TY - JOUR
T1 - Nurse Religiosity and Spiritual Care
T2 - An Online Survey
AU - Taylor, Elizabeth Johnston
AU - Gober-Park, Carla
AU - Schoonover-Shoffner, Kathy
AU - Mamier, Iris
AU - Somaiya, Chintan K.
AU - Bahjri, Khaled
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2017.
PY - 2019/6/1
Y1 - 2019/6/1
N2 - This study measured the frequency of nurse-provided spiritual care and how it is associated with various facets of nurse religiosity. Data were collected using an online survey accessed from the home page of the Journal of Christian Nursing. The survey included the Nurse Spiritual Care Therapeutics Scale, six scales quantifying facets of religiosity, and demographic and work-related items. Respondents (N = 358) indicated high religiosity yet reported neutral responses to items about sharing personal beliefs and tentativeness of belief. Findings suggested spiritual care was infrequent. Multivariate analysis showed prayer frequency, employer support of spiritual care, and non-White ethnicity were significantly associated with spiritual care frequency (adjusted R 2 =.10). Results not only provide an indication of spiritual care frequency but empirical encouragement for nurse managers to provide a supportive environment for spiritual care. Findings expose the reality that nurse religiosity is directly related, albeit weakly, to spiritual care frequency.
AB - This study measured the frequency of nurse-provided spiritual care and how it is associated with various facets of nurse religiosity. Data were collected using an online survey accessed from the home page of the Journal of Christian Nursing. The survey included the Nurse Spiritual Care Therapeutics Scale, six scales quantifying facets of religiosity, and demographic and work-related items. Respondents (N = 358) indicated high religiosity yet reported neutral responses to items about sharing personal beliefs and tentativeness of belief. Findings suggested spiritual care was infrequent. Multivariate analysis showed prayer frequency, employer support of spiritual care, and non-White ethnicity were significantly associated with spiritual care frequency (adjusted R 2 =.10). Results not only provide an indication of spiritual care frequency but empirical encouragement for nurse managers to provide a supportive environment for spiritual care. Findings expose the reality that nurse religiosity is directly related, albeit weakly, to spiritual care frequency.
KW - ethics
KW - nurses
KW - religion
KW - spirituality
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U2 - 10.1177/1054773817725869
DO - 10.1177/1054773817725869
M3 - Article
C2 - 28856897
SN - 1054-7738
VL - 28
SP - 636
EP - 652
JO - Clinical Nursing Research
JF - Clinical Nursing Research
IS - 5
ER -