Inforcing Spiritual Care: Enhancing Well-Being and Competency in Psychiatric Nurses

In Forcing Spiritual Care: Enhancing Well-Being and Competency in Psychiatric Nurses

This study was done to evaluate the effectiveness of spiritual care education program in enhancing the well-being and competency of psychiatric nurses.

After explaining the aim of the study, an official permission from the aforementioned psychiatric institutions will acquired to carry out the study. In order to prevent conflicts with regular hospital nursing shifts, the study team had arranged the instructional sessions with the head of nurses. Nursing who fulfilled the qualifying requirements and gave their verbal, informed consent was taken by the researchers. Nurses completed the self-administered data collection sheet. The self-administered questionnaire was completed in 15-20 minutes on average. The pre-test questionnaire was first given to both groups prior to the start of the educational session in order to gather data. The post-test was administered using the same pretest questionnaire.

Intervention of spiritual care education/training program For eight weeks, the intervention group participated in a spiritual care education program that aimed to improve their ability to provide spiritual care. Program orientation, an introduction to spiritual care, the concepts of spiritual care, the significance of spiritual care, the theoretical underpinnings of spirituality in mental health, practical strategies for integrating spiritual care in psychiatric nursing, reflective practice, and self-care for enhancing personal spirituality were all covered in the program's weekly two-hour sessions. Throughout the study period, the control group received no intervention and carried on with their regular nursing practice without any further instruction.

The baseline (pre-intervention) questionnaire was given simultaneously to the intervention and control groups in order to gather data at two different times. A questionnaire measuring spiritual well-being and spiritual care competency was filled out by both groups. The filled surveys were gathered by the study team. Both the intervention and control groups received the immediately post-intervention questionnaire simultaneously, right after the educational program concluded.

Inclusion Criteria:

The participants of this study were 98 psychiatric nurses working in previously mentioned psychiatric settings and who fulfilled the following inclusion criteria as both male and female, had one year of experience in psychiatric care, willingness to participate in the study and provide informed consent and did not enroll in any ongoing spiritual care-related training.

Exclusion Criteria:

Nurses refused to participate Nurses not on the full duty