Frequency of nurse-provided spiritual care: An international comparison.

ABSTRACT:

Aims and objectives

To compare the frequency of nurse-provided spiritual care across diverse cultures.

Background

Given an ethical imperative to respect patient spirituality and religiosity, nurses are increasingly taught and expected to provide spiritual care. Although nurses report positive attitudes toward spiritual care, they typically self-report providing it infrequently. Evidence about the reported frequency of spiritual care is constrained by substantial variation in its measurement.

Design

This cross-sectional, descriptive study involved secondary analysis of data collected in multiple sites globally using one quantitative instrument.

Methods

Data were collected from practicing nurses using the Nurse Spiritual Care Therapeutics Scale and analysed using

SUBMITTER: Taylor EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10087347 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature