How Nurses Understand Spirituality and Spiritual Care: A Critical Synthesis

Cooper, Katherine Louise; Chang, Esther; Luck, Lauretta; Dixon, Kathleen

doi:10.1177/0898010119882153

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“…Heterogeneous samples of nurses from different ethnic and religious backgrounds considered spirituality from different points of view [ 6 , 7 , 12 , 13 , 22 , 24 , 41 , 45 , 46 , 47 ]. Nurses, caregivers, patients, family members, administrators, and other practitioners were included in only three qualitative investigations [ 22 , 39 , 45 ].…”

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“…Spirituality has long been part of nursing and represents an essential value for nurses, patients, and their families. Spirituality is intertwined with spiritual care, which can enhance health outcomes [ 6 ] and is part of a holistic approach to medicine [ 39 , 41 , 46 , 47 ]. Spirituality is manifested uniquely in each individual and among different religions or spiritual groups (e.g., Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and others).…”

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Spirituality and Religious Diversity in Nursing: A Scoping Review

Murgia

Notarnicola²,

Caruso

et al. 2022

Healthcare

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Spirituality is a common theme in the field of healthcare research. This study aimed to examine nurses’ perceptions of spirituality in the context of the religious diversity of patients in pluri-religious settings. We performed a scoping review following the methodology on studies conducted between 2010 and 2020. We searched the following databases: CINAHL Plus, PubMed, and PsycINFO. For the identification of grey literature, the OpenGrey database was used. In total, 789 articles were reviewed. Of these, 16 met predetermined inclusion criteria. Two main overarching themes emerged from our inductive analysis: (a) the intertwining of spirituality and spiritual care in diverse religious landscapes and (b) obstacles impeding the inclusion of spiritual care in pluri-religious settings. According to our results, nurses consider that spirituality is interconnected with spiritual care for individuals from different religious backgrounds. Interpretations of spirituality in nursing practice vary widely, with spirituality and religiosity often shaped and influenced by culture and the experience of the professionals. Nurses attribute various meanings to spiritual care, most of which center on respecting personal, interpersonal, and relational aspects of religious and cultural beliefs and practices. Lack of education and specific skills, insufficient time, role ambiguity, and different religious beliefs were identified as hurdles to spiritual care. A poor work environment, a lack of patient privacy, including personal space, and a lack of compassion were also reported as deterrents to spiritual healing. More knowledge and training on different religions and spirituality are required to meet patients’ spiritual needs to better overcome these hurdles.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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Spirituality and Religious Diversity in Nursing: A Scoping Review

Murgia

Notarnicola²,

Caruso

et al. 2022

Healthcare

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“…If religion as a topic is not systematically talked about in the multicultural nursing home staff group, health care workers can easily develop private practices in their care for the patients' spiritual well-being. When health care workers are to meet the spiritual needs of patients, this requires they have knowledge about what spiritual needs consist of, and have the courage to enter into the field (Cooper et al, 2020;Doka, 2011, p. 108;Holmberg et al, 2019Holmberg et al, , p. 1730Jackson et al, 2016, pp. 290-293;McSherry et al, 2020).…”

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How Do Migrant Nursing Home Staff Relate to Religion in Their Work with Patients Who are Approaching Death

2021

J Holist Nurs

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To investigate how migrant nursing home staff relate to religion in their care for patients who are approaching death. Method and Theory: Individual in-depth interviews were conducted with 16 migrant health care workers from five nursing homes in Norway. The overall analytic approach was hermeneutical. The parts and the whole were interpreted in light of each other to gain a "thick description" of the data material in order to show the ways in which experiential meaning-making draws on cultural webs of significance. Findings: Religion held various meanings for the migrant health care workers interviewed. Religious and cultural competence and knowledge of migrant nursing home staff was neither asked for by the management nor discussed in the staff group. The way our participants related to religion at work was therefore based on individual preferences and internalized practices. Conclusion and Implication for Practice: Organized reflection groups among staff are needed in order to integrate and develop religious literacy in the multicultural nursing home setting. Such reflection groups can help the individual staff member to perform holistic nursing, that is, to be attentive of the interconnectedness of biological, social, psychosocial, and spiritual aspects in a human being.

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“…Spiritualität ist allerdings in der Forschung und in den Antworten von Studienteilnehmer/-innen ein Begriff, der wenig inhaltlich eindeutig definiert und verstanden und meist auf individuelle Weise verwendet wird (Cooper et al 2019;Edwards et al 2010;Gijsberts et al 2019;Selman et al 2018). Die Frage, was den Patientinnen und Patienten in der Versorgung fehlen könnte, kann deshalb für Palliativversorger unklar bleiben.…”

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Spirituelle Bedürfnisse schwer kranker Menschen mit Fluchterfahrung. Herausforderungen für die Palliativversorgung

Banse

Nauck

2020

Spiritual Care

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ZusammenfassungFlüchtlinge und Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund, die im deutschen Gesundheitssystem palliativ versorgt werden, befürchten Ausgrenzung. Ergebnisse aus einem qualitativen Forschungsprojekt zeigen, dass diese Patientinnen und Patienten ihre Flucht und die palliative Situation als doppelte Vulnerabilität erleben. Sie fragen sich in diesem Zusammenhang, was am Lebensende wichtig ist. Seltener werden ‚klassisch‘ spirituelle Antworten etwa aus der jeweiligen Religion, der man angehört, gegeben, sondern zumeist stehen die professionelle Unterstützung bei der Erfüllung von Grundbedürfnissen und die Wahrnehmung der Ängste etwa durch die behandelnden Ärzte für die Patientinnen und Patienten als hilfreiche Ressourcen im Vordergrund. Die Palliativversorger betonen die Probleme, die bei der Unterstützung auftreten, wenn das palliative Angebot von Patientinnen und Patienten nicht wahrgenommen wird. Zu den Ressourcen, die für die Patientinnen und Patienten in der Verarbeitung der Situation wichtig sind, gehört ein Vertrauen in die Palliativversorgung. In diesem Zusammenhang sollte von Seiten des medizinischen und pflegerischen Personals die Akzeptanz der Diversität der Patienten-Biografien wichtig sein. Spiritualität, die zu wenig aus der Perspektive der Patientinnen und Patienten betrachtet wird, kann auch zu einer Barriere im Austausch von Patient/-in und Palliativversorgern werden.

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How Nurses Understand Spirituality and Spiritual Care: A Critical Synthesis

Cited by 35 publications

References 27 publications

Spirituality and Religious Diversity in Nursing: A Scoping Review

Spirituality and Religious Diversity in Nursing: A Scoping Review

How Do Migrant Nursing Home Staff Relate to Religion in Their Work with Patients Who are Approaching Death

Spirituelle Bedürfnisse schwer kranker Menschen mit Fluchterfahrung. Herausforderungen für die Palliativversorgung

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