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. 2023 May;10(5):3356-3366.
doi: 10.1002/nop2.1589. Epub 2023 Jan 22.

Analysis of the current status of community nurses' spiritual care competencies and the factors: A descriptive cross-sectional analysis

XuanYue Zhang  1 , Li Ba  1 , JiaLi Xu  2 , SuMei Xie  2 , Jin Tu  1 , Xin Yang  1 , Hanjiao Liu  1
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Analysis of the current status of community nurses' spiritual care competencies and the factors: A descriptive cross-sectional analysis

XuanYue Zhang et al. Nurs Open. 2023 May.

Abstract

Aim: To examine and analyze the level of spiritual care competency among community nurses.

Design: The study employed a cross-sectional design.

Methods: From May to July 2022, 442 nurses from community health clinics were chosen as survey respondents using the convenience sample method. The General Information Questionnaire, the version in Chinese of the Nurses' Spiritual Caregiving Awareness Scale and the Chinese version of the Spiritual Caregiving Competence Scale were used in the survey. There were 442 questionnaires distributed, 422 were collected, and the response rate was 95.4%.

Results: The amount of spiritual care competencies of community nurses was positively correlated with the level of spiritual awareness. Simultaneously, their level of education, religious beliefs, marital status and the degree of knowledge of spirituality were all influenced.

Keywords: attitudes; community care; competency; nurses; spiritual care; spirituality.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have reported no conflicts of interest.

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