摘要
Objective:To investigate the status quo of spiritual care perceptions and associated factors among nursing students in China,and explore the relationships among spiritual care perceptions,spiritual health and empathy ability,in order to provide reference for the construction of spiritual care education intervention program to improve the spiritual care perceptions and competence of nursing students in China.Methods:A cross-sectional and correlational design was undertaken and a convenience sample of 3615 nursing students selected from 11 universities and colleges in Hebei Shijiazhuang and Tianjin,China from January to July 2021.Participants provided data on sociodemographic by completing the sociodemographic characteristics questionnaire,the Chinese Version of the Spiritual Care-Giving Scale(C-SCGS),Spiritual Health Scale Short Form(SHS-SF)and Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy-Nursing Student(JSPE-NS).Results:The scores of spiritual care perceptions and spiritual health were 172.44±26.23 and 97.54±12.37,respectively,both in the middle level.The score of empathy ability was 102.92±19.65,lower than the average.Spiritual care perceptions of nursing students were positively correlated with spiritual health(r=0.635,P<0.01)and empathy ability(r=0.547,P<0.01).Conclusions:The level of spiritual care perceptions of nursing students in China needs to be improved.It is suggested that nurse managers and educators should pay attention to the spiritual care education of nursing students,by perfecting the spiritual care education system to improve their spiritual health level and empathy ability in multiple ways and levels,like clarifying and standardizing educational objectives,breaking through the traditional single evaluation system,and formulating scientific comprehensive evaluation standards and systems.,so as to improve their spiritual care perceptions and competence level.
基金
This research was supported by the Key projects of Science and Technology research of colleges and universities in Hebei Province(CN)(No.SD2021083)
the General topic of Social Science Development in Hebei Province in 2021(CN)(No.20210201439).
