A Pilot Study of Nurses' Experience of Giving Spiritual Care

Authors

Belinda Deal, The University of Texas at TylerFollow

Abstract

Using spiritual and religious resources gives patients and families strength to cope during a crisis, but nurses often do not offer spiritual care (Kloosterhouse & Ames, 2002). The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore nurses" lived experience of giving spiritual care. A descriptive phenomenological approach was used to interview 4 nurses. Data were analyzed using Colaizzi's (1978) phenomenological method. Five themes were identified: spiritual care is patient-centered, spiritual care is an important part of nursing, spiritual care can be simple to give, spiritual care is not expected but is welcomed by patients, and spiritual care is given by diverse caregivers. Spiritual care is an integral part of nursing and nurses can support patients with spiritual interventions.

Keywords

Spiritual Care, Nurse-Client Relationship, and Prayer Phenomenology

Publication Date

7-1-2010

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/2010.1184

Recommended APA Citation

Deal, B. (2010). A Pilot Study of Nurses' Experience of Giving Spiritual Care. The Qualitative Report, 15(4), 852-863. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2010.1184