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Spiritual nursing interventions
1Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, USA.
Summary
Nurses use various interventions like prayer and active listening to support client spirituality. However, most nurses gain this knowledge outside of formal nursing education, highlighting a gap in curriculum.
Area of Science:
- Nursing
- Spirituality
- Healthcare Interventions
Background:
- Spirituality is a crucial component of holistic patient care.
- Oncology, parish, and hospice nurses play a key role in addressing patient spirituality.
- Understanding current nursing interventions for spirituality is essential for improving patient outcomes.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify and rank spiritual nursing interventions implemented by nurses.
- To explore how nurses acquire knowledge about spiritual care.
- To inform curriculum development for enhanced spiritual nursing education.
Main Methods:
- Survey of oncology, parish, and hospice nurses in the Midwest.
- Identification and ranking of 95 spiritual nursing interventions.
- Analysis of how nurses learned about spiritual care interventions.
Main Results:
- Referral, prayer, active listening, and validation were frequently identified interventions.
- Communication and religious interventions were most frequently implemented.
- Only 15% reported learning spiritual care from nursing education.
Conclusions:
- There is a need to integrate more spiritual knowledge into nursing education.
- Developing a typology of spiritual nursing interventions is recommended.
- Enhanced education will support nurses in providing holistic spiritual care.