Spiritual Experiences of Muslim Critical Care Nurses

The purpose of this study was to determine the experiences and perceptions of intensive care nurses (ICNs) about spirituality and spiritual care, as well as the effective factors, and increase the sensitivity to the subject. In this study, we examined spiritual experiences, using McSherry et al. (In...

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Published in:Journal of religion and health 2017-12, Vol.56 (6), p.2118-2128
Main Authors: Bakir, Ercan, Samancioglu, Sevgin, Kilic, Serap Parlar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aging
Attitude of Health Personnel
Clinical Psychology
Critical Care Nursing
Female
Hospice care
Humans
Intensive care
Islam - psychology
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Muslims
Nurses
Nurses - psychology
Nurses - statistics & numerical data
Original Paper
Perceptions
Public Health
Religious Studies
Spirituality
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to determine the experiences and perceptions of intensive care nurses (ICNs) about spirituality and spiritual care, as well as the effective factors, and increase the sensitivity to the subject. In this study, we examined spiritual experiences, using McSherry et al. (Int J Nurs Stud 39:723–734, 2002) Spirituality and spiritual care rating scale (SSCRS), among 145 ICNs. 44.8% of the nurses stated that they received spiritual care training and 64.1% provided spiritual care to their patients. ICNs had a total score average of 57.62 ± 12.00 in SSCRS. As a consequence, it was determined that intensive care nurses participating in the study had insufficient knowledge about spirituality and spiritual care, but only the nurses with sufficient knowledge provided the spiritual care to their patients.
ISSN:0022-4197
1573-6571
DOI:10.1007/s10943-017-0382-4