Nurses' Spiritual Care Practices

Nurse Spiritual Care: Prevalence and Correlates

“…Other spiritual care practices nurses are unlikely to use are the more deeply engaging ones, such as inviting a reflection on spiritual coping or spiritual challenges of living with illness or overtly religious practices (e.g., reading from patients' holy writings or offering prayer) which nurses seem to use discriminately. This was likewise observed by Delgado (2015) in the United States and also by Musa (2017) in Jordanian Muslim nurses. Taylor and Mamier (2005) querying oncology patients and caregivers noted that these more generic practices were preferred by larger numbers of participants.…”

“…Nurse spirituality, however, was a significant predictor of spiritual care practice—more so than traditional measures of religiousness. Nurses’ scoring high in spirituality or spiritual well-being was documented by other nurse researchers (e.g., Delgado, 2015). In addition, Musa (2017) also noted a significant association between nurse spiritual well-being and frequency of providing spiritual care.…”

Nurse Religiosity and Spiritual Care: An Online Survey

“…More common practices include screening and assessment methods, supporting patient S/R beliefs and practices, deep listening and encouraging patients to discuss S/R or existential issues, presence, making a referral to a chaplain, and privately praying for a patient (Epstein-Peterson et al, 2015; McSherry & Jamieson, 2011; Musa, 2016; Taylor, 2008). Often, care that is simply a kind way of being or care that is indistinguishable from psychosocial care is identified by nurses as spiritual care (Delgado, 2015; McSherry & Jamieson, 2011; Sanders, Kopis, Moen, Pobanz, & Volk, 2016; Taylor, 2008).…”

“…Is it possible to overstep professional boundaries and proselytize? Such questions concern nurses and may prevent them from providing spiritual care (Balboni, et al, 2014; Delgado, 2015; Gallison et al, 2013; McSherry & Jamieson, 2011).…”

Evaluation of Midwives’ Perceptions of Spirituality and Spiritual Care in Aydın, Turkey

“…Also, Mutmainnah and Afiyanti, (2019), in their study, used a qualitative descriptive design and indicated that the aspect of spirituality affected women's behavior in caring for their pregnancy, and respecting women's privacy, beliefs and values was the source of strength that facilitated their pregnancy and delivery process. As compared to research studies involving nurses, Sanders et al, (2016) and Delgado's, (2015) findings stated that the nurses' most common practices were listening to patients to provide support or comfort and using physical contacts such as hand-holding, hugging, and support (Delgado, 2015;Sanders et al, 2016).…”