Spiritual climate in hospitals influences nurses’ professional quality of life

Abstract

Studies on workplace spirituality and health care workers' professional quality of life (ProQoL) have been expanding in recent years. Workplace spirituality within the health care system embodies one's efforts to pursue a meaningful and purposeful life; develop healthy relationships among colleagues, clients and families; and maintain coherent individual and organisational beliefs and values (Baldacchino, 2017). Spiritual climate (SC) is a common understanding among employees towards spirituality and the partaking of the shared spirituality of the workplace (Daniel, 2010). ProQoL is the emotional perception that each individual has of

Work engagement of nurses and the influence of spiritual climate of hospitals: A cross‐sectional study

“…An article reporting the association between spiritual climate and ProQOL was previously published (Cruz et al, 2020). This article reports the findings of the analyses on the spiritual climate's impact on nurses' work engagement.…”

“…We surveyed a convenience sample of 302 nurses employed in three Ministry of Health (MOH) hospitals in Riyadh region of Saudi Arabia. As reported by Cruz et al (2020), the nurses qualified for the study if they were registered nurses in the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties and were employed in one of the three hospitals for a minimum of 6 months regardless of nationality. The sample size was reported to have an adequate power with the post hoc power analysis revealing 99.4% power (effect size of 0.15 and margin of error of 0.05; Cruz et al, 2020).…”

“…Likewise, clinical settings that promote spirituality cultivate genuine social connections and enhance patients' and health providers' well-being and professional quality of life (Baldacchino, 2017;Cruz et al, 2020).…”

A commentary on spiritual leadership and workplace spirituality in nursing management

“…Workplace spirituality as well as spiritual leadership is fundamental to quality of care, nurses' job satisfaction and motivation, so health care management needs to get a way to promote it. Cruz et al (2020) concluded that a positive spiritual climate of hospitals leads to improved 'compassion satisfaction' and low 'burnout' and 'secondary traumatic stress' among nurses, and therefore, policymakers, nursing leaders and nurses advocates are responsible for encouraging nurses spirituality, granting and respecting a place for different spiritual views aiming to improve the job satisfaction. Workplace spirituality is not yet totally implemented or neither a concern in most health care institutions.…”

“…Cruz et al. (2020) concluded that a positive spiritual climate of hospitals leads to improved ‘compassion satisfaction’ and low ‘burnout’ and ‘secondary traumatic stress’ among nurses, and therefore, policymakers, nursing leaders and nurses advocates are responsible for encouraging nurses spirituality, granting and respecting a place for different spiritual views aiming to improve the job satisfaction. Birnie (2019) calls for hospitals' responsibility in ensuring that libraries may facilitate literature on spirituality.…”