TY - JOUR
T1 - How Christian Nurses Respond to Patient Requests for Prayer
T2 - An Observational Study
AU - Mamier, Iris
AU - Park, Carla Gober
AU - Taylor, Elizabeth Johnston
N1 - Copyright © 2023 InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA.
PY - 2023/10
Y1 - 2023/10
N2 - Nurse-provided spiritual care includes support of patient spiritual practices such as prayer. However, limited evidence exists about how nurses respond when a patient requests prayer. A subsample of nurses (n = 381) from a larger study responded to two open-ended questions in an online survey in response to a prayer scenario. Among these mostly Christian nurses, 97% indicated willingness to pray. Content analysis revealed a five-component structure for praying: Open, Set the Stage, Request, Wrap-up, Close. The structure provides a template for future research and nurse prayer in clinical contexts.
AB - Nurse-provided spiritual care includes support of patient spiritual practices such as prayer. However, limited evidence exists about how nurses respond when a patient requests prayer. A subsample of nurses (n = 381) from a larger study responded to two open-ended questions in an online survey in response to a prayer scenario. Among these mostly Christian nurses, 97% indicated willingness to pray. Content analysis revealed a five-component structure for praying: Open, Set the Stage, Request, Wrap-up, Close. The structure provides a template for future research and nurse prayer in clinical contexts.
KW - Spirituality
KW - Humans
KW - Nurse-Patient Relations
KW - Surveys and Questionnaires
KW - Christianity
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/4ff97a62-e67a-374c-a37a-2f0388b5efb9/
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85176495486
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85176495486#tab=citedBy
U2 - 10.1097/CNJ.0000000000001061
DO - 10.1097/CNJ.0000000000001061
M3 - Article
C2 - 36787460
SN - 0743-2550
VL - 40
SP - 222
EP - 229
JO - Journal of Christian nursing : a quarterly publication of Nurses Christian Fellowship
JF - Journal of Christian nursing : a quarterly publication of Nurses Christian Fellowship
IS - 4
ER -