Nurse educators’ understanding of spirituality and spiritual care in nursing: A South African perspective (Part 1)

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dc.contributor.authorPhetlhu, Deliwe Rene
dc.contributor.authorKlopper, H.C.
dc.contributor.authorLinda, N.S.
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-15T09:08:11Z
dc.date.available2021-09-15T09:08:11Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: The nurse educators’ (NE's) expressed lack of confidence to facilitate spiritual care when teaching undergraduate nursing correlates conversely to reported lack of formal integration due to slow uptake of spiritual care in most nursing schools in South Africa. In this study, “spiritual care” relates to holistic care which is designed to reach the invisible, deep human needs that are important to meet personhood needs such as good health, search for meaning, hope, inner strength and peace. “Spirituality” refers to ‘inherent-inborn-inner motives that give meaning and hope in one's life; and the essence that gives meaning and purpose to one's very existence. Objective: The purpose of the study was to explore and describe the understanding of spiritual care in nursing practice by nurse educators. Methods and procedures: A qualitative approach using an exploratory and descriptive design was used to explore and describe the understanding of “spirituality” and “spiritual care” by the NEs. In-depth structured interviews were conducted. A sample of (n = 10) NEs who were purposively selected responded to the open-ended question “what is your understanding of spiritual care in nursing education and practice”? Findings: Three themes emerged include: (i) defining “spirituality” within a nursing context; (ii) spiritual care as a missing component in the curriculum and (iii) perceived challenges and constraints in the teaching and learning of spiritual care. Conclusion: Despite lack of spiritual care guidelines posing a problem, NEs unequivocally exemplified their willingness to teach students how to engage with patients’ spiritual needs. A need for a guiding theory and philosophy to formalised teaching of spiritual care in nursing education was acknowledged.en_US
dc.identifier.citationLinda, N.S. et al. (2020) Nurse educators’ understanding of spirituality and spiritual care in nursing: A South African perspective (Part 1). International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 12: 100187. Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijans.2019.100187en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijans.2019.100187
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/6677
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.subjectNursing curriculumen_US
dc.subjectSpiritualityen_US
dc.subjectQualitative approachen_US
dc.subjectSpiritual Careen_US
dc.subjectTeaching and learningen_US
dc.subjectNursing educationen_US
dc.subjectHigher educationen_US
dc.subjectTertiary educationen_US
dc.subjectStructured interviewen_US
dc.subjectEducationen_US
dc.subjectExploratory researchen_US
dc.subjectHolistic careen_US
dc.titleNurse educators’ understanding of spirituality and spiritual care in nursing: A South African perspective (Part 1)en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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