RT Article
T1 Comparing Nurses’ and Patients’ Comfort Level with Spiritual Assessment
JF Religions
VO 11
IS 12
A1 Giske, Tove
A1 Cone, Pamela
LA English
PB MDPI
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1744676488
AB This paper presents and compares similarities and differences between nurses’ and patients’ reports on comfort levels with spiritual assessment. Spiritual care is a part of nurses’ professional responsibilities; however, nurses continue to report that they are poorly prepared for this. There is limited research on patients’ expectations or perspectives on spiritual care. For the original mixed-method, two-phased study, a 21-item survey with 10 demographic variables, and some open-ended questions related to the comfort level of assessing/being assessed in the spiritual domain were distributed to 172 nurses and 157 hospitalised patients. SPSS was used to analyse and compare the results from nurses and patients; thematic analysis was used to examine the open-ended questions. Nurses reported a higher high degree of comfort with spiritual assessment than patients reported towards being assessed spiritually. Both nurses and patients saw respect and trust as key to building a relationship where open questions related to spirituality can be used as a helpful way to assess patients spiritually. Increased understanding of the best approach toward a patient must be based on the beliefs, values, and practices of that patient so that spiritual care can be individually tailored, and nurses can help patients move along the path to healing.
K1 comfort level
K1 Mixed Methods
K1 nurse and patient perspectives
K1 spiritual assessment
K1 Spiritual Care
DO 10.3390/rel11120671