Spiritual care provided by Thai nurses in intensive care units
Spiritual care provided by Thai nurses in intensive care units
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.03072.x
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发表时间：
2010-04-01
影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
Kerdonfag, Petcharat
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作者：
Lundberg, Pranee C.;Kerdonfag, Petcharat
目的：本研究的目的是探讨曼谷一所大学医院重症监护室的泰国护士如何为他们的病人提供精神护理。一个整体的方法，这种促进包括灵性。设计。一个探索性的定性研究。方法。30名泰国护士，选择通过有目的的抽样与雪球技术，自愿参加。半结构化的访谈与开放式的问题进行了录音记录，逐字转录和内容analysis.Results.five主题有关的精神护理的提供出现：给予精神支持，促进宗教仪式和文化信仰，与病人和病人的家人沟通，评估病人的精神需求，并表现出尊重和促进家庭参与护理。结论：精神关怀是护士在满足病人及家属需要时，精神关怀的重要组成部分。因此，护理教育应加强护士对灵性问题的理解和意识，使他们能够回应人类的灵性需求。与临床实践的相关性。护士应将灵性视为整体护理的重要组成部分。在他们的职业生涯中，他们应该扩大他们对灵性的知识和理解，并开发评估灵性需求的工具。
Aim.The aim of this study was to explore how Thai nurses in intensive care units of a university hospital in Bangkok provided spiritual care to their patients.Background.The function of nursing is to promote health, prevent illness, restore health and alleviate suffering. An holistic approach to this promotion includes spirituality.Design.An explorative qualitative study was used.Method.Thirty Thai nurses, selected through purposive sampling with the snowball technique, participated voluntarily. Semi-structured interviews with open-ended questions were carried out, taped-recorded, transcribed verbatim and subjected to content analysis.Results.Five themes related to the provision of spiritual care emerged: giving mental support, facilitating religious rituals and cultural beliefs, communicating with patients and patients' families, assessing the spiritual needs of patients and showing respect and facilitating family participation in care. Several ways of improving the spiritual care were suggested by the nurses.Conclusions.Spirituality was an important part of the care for the nurses when meeting the needs of their patients and the patients' families. Therefore, nursing education should enhance nurses' understanding and awareness of spiritual issues and prepare them to respond to human spiritual needs.Relevance to clinical practice.Nurses should consider spirituality as an important component of holistic care. During their professional career, they should expand their knowledge and understanding of spirituality and develop tools for assessment of spiritual needs.