Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.31192/np.19.2.1
Perception of Spirituality and Spiritual Care as a Predictor of Spiritual Care Competencies in Nursing Students
Nada Prlić
orcid.org/0000-0003-4182-6119
; Systematic Study of Spirituality, Zagreb, Croatia
Franjo Podgorelec
orcid.org/0000-0002-1088-7878
; University of Zagreb, Catholic Faculty of Theology, Zagreb, Croatia
Ivana Barać
orcid.org/0000-0001-7539-2019
; Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
Abstract
The objectives of this cross-sectional study were to research nursing students’ the perceptions of spirituality, spiritual care, and spiritual care competencies in providing spiritual care. Respondents were 456 nursing students. Study instruments were: a questionnaire on the general characteristics of the respondents, Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale (SSCRS), and Spiritual Care Competency Scale (SCCS). The results showed a high level of perception of spirituality, spiritual care, and spiritual care competency in nursing students. There are differences according to gender, age, high school education, work experience, religious affiliation, religious practice, competence in spiritual care assessment. The results of the regression analysis showed that spirituality and spiritual care are significant predictors of spiritual care competencies.
Keywords
nursing students; spirituality; spiritual care; spiritual care competency
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260509
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Publication date:
16.7.2021.
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