2.0 Literature Review
2.1 What is the level of nurses’ awareness of spirituality ?
Benner (1984), identifies that: ‘Nurses learn from families and patients a range of responses, meanings and coping options in the most extreme situations. These common meanings evolve over time and are shared among nurses; they form a tradition.’
Spirituality is often confused with religion and prayer, but it is not one and the same. Several practices fall under spirituality; for example yoga, tai chi, meditation, mindfulness, chi gong, prayer etc. to name a few which are being studied by the National Council of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM). Commonly used definitions of spirituality refer to the human search for meaning, hope, and purpose …show more content…
The practice among nurses is key for personal wellbeing but outside of religion example going to church, or a quick devotion which includes, bible reading, praying prior to work, there is not much more. That practice could be meaningful, but it could stop there. The wish of nurses to care ‘holistically’ has pushed them to embrace the concept of spirituality and to look for it in their day-to-day practice, with nursing models including the spiritual dimension either implicitly (Roy, 1980) or explicitly Neuman, (1995); Watson, 1999; Roper et al, …show more content…
Health Education Authority (1996) suggested that there are high levels of stress and burnout among health- care professionals, especially nurses. Snow and Willard (1991) and Williams et al (1998) found 50% and 80% of nurses, respectively, were struggling in relationships at work and showed higher levels of stress than comparable groups. Nurses who have positive relationships with physicians and other health care providers report better health Budge, (2003), and lower patient mortality Eastbrooks, Midodzi, Cummings, Ricker, & Giovannetti, (2005; Kazanjian et al. (2005), Addressing one’s spirituality has significant impact even financially says, Hatfield,
2.1 What is the level of nurses’ awareness of spirituality ?
Benner (1984), identifies that: ‘Nurses learn from families and patients a range of responses, meanings and coping options in the most extreme situations. These common meanings evolve over time and are shared among nurses; they form a tradition.’
Spirituality is often confused with religion and prayer, but it is not one and the same. Several practices fall under spirituality; for example yoga, tai chi, meditation, mindfulness, chi gong, prayer etc. to name a few which are being studied by the National Council of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM). Commonly used definitions of spirituality refer to the human search for meaning, hope, and purpose …show more content…
The practice among nurses is key for personal wellbeing but outside of religion example going to church, or a quick devotion which includes, bible reading, praying prior to work, there is not much more. That practice could be meaningful, but it could stop there. The wish of nurses to care ‘holistically’ has pushed them to embrace the concept of spirituality and to look for it in their day-to-day practice, with nursing models including the spiritual dimension either implicitly (Roy, 1980) or explicitly Neuman, (1995); Watson, 1999; Roper et al, …show more content…
Health Education Authority (1996) suggested that there are high levels of stress and burnout among health- care professionals, especially nurses. Snow and Willard (1991) and Williams et al (1998) found 50% and 80% of nurses, respectively, were struggling in relationships at work and showed higher levels of stress than comparable groups. Nurses who have positive relationships with physicians and other health care providers report better health Budge, (2003), and lower patient mortality Eastbrooks, Midodzi, Cummings, Ricker, & Giovannetti, (2005; Kazanjian et al. (2005), Addressing one’s spirituality has significant impact even financially says, Hatfield,