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Saudi Journal of Nursing and Health Care (SJNHC)
Volume-4 | Issue-06 | 141-147
Original Research Article
Spirituality, Spiritual Well-Being and Spiritual Care Competence among Nurses during the Third Wave of Corona Virus in Faisalabad, Pakistan
Sayda Azra Parveen, Sana Sehar, Dimple Mustufa
Published : June 13, 2021
DOI : 10.36348/sjnhc.2021.v04i06.001
Abstract
Introduction: Spirituality and spiritual wellbeing provide important information about the health care needs, the ability of people to cope with spiritual stresses, and necessary interventions for adaptation and coping with the crises of health care. Health care workers, especially nurses, are subject to such crises. Despite the importance of spiritual care and spiritual wellbeing and nurses’ provision of care, there is limited research regarding this important aspect of care. Hence it is necessary to assess the spirituality, spiritual well-being and spiritual care competence among nurses during the third wave of Corona Virus in Faisalabad, Pakistan. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study conducted in February to May 2021, on the nurses working in Covid units of Public hospital in Faisalabad. Inclusion criteria of the study was staff nurses with the having license, at least 1 year work experience in ICUs and the main exclusion criteria included passing the formal spiritual care training courses. A total of 170 nurses participated in the study. The main questionnaire based on the socio-demographic questionnaire comprises of the age, gender, qualification and work experience. The data is collected through the 3 questionnaires including spiritual care competence scale of competence by Van Leeuwen & Cusvellen (2004), spirituality and spiritual Care rating scale introduced by Mc Sherry and, Paloutzian and Ellison’s spiritual wellbeing questionnaire. Results: The mean score of the spirituality, spiritual wellbeing and spiritual care competence among nurses was low and falls between the disagree to neutral scores. Qualification, marital status and years of experience are significantly associated to years of experience whereas, qualification and marital status is not related to spirituality, spiritual wellbeing and spiritual care competence among nurses. Correlation between variables of spirituality, spiritual wellbeing and spiritual care competence among nurses. Spiritual care competence is significantly associated to spirituality, spiritual wellbeing among nurses in the 3rd wave of cornona virus in Pakistan. Conclusion: As nurses with high levels of spiritual wellbeing have a positive attitude toward spiritual care thereafter, to ensure high level of spirituality among nurses caring for corona patients, nurses must reflect on the post spiritual encounter and in training more focus should be on content related to the spirituality in the curriculum. Spiritual issues are the integral part in the quality of life therefore, compliance of this is necessary in the life-threatening diseases such as corona pandemic.
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