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Spiritual nursing interventions

S C Sellers1, B A Haag

  • 1Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, USA.

Journal of Holistic Nursing : Official Journal of the American Holistic Nurses' Association
|December 16, 1998
PubMed
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.

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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.

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