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Factors affecting nursing staff in practising spiritual care

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  • Moon Fai Chan

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Aim. To examine nurses’ attitudes to practising spiritual care and determine factors associated with nurses’ attitudes to practising spiritual care. Background. Today, health is no longer viewed as a passive state of being, but as a dynamic process of achieving higher levels of wellness. In practices, nurse has increasingly focused on treating the whole person, including the four domains: physical, mental, social and spiritual. Of these four domains, the spiritual domain is the most neglected in daily nursing practice. Design. This is retrospective study. Methods. A convenience sampling was used and 110 nurses completed a structured questionnaire at a public hospital in September 2006. Outcome measures. Nurses’ demographic data and perceptions and practices scores on spiritual care. Results. The results showed that nurses who more likely had religious beliefs (p = 0·028), were more likely to be married (p = 0·01), had past hospitalisation experiences (p = 0·009), worked in the obstetrics and gynaecology department (p

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  • Moon Fai Chan, 2010. "Factors affecting nursing staff in practising spiritual care," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 19(15‐16), pages 2128-2136, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jocnur:v:19:y:2010:i:15-16:p:2128-2136
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02690.x
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    1. Leodoro J. Labrague & Denise M. McEnroe-Petitte & Romeo H. Achaso Jr. & Geifsonne S. Cachero & Mary Rose A. Mohammad, 2016. "Filipino Nurses’ Spirituality and Provision of Spiritual Nursing Care," Clinical Nursing Research, , vol. 25(6), pages 607-625, December.
    2. Rocío de Diego Cordero & Bárbara Badanta Romero & Filomena Adelaide de Matos & Emília Costa & Daniele Corcioli Mendes Espinha & Claudia de Souza Tomasso & Alessandra Lamas Granero Lucchetti & Giancarl, 2018. "Opinions and attitudes on the relationship between spirituality, religiosity and health: A comparison between nursing students from Brazil and Portugal," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 27(13-14), pages 2804-2813, July.
    3. Brendan WK Chew & Lay Hwa Tiew & Debra K Creedy, 2016. "Acute care nurses’ perceptions of spirituality and spiritual care: an exploratory study in Singapore," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 25(17-18), pages 2520-2527, September.

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