On the relationship between spiritual care competence of nurses working in Shafa Hospital with their quality of working life

Abstract

Spiritual care is one of the basic principles of nursing practice that addresses the spiritual needs of patients. According to the World Health Organization, this dimension has been negle cted. This study was conducted in 2016 to evaluate the correlation between spiritual care Competences of nurses working in Shafa hospital of Ahvaz with their quality of working life.The research type was descriptive and co relational. Population of study includes all nurses working in the Shafa hospital of Ahvaz. One hundred nurses who had the criteria for the study were selected by convenience sampling. These nurses have answered the demographic questionnaire, the spiritual care Competence questionnaire and the quality of working life questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS22 software and descriptive statistics and inferential statistics such as Pearson correlation and multiple regressions.The results showed that there is a signifi cant positive correlation between the spiritual care with quality of working life of nurses (p=0.02), being professional (p=0.02), personal support (p=0.001), referral to specialists (p=0.02), attitude to patient's religious spirits (p=0.02) and relationships (p=0.01). The results of regression analysis indicated that the variable of personal support can signifi cantly anticipate the quality of working life of nurses. (p=0.001). Based on the results of this study, the relationship between spiritual well-being and quality of work life in nurses, especially the role of later personal support as a predictor of quality of working life, and its positive impact on improving patient care services and, consequently, patient's satisfaction of care, it is recommended that relevant authorities in macro planning to motivate and improve the quality of life of personnel on the merits of spiritual care and special attention support.