TY  - JOUR
TI  - Oncology Nurses’ Spiritual Care Competence and
Perspective About Spiritual Care Services
AB  - Spiritual care is one of the main domains of cancer patients’ care to improve their quality of life. Nurses
should assess the patient’ and caregivers’ spiritual needs comprehensively. We aimed to determine the
spiritual care competence of oncology nurses and their perspectives on spiritual care services.
METHODS
A total of 123 oncology nurses who work in the hospitals with spiritual care services in Turkey were
enrolled in this study. The data were collected using the “Information Form” and “Spiritual Care Competence
Scale.”
RESULTS
About 30.1% of the nurses stated that they care about the spiritual care needs of their patients/caregivers
and 29.3% of the nurses gave information to patients and caregivers about spiritual care services and refer
them to these centers. About 31.7% of nurses did not know about the role of spiritual care specialists. It
was found that there is a significant and positive correlation between the age and working year of nurses
and the mean scores of the “Spiritual Care Competence Scale” and subscale (p<0.05). The total and subscales
mean scores of the Spiritual Care Competence Scale were statistically significantly different by the
education level of nurses and the status of reporting the effectiveness of spiritual care services (p<0.05).
CONCLUSION
The results of this study show that oncology nurses’ spiritual care practices are insufficient. The education
level, age, and working year of the oncology nurses affect their spiritual care competencies. It is thought
that oncology nurses needed to be more competent in spiritual care.
AU  - Doğan, Nurhan
AU  - TAYAZ, ESRA
AU  - Semerci, Remziye
AU  - AKGÜN KOSTAK, Melahat
AU  - UYSAL, NEŞE
AU  - KUNTER, Nilgün
AU  - KOYU, Hazal ÖZDEMİR
AU  - BAĞÇİVAN, Gülcan
AU  - ŞEREF, Ferhan ÇETİN
DO  - 10.5505/tjo.2021.2682
PY  - 2021
JO  - Türk Onkoloji Dergisi
VL  - 36
IS  - 2
SN  - 1300-7467
SP  - 222
EP  - 230
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/514137
ER  -