Abstract

MORILLO MARTIN, María Socorro; GALAN GONZALEZ-SERNA, José María  and  LLANOS PENA, Francisco de. Nurses attitudes to the Spiritual and Religious Care in a General Hospital. Index Enferm [online]. 2017, vol.26, n.3, pp.152-156. ISSN 1699-5988.

Objective: To describe in our environment the level of knowledge about the construct internationally accepted by the nursing profession on spirituality and religiosity and attitudes towards the practice of spiritual and religious care. Methods: Quantitative, descriptive and transversal study. We have explored the knowledge and attitudes of nurses regarding the concept of spirituality and religiosity using a self-designed questionnaire. Results: We obtained 78.23% in correct knowledge and 69.84% in positive attitude towards spiritual and religious care. Conclusions: In our environment, nurses demonstrate an understanding of spiritual and religious care in tune with the construct that advocates internationally. Attitudes before this care are favorable although the need for awareness of direct accountability to them beyond the correct referral to other competent professionals is detected. It is necessary to complete the training in some aspects of the intervention.

Keywords : Holistic Nursing; Nursing Process; Spiritual Therapies; Religion and Medicine.