TY - JOUR
T1 - Spiritual Care at the Bedside
T2 - Are We Practicing What We Preach?
AU - Taylor, Elizabeth Johnston
AU - Gober-Park, Carla
AU - Schoonover-Shoffner, Kathy
AU - Mamier, Iris
AU - Somaiya, Chintan K.
AU - Bahjri, Khaled
N1 - c, and work-related variables. Findings indicated that even in a sample of Christian nurses who scored high on religiousness measures, spiritual care is infrequent. Nurse's opinions about whether it was appropriate to initiate S/R conversation, self-disclosure, and prayer were associated with aspects of nurse religiosity.
PY - 2019/10/1
Y1 - 2019/10/1
N2 - Little is known about how nurses' personal spirituality and religious (S/R) beliefs impact their spiritual care of patients. An online survey was used to collect data from 445 nurses, assessing facets of religiosity, their opinions about introducing S/R during patient care, demographic, and work-related variables. Findings indicated that even in a sample of Christian nurses who scored high on religiousness measures, spiritual care is infrequent. Nurses' opinions about whether it was appropriate to initiate S/R conversation, self-disclosure, and prayer were associated with aspects of nurse religiosity. Nurses working in a faith-based organization were more likely to believe they could initiate S/R conversation and offer prayer.
AB - Little is known about how nurses' personal spirituality and religious (S/R) beliefs impact their spiritual care of patients. An online survey was used to collect data from 445 nurses, assessing facets of religiosity, their opinions about introducing S/R during patient care, demographic, and work-related variables. Findings indicated that even in a sample of Christian nurses who scored high on religiousness measures, spiritual care is infrequent. Nurses' opinions about whether it was appropriate to initiate S/R conversation, self-disclosure, and prayer were associated with aspects of nurse religiosity. Nurses working in a faith-based organization were more likely to believe they could initiate S/R conversation and offer prayer.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85071896319
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UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/4b424214-9132-30bf-9f71-54715662daed/
U2 - 10.1097/CNJ.0000000000000570
DO - 10.1097/CNJ.0000000000000570
M3 - Article
C2 - 30586010
SN - 0743-2550
VL - 36
SP - 238
EP - 243
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 -