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Spiritual interventions provided by mental health nurses
Mental health nurses described ideal spiritual interventions but intervened less often. Key interventions included presence, acting on behalf of patients, and encouraging introspection and external resource utilization.
Area of Science:
- Nursing
- Mental Health
- Spirituality
Background:
- Spiritual care is integral to holistic patient well-being.
- Mental health nursing encompasses addressing patients' spiritual needs.
- Understanding nurses' practical application of spiritual interventions is crucial.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore spiritual nursing interventions used by mental health nurses.
- To identify how nurses support the spiritual needs of patients and families.
Main Methods:
- Descriptive qualitative study design.
- Data collected through open-ended questions from 50 mental health nurses.
- Responses analyzed to categorize spiritual nursing interventions.
Main Results:
- Interventions categorized into four themes: being with, doing for, encouraging inward reflection, and encouraging outward resource connection.
- Being with involved the nurse's presence; doing for included actions taken on the patient's behalf.
- Nurses described ideal interventions more readily than reporting their actual implementation frequency.
Conclusions:
- Mental health nurses recognize and can articulate ideal spiritual interventions.
- A gap exists between the conceptualization and reported practice of spiritual nursing interventions.
- Further research should explore barriers and facilitators to implementing spiritual care in mental health settings.
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