Nurses' models of spiritual care: A cross-sectional survey of American nurses.

Mascio, R; Lynch, S; Phillips, JL; Hosie, A; Best, M

Nurses' models of spiritual care: A cross-sectional survey of American nurses.

Mascio, R Lynch, S Phillips, JL Hosie, A

Best, M

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Publisher:: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Palliat Support Care, 2024, 22, (2), pp. 314-324
Issue Date:: 2024-04

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dc.contributor.author	Mascio, R
dc.contributor.author	Lynch, S
dc.contributor.author	Phillips, JL
dc.contributor.author	Hosie, A https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1674-2124
dc.contributor.author	Best, M
dc.date.accessioned	2024-03-06T22:25:41Z
dc.date.available	2024-03-06T22:25:41Z
dc.date.issued	2024-04
dc.identifier.citation	Palliat Support Care, 2024, 22, (2), pp. 314-324
dc.identifier.issn	1478-9515
dc.identifier.issn	1478-9523
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/176222
dc.description.abstract	OBJECTIVES: Despite there being many models for how spiritual care should be provided, the way nurses actually provide spiritual care often differs from these models. Based on the premise that the way a person enacts their work role is related to how they understand that role, this study aims to describe the qualitatively different ways that nurses understand their spiritual care role. METHODS: A convenience sample of 66 American nurses completed an anonymous, online questionnaire about what spiritual care means for them and what they generally do to provide spiritual care. Their responses were analyzed phenomenographically. RESULTS: Four qualitatively different ways of understanding emerged: active management of the patient's experience, responsive facilitation of patient's wishes, accompaniment on the patient's dying journey, and empowering co-action with the patient. Each understanding was found to demonstrate a specific combination of 5 attributes that described the spiritual care role: nurse directivity, the cues used for spiritual assessment, and the nurse's perception of intimacy, the patient, and the task. SIGNIFICANCE OF RESULTS: The findings of this study may explain why nurses vary in their spiritual care role and can be used to assess and develop competence in spiritual care.
dc.format	Print
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
dc.relation.ispartof	Palliat Support Care
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1017/S1478951523000676
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject	1117 Public Health and Health Services
dc.subject.classification	Oncology & Carcinogenesis
dc.subject.classification	4203 Health services and systems
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Cross-Sectional Studies
dc.subject.mesh	Spirituality
dc.subject.mesh	Surveys and Questionnaires
dc.subject.mesh	Spiritual Therapies
dc.subject.mesh	Nurses
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Spiritual Therapies
dc.subject.mesh	Cross-Sectional Studies
dc.subject.mesh	Spirituality
dc.subject.mesh	Nurses
dc.subject.mesh	Surveys and Questionnaires
dc.title	Nurses' models of spiritual care: A cross-sectional survey of American nurses.
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	22
utslib.location.activity	England
utslib.for	1117 Public Health and Health Services
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CHT - Health Technologies
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health/IMPACCT
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Centre for Health Technologies (CHT)
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dc.date.updated	2024-03-06T22:25:40Z
pubs.issue	2
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utslib.citation.issue	2

Abstract:

OBJECTIVES: Despite there being many models for how spiritual care should be provided, the way nurses actually provide spiritual care often differs from these models. Based on the premise that the way a person enacts their work role is related to how they understand that role, this study aims to describe the qualitatively different ways that nurses understand their spiritual care role. METHODS: A convenience sample of 66 American nurses completed an anonymous, online questionnaire about what spiritual care means for them and what they generally do to provide spiritual care. Their responses were analyzed phenomenographically. RESULTS: Four qualitatively different ways of understanding emerged: active management of the patient's experience, responsive facilitation of patient's wishes, accompaniment on the patient's dying journey, and empowering co-action with the patient. Each understanding was found to demonstrate a specific combination of 5 attributes that described the spiritual care role: nurse directivity, the cues used for spiritual assessment, and the nurse's perception of intimacy, the patient, and the task. SIGNIFICANCE OF RESULTS: The findings of this study may explain why nurses vary in their spiritual care role and can be used to assess and develop competence in spiritual care.

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