The Relationship between Nurses' Perceptions of Spirituality and Spiritual Care and Perceived Professional Benefits: A Correlation Study.

RESEARCH; NURSES' attitudes; SPIRITUALITY; CROSS-sectional method; ONE-way analysis of variance; PSYCHOLOGY of nurses; T-test (Statistics); QUESTIONNAIRES; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; RESEARCH funding; STATISTICAL correlation; STATISTICAL sampling; DATA analysis software; SPIRITUAL care (Medical care)

Purpose. This study aimed to investigate nurses' perceptions of spirituality and spiritual care and perceived professional benefits in China and reveal the relationship between them. Design and Methods. In this study, 372 nurses (response rate: 93.47%) from a number of hospitals across China were surveyed using convenience sampling. The data were collected through online questionnaires, including a sociodemographic characteristics form, the Chinese version of the Spiritual Care-Giving Scale (C-SCGS), and the Nurses' Perceived Professional Benefits Questionnaire (NPPBQ). Findings. The total score of the NPPBQ was 136.88 ± 20.13. A statistically significant relationship was found between the total score and subscale score of the C-SCGS and the total score and subscale score of the NPPBQ (R = 0.217–0.475, P < 0.01). Practice Implications. Nursing managers and educators should pay attention to improving nurses' perceptions of spirituality and spiritual care in order to help nurses gain more perceived professional benefits. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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