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Nataša Mlinar Reljić1, Wilfred Mcsherry2, Metka Skubic3
1Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia.
Aim:
Spiritual care is vital to patient-centred care, yet gaps persist in nursing and midwifery education. This study presents the self-assessed spiritual care competencies of Slovenian nursing and midwifery students.
Design:
A cross-sectional design was used.
Methods:
A non-experimental, cross-sectional design was applied to a purposive sample of 319 undergraduate and graduate nursing and midwifery students. Data were collected based on the Spiritual Care Competency Self-Assessment Tool.
Results:
The results showed that 51.7% (n = 165) of students demonstrated a moderate level of spiritual care competence, 40.4% (n = 129) achieved a good level and only 5.3% (n = 17) attained a high level. Nursing students scored significantly higher than midwifery students (p < 0.05), particularly in intrapersonal and interpersonal spirituality. Female students reported higher competence in spiritual care planning and interpersonal spirituality compared with males (p < 0.05). No significant differences were found regarding study format, year of study, or religious affiliation.
Conclusions:
The findings highlight the need for targeted educational interventions to improve spiritual care training, ensuring all healthcare students develop the necessary competencies to provide holistic, patient-centred care.
Patient Or Public Contribution:
Nursing and midwifery students participated in this study.
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