Nursing and spirituality

Abstract

Objectives: To evaluate the spiritual well-being of nurses; to appraise their opinions as to the importance of offering patients spiritual assistance, and to verify whether nurses received any specific type of preparation during their professional training for giving spiritual assistance to patients. Methods: This is an exploratory and descriptive study, carried out with a sample of 30 nurses who worked at the Stepdown Unit and Oncology Unit of Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, using the application of the Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWS) and a questionnaire prepared by the authors. results: On the Spiritual Well-Being Scale, 76.6% of nurses produced positive scores. On the Existential Well-Being subscale, 80% had positive scores, and on the Religious Well-Being subscale, 76.6% had positive scores. On the SWBS, the general average score was 107.26, and for the Existential and Religious ones, the average scores were 54.4 and 53.2, respectively. Most nurses responded affirmatively as to the importance of offering patients spiritual assistance, and 40% of nurses offered as rationale "to provide well-being and comfort to the patient". Most nurses reported not having received professional training for giving spiritual assistance to patients in any of the nursing courses they had done. conclusions: The results indicate the need for professional training and/or continued education courses in nursing to extend the reflection and discussion on spirituality and spiritual assistance to patients.Keywords: Spiritual therapies/nursing; Spiritual therapies/education; Religion; Holistic nursing; Holistic nursing/education; Holistic nursing/ ethics; Patient care/methods reSUMO Objetivos: Avaliar o bem-estar espiritual dos enfermeiros; verificar a opinião dos enfermeiros sobre a importância de oferecer ao paciente uma assistência espiritual e verificar se os enfermeiros obtiveram ou não, durante a sua formação profissional, algum tipo de preparo para prestar uma assistência espiritual ao paciente. Métodos: Trata-se de um estudo de caráter exploratório e descritivo realizado com uma amostra de 30 enfermeiros que atuavam na Unidade Semi-Intensiva e na Unidade de Oncologia do Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, sendo aplicados a Escala de Bem-estar Espiritual (EBE) e um questionário elaborado pelos autores. resultados: Na Escala de Bem-estar Espiritual, 76,6% dos enfermeiros apresentaram escores positivos. Na subescala de bem-estar existencial, 80% apresentaram escores positivos e na de bem-estar religioso 76,6% obtiveram escores positivos. Na Escala de Bem-Estar Espiritual, a média geral foi 107,26, e para as subescalas de bem-estar existencial e religioso as médias foram de 54,4 e 53,2, respectivamente. A grande maioria respondeu afirmativamente sobre a importância de oferecer ao paciente uma assistência espiritual, e 40% dos enfermeiros ofereceram como justificativa "para proporcionar bem-estar e conforto ao paciente". A maioria dos enfermeiros referiu não ter recebido uma formação profissional para prestar uma assistên...

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