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Spirituality and Standards for Practice: A Critical Discourse Analysis.
Katherine Louise Cooper1, Esther Chang1, Lauretta Luck1
189381Western Sydney University.
Summary
Spirituality in Australian nursing standards is shaped by holistic care, person-centered care, and professionalization discourses. These influence how spiritual care is represented in practice.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Practice
- Healthcare Professional Standards
- Sociology of Professions
Background:
- The representation of spirituality within professional nursing standards is crucial for guiding spiritual care practices.
- Understanding how these standards are interpreted is essential for effective healthcare delivery.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the understanding of spirituality's representation in the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) Registered Nurse (RN) standards for practice.
- To analyze the discourses and power mechanisms influencing this representation.
Main Methods:
- Critical discourse analysis based on Fairclough's approach.
- Examination of interview texts from the RN Standards for Practice research and development team.
Main Results:
- Three key discourses shape the interpretation of spirituality in the RN Standards: spirituality as part of holistic care, person-centered care, and the professionalization of nursing.
- These discourses exert power over the inclusion and representation of spirituality within the standards.
Conclusions:
- The identified discourses significantly influence how spirituality is represented in the RN Standards for Practice.
- This has direct implications for the integration of spirituality in nursing education, practice standards, and the delivery of spiritual care.
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