Effectiveness of spiritual care training to enhance spiritual health and spiritual care competency among oncology nurses.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Although spiritual care is a basic element of holistic nursing, nurses' spiritual care knowledge and abilities are often unable to satisfy patients' spiritual care needs. Therefore, nurses are in urgent need of relevant training to enhance their abilities to provide patients with spiritual care. DESIGN:A nonrandomized controlled trial. OBJECTIVE:To establish a spiritual care training protocol and verify its effectiveness. METHODS:This study recruited 92 nurses at a cancer treatment hospital in a single province via voluntary sign-up. The nurses were divided into two groups-the study group (45 people) and the control (wait-listed) group (47 people)-using a coin-toss method. The study group received one spiritual care group training session every six months based on their routine

SUBMITTER: Hu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6880564 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature