Spiritual Care Activities of Nurses Using Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) Labels

Abstract

and Mary Ann McPartlan Bajo, RN PURPOSE. To describe the spiritual care activities of nurses as subsequently identified in the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) labels. METHODS. Data were takenfrom a larger study that used a multiple triangulation research design to describe spiritual perspectives, in tervenfions, and attitudes of 1,000 Sigma Theta Tau International members . Data analysis included desc r ip t ive and multivariate statistics for quantitative items, and content analysis for responses to questions. FINDINGS. 97 respondents reported providing 32 spiritual care activities. Ten NIC labels actually mapped the nurses' spiritual care activities. CONCLUSIONS. Spiritual care activities involve a broad spectrum of interventions that may be unique to each patient. The 32 spiritual care activities described by the nurses provide new knowledge regarding core spiritual care activities. The use of NIC labels can facilitate docunzentation of spiritual care activifies in diverse practice settings. greatcr specificity in describing spiritual care interzvntions to a level that allows replication and adztancement of knowledge. Search terms: Nursing activities, nursing in tervcntions, spiritual care PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS. This study SZlppOrtS Soins spirituels: Activites des infirmihres qui utilisent la classification des interventions de soins (NIC) BUT. Fournir des directives pour les soins spirituels par la description des activitis de soins infirmiers, ripertoriis sous les titres de la NIC. M~THODES. Les donnies ont i t i extraites d'une vaste itude utilisan t un devis triangulaire de recherche pour dicrire les perspectives interventions et attitudes spirituelles des 1,000 mernbres de Sigma Theta Tau International. L'analyse des donnies a it6 faite a l'aide de statistiques descriptives et multivariies pour les items quantitatifs et par l'analyse de contenu des riponses aux questions. R~J L T A T S . 96 infirmikres ont dicrit 32 activitis de soins spirituels. 10 titres (NIC) incluaient aussi des activitis de soins spirituels. CONCLUSIONS. Les activitis de soins spiritztels se ripartissent sur toute une ganzme d'interventions qui peuvent ttre uniques pour chaque patient. Les 32 activitis de soins spirituels dicrites par les infirmieres apportent de nouvelles connaissances concernant le noyau des soins spirituels. L'utilisafion des titres des interventions ( N U peutfaciliter l'inscription ati dossier des activitis de soins spirituels dans des milieux cliniques varie's. IMPLICATIONS POUR LA PRATIQUE. Cette itude itaye le fait que la description plus pricise des soins spirituels permet de faire avancer la connaissances et de conduire la rntme recherche dans d'autres milieux. Mots-clks: Activite's de soins, interventions de soins, soins spirituels Translation by Ckcile Boisvert, MSN, RN

Spirituality health and its related factors in students of nursing and midwifery

“…In a study, the spiritual well-being and age were reported to have a significant relationship (P<0.04) (19). Similarly, the effect of age on spiritual wellbeing has been suggested in other studies (22,23). This discrepancy between or results and those of the aforementioned studies can be ascribed to the family culture and living environment of the students, who constituted the research population.…”

Qualitative Comparison and Synthesis of Nursing Presence and Caring

“…In keeping with a focus on individual differences, there is also an emphasis on patient enablement, empowerment, and, to the greatest extent possible, self‐care (Cavendish et al., 2003; Clayton et al., 1991; Kanitsaki, 1993; Wilson, 1986). It is notable that both a respect for individual differences and patient empowerment allow for flexibility and, when necessary, variation in the enactment of presence and caring (Fuller, 1991; Mohnkern, 1992; Turkel, 2001; Yam & Rossiter, 2000).…”

Clients and Patients’ Spiritual Nursing Diagnosis of the Sound Heart Model

“…Results of other studies have shown four areas of spirituality that normally evaluated in patients as follows: fear of medical practices, sources of patients' internal power, feeling of hopefulness, religious practices related to the surgery, but integrity, as a dimension of spiritual evaluation, has been less reported by nurses [50]. Although the goal of nursing care, is to promote health, prevent of diseases, maintain health, and relieve patients' pain and suffering, and the spiritual care is influential in reaching these goals [51] by reducing patients' stresses during their hospitalization through focusing on optimism and hope to the mercy of God, but there are still few nurses providing spiritual care [5]. Over 50% of nurses do not try to provide spiritual care to patients in practice and feel that, they are not competent enough in this regard [46].…”

“…The professional performance of nursing is based on its theoretical knowledge, through nursing care models, which is influenced by the philosophical perspective of theorists, who define how to take care of clients and patients [3,4]. The effect of philosophy (ontology), on people's culture and lifestyle, mood, behaviors, health habits, meaning of events, perception of health and sickness, selecting treatment and care models is different in every culture and society [5][6][7], that represents: people of every society, have their own spiritual responses to stress or diseases, based on their philosophical attitudes toward the world [8]. Reaction to disease varies from person to person, such as: an unfair event from God that causes dissatisfaction with fate, a challenge that has a solution, a factor for future anxiety or sadness of losing health, the reason for creating a sense of revenge from the cause of disease with frustration, or vice versa: time for rest and care with the hope to spend the course of disease, easily [9].…”

“…An essential element of holistic nursing is assessing client and patients' bio-psycho-social-spiritual reactions ( Figure 1) [12]. The uncertainty of life events and incidence of diseases, create spiritual needs that necessitate spiritual care [5]. The Sound Heart model is a spiritual care model from Abrahamic religions viewpoint, which accepts the spirit in human beings as the default and define the soul (heart) as the "spiritual, gentle, divine, identifier, wise and mighty essence that is assigned by God, is the place of emotions which perceives the surrounding environment, is addressed by God for His reward and punishment [13].…”