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[Development and effectiveness of a spiritual care education program for nursing students--based on the ASSET model]
1Department of Nursing, Gwangyang Health College, Gwangyang, Korea.
Purpose:
This study was done to develop a spiritual care education program (SCEP) for nursing students to help increase their awareness of the essence of spirituality in care so as to enable them to promote spiritual well-being and spiritual care competence.
Methods:
The participants were assigned to an experimental group (n=42) or a control group (n=39). From August to October 2009, the experimental group participated in the SCEP, which were held 2 hours a week for 6 weeks. The data were analyzed using χ²-test, Fisher's exact probability test, paired t-test, t-test with the SPSS WIN 17.0 statistics program.
Results:
The experimental group had a higher mean score for spirituality, spiritual well-being and spiritual care competence than the control group. Significant differences were found between the experimental group and the control group.
Conclusion:
The results of this study indicate that the SCEP was effective in improving spirituality, spiritual well-being and spiritual care competence for nursing students.
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