Research progress in the definition, assessment tools, and practice of spiritual care

Deng, Lan; Liu, Huaxia

doi:10.2478/fon-2020-0014

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“…According to Deng and Liu (2020), spirituality is individualized and multidimensional, often an area of need when people face emotional stress, illness, or the possibility of death. Taylor (2020) described spirituality as a “dynamic and intrinsic aspect of humanity through which persons seek ultimate meaning, purpose, and transcendence, and experience relationship to self, family, others, community, society, nature, and the significant or sacred.…”

Section: Defining Spirituality and Spiritual Carementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Joint Commission (2021) does not require spiritual assessment in home care except for patients receiving psychosocial services for specific situations (e.g., alcoholism, substance use disorders, and end-of-life care). However, agencies need to consider the provision of spiritual care to improve the quality of care for patients (Deng & Liu, 2020). Healthcare providers vary in their level of comfort and capability in discussing spiritual concerns.…”

Section: Spiritual Assessmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Making Time and Being Present

Slabaugh

Elliott

2022

Home Healthcare Now

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The COVID-19 pandemic has placed significant strain on home healthcare clinicians, shifting the focus of care to essential physical care needs. Spiritual care needs have always been present, but the pandemic has heightened recognition of the importance of spiritual care in home care. The goals of spiritual care include promoting physical healing, improving quality of life, and enhancing patient and family wellbeing. The use of a standardized spiritual assessment tool can increase provider awareness and patient expression of spiritual care needs. Spiritual care activities consist of obtaining a spiritual history, compassionate presence, mindful listening, interprofessional collaboration, and the provision of space for spiritual practices. This article provides a conceptual overview and strategies for application of spiritual care competencies.

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Section: Defining Spirituality and Spiritual Carementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Spiritual Assessmentmentioning

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Making Time and Being Present

Slabaugh

Elliott

2022

Home Healthcare Now

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“…In one piece of literature, it was defined as the care that is connected to the meaning and purpose of life (Willemse et al, 2020). Another reference defined spiritual care as nurses' use of spiritual resources to help the patient to discover the purpose and meaning of life within the nurse-patient relationship (Deng & Liu, 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The significance of spiritual care is enabling nurses to help patients explore their own strengths that increase their ability to cope with the disease in a better way. It increases patients' hope, decreases negative emotions and so improves patients' quality of life (Deng & Liu, 2020;Hvidt et al, 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

Critical Care Nurses’ Spiritual Care Practice and Its Relationship with Their Spiritual Perception and Competency

Mohamed Elsayed,

Abdalla Elbiaa,

Arafa Hassan

2023

Alexandria Scientific Nursing Journal

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Background: Holistic nursing care including spiritual care should be provided to critically ill patients. Critical care nurses should assess the patients' spiritual needs and provide holistic nursing care accordingly. Nurses' spiritual perception and competency may be facilitators or barriers to the spiritual practice of critical care nurses. So, the current study was conducted to assess this relationship. Objective: To assess critical care nurses' spiritual care practice and its relationship with their spiritual perception and competency. Design of the study: A descriptive correlational research design. Settings: Seven intensive care units at the Alexandria Main University Hospital. Subjects: A convenient sample of 150 critical care nurses who provide direct care to patients were enrolled in the study. Tools: Three tools were used in this study. Tool one was the spiritual care practice questionnaire. Tool two was the spirituality and spiritual care rating scale, and tool three was the spiritual care competency scale. Method: Online questionnaire was sent to critical care nurses to report their spiritual care practice, perception, and competency. Results: Critical care nurses' spiritual care practice was positively and significantly correlated with nurses' perception of spiritual care (r=0.55, P= 0.04), and awareness of spiritual care competency (r=0.87, P= 0.02). Conclusion: Critical care nurses provide spiritual care when they have a positive attitude toward spiritual care and are aware of spiritual care competency components. Recommendations: Raise critical care nurses' awareness of spiritual care competency to provide a more positive attitude toward spiritual care and provide satisfactory spiritual care to critically ill patients.

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“…Consequently, this European document recommends that specific training in spirituality be included in the healthcare curriculum. However, it is difficult even today to provide a clear conceptualisation of the meaning attributed to spirituality and spiritual care in healthcare (Deng and Liu 2020;Whelan 2019).…”

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Effectiveness of an Educational Intervention to Teach Spiritual Care to Spanish Nursing Students

2020

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Spirituality and spiritual care in professional nursing are conceptualised and recognised as fundamental components of holistic healthcare. Despite the acceptance of and interest in spiritual care, a lack of education and clinical training on the subject limits nurses’ ability to meet patients’ spiritual needs. Consequently, the aim of this study was to analyse the effectiveness of a training programme designed to teach the specific knowledge, attitudes and competencies necessary to provide spiritual care in nursing practice. This study consisted of a one-group pre-post intervention design with two measurement times (baseline/pre-intervention and post-intervention). A teaching activity about spiritual care in nursing practice was designed and implemented (focal groups, open discussion, discussion groups and clinical case studies). The educational intervention was developed by the authors based on a literature review, research and feedback from the undergraduate students. A convenience sample of 369 nursing students at the University of Alicante (Spain) who were enrolled in the teaching subject of Psychology participated in this study. The effectiveness of the teaching activity was assessed through a self-administered 15-item questionnaire. The post-intervention results indicated that the programme was effective in improving knowledge, competencies and attitudes related to spiritual care. The implications of this study for teaching practice and future research are discussed

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Research progress in the definition, assessment tools, and practice of spiritual care

Abstract: To promote the development of nursing spiritual care and humanistic care, this article introduces the current status of the definition, assessment tools, and practice of spiritual care at home and abroad.

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Making Time and Being Present

Making Time and Being Present

Critical Care Nurses’ Spiritual Care Practice and Its Relationship with Their Spiritual Perception and Competency

Effectiveness of an Educational Intervention to Teach Spiritual Care to Spanish Nursing Students

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