Betty Neuman
Betty Neuman
Betty Neuman
Abstract:
The study on spiritual caring rendered by nurses in selected hospitals considered a private
hospital, Our Lady of Peace Hospital (OLPH) and a public hospital, Justice Jose Abad Santos
General Hospital (JJASGH). Majority of the nurse respondents are female, single, Catholic and
within the 20-30 year-old age bracket. All the nurses are deemed knowledgeable and competent
having graduated from higher education institutions offering nursing. The findings of the study
reveal that the nurses have ‘very high level of spirituality’ and all of them find spirituality ‘very
important’. In addition to these, spiritual beliefs and practices are ‘always’ manifested and spiritual
care is ‘often’ rendered by the nurses. In terms of the relationship between spiritual beliefs and
practices and spiritual care, both values imply a marked moderate positive correlation. This
indicates that the greater a nurse’s spiritual care perceptions are the more frequently spiritual care
is included in one’s nursing practice. To further enhance the level of spiritual care rendered by the
nurses to the patients, a number of recommendations were considered by the researchers which
include activities that would promote spiritual awareness, strengthen interpersonal relationships
with patients, provision of religious articles and activities, among others.
Citation: