses working in 11 Chinese cities were conducted, and their verbatim statements were transcribed and analysed using thematic analysis. The results were mapped to COM‐B framework. Results Ten key themes emerged: Capability (professional knowledge and skills, emotional intelligence, cross‐cultural care competence); opportunity (resources, organizational culture, social culture); motivation (past experience, character, role, beliefs). Conclusions Ten factors were found to influence nurses' caring behaviour. This study added two new influencing factors, social culture and past experiences, that further contributed to the understanding of nurses' care behaviours. Implications for Nursing Management Nurses' caring behaviour is influenced not only by themselves but also by institutions and society, so interventions aiming to improve their caring behaviour should consider these elements. The negative impact of the pandemic on capability factors that influence nurses' caring behaviour should be counteracted as soon as possible.

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Section: Beliefsmentioning

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Factors influencing caring behaviour among registered nurses during the COVID‐19 pandemic in China: A qualitative study using the COM‐B framework

Tong

Zhu

Wang

et al. 2022

J Nursing Management

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“…Two recent pre-pandemic studies from China, as well as one from Saudi Arabia, provide evidence that working in a spiritual climate is inversely related to burnout among nurses 10-12. Likewise, spiritual climate contributed to caring behaviors of Greek nurses 13. Given the impact of S/R on nurse outcomes, it is natural to conjecture that a work environment that promotes S/R safety would allow nurses to tap their “soul’s wisdom” and find protection in their “sacred armor.”…”

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“…[10][11][12] Likewise, spiritual climate contributed to caring behaviors of Greek nurses. 13 Given the impact of S/R on nurse outcomes, it is natural to conjecture that a work environment that promotes S/R safety would allow nurses to tap their "soul's wisdom" and find protection in their "sacred armor. "…”

Section: Spiritual Work Environments For Nursesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Should Healthcare Organizations Promote a Spiritually Healthy Work Environment?

Taylor,

Pangan

2024

Holistic Nursing Practice

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“…Current studies on the effect of gender on nurses’ perception of caring have been inconsistent [ 15 , 16 ]. There was no significant difference in nurses’ perception of caring between genders in China [ 15 ], Iran [ 17 ], and Turkey [ 16 ], while there was a significant difference in Saudi Arabia [ 18 ] and Greece [ 19 ]. Most of these studies were quantitative and conducted before the COVID-19 pandemic.…”

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Gender similarities and differences in the perception of caring among nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods study

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Background Caring is the essence and core of nursing. Current studies on the effect of gender on nurses’ perception of caring have been inconsistent. Most of these studies were quantitative and conducted before the COVID-19 pandemic. The study aimed to explore the gender similarities and differences in nurses’ perception of caring during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods In 2020, a cross-sectional mixed-method study was conducted in 11 cities in China using structured online questionnaire (n = 8030) and face-to-face individual interview (n = 42). Data collection tools included the Caring Dimensions Inventory and semi-structured interview. Results In stepwise multivariable linear regression analysis, female nurses scored 1.93 points higher on caring than male nurses, after completely controlling for the other factors. The interview results showed that both male and female nurses agreed that caring was to deal with three kinds of relationships, namely nurses and people, nurses and themselves, nurses and society. There were gender differences in the connotation of caring between nurses and themselves, but not in the connotations of caring between other relationships. The ranking of the importance of caring connotations among these relationships showed no gender difference except between nurses and themselves. Conclusion The quantitative findings suggest that gender influences nurses’ perception of caring. The qualitative findings demonstrate that nurses regard themselves as both recipients and implementers of caring. The qualitative results indicate nurses of different genders have similarities and differences in their perception of caring, and the biggest difference lies in the relationship between nurses and themselves.

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Factors Affecting Greek Nurses’ Caring Behaviors: The Role of Nurses’ Spirituality and the Spiritual Climate of Hospitals

Cited by 14 publications

References 48 publications

Factors influencing caring behaviour among registered nurses during the COVID‐19 pandemic in China: A qualitative study using the COM‐B framework

Factors influencing caring behaviour among registered nurses during the COVID‐19 pandemic in China: A qualitative study using the COM‐B framework

Should Healthcare Organizations Promote a Spiritually Healthy Work Environment?

Gender similarities and differences in the perception of caring among nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods study

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