內科病房護理人員的靈性健康狀態與靈性照顧行為

Spiritual Health Status and Spiritual Care Behavior of Nursing Staffs in Medical Wards

背景：過去研究顯示較少與內科病房護理人員靈性健康，與提供病人靈性照顧行為之相關研究，故值得探討此方面的研究。

目的：探討內科病房護理人員的靈性健康、靈性照顧行為及其相關因素。

方法：本研究採調查研究法，以方便取樣方式，調查台灣中部某區域教學醫院的內 科病房護理人員140 人，研究工具包括「護理人員靈性健康量表」和「靈性照顧行為量表」等結構式問卷，資料以SPSS Windows version 20.0 版進行描述性與推論性統計分析。

結果：首先，內科病房護理人員靈性健康狀態受年齡、性別、宗教信仰、教育程 度、工作年資、目前擔任職務、婚姻、自覺身體健康狀態、是否受過靈性教育等變項影響；而靈性照護行為則受年齡、宗教信仰、目前擔任職務等變項 影響。其次，內科病房護理人員靈性健康與靈性照護行為呈顯著正相關，靈性健康得分越高，靈性照護行為分數得分越高。再者，內科病房護理人員靈 性健康狀態可顯著預測靈性照護行為。

結論/ 實務運用：研究者建議護理教育、臨床護理及護理行政增加靈性關懷及靈性照護行為的策略，使臨床醫護人員其靈性健康狀態及靈性照護行為可以被提 升，以達全人照護中靈性照護的品質。

 

Background: Past studies have seldom discussed the spiritual health of nurses and their spiritual care behaviors in medical wards; therefore, it is worthwhile to study such areas.

Purpose: T o investigate spiritual health and spiritual care behavior factors related nursing staffs in medical wards.

Methods: T his study used a survey with convenience sampling to investigate 140 nursing staffs in the medical wards of a regional teaching hospital at in central Taiwan. The research tools included the Nursing Staff Spiritual Health Scale and the Spiritual Care Behavior Scale as the structure questionnaire. Data analysis was conducted of the descriptive and inference statistics by SPSS Windows version 20.0.

Results: I nitially, the spiritual health status of nursing staffs in the medical wards was influenced by age, gender, religious belief, education level, working years, current position, marriage, conscious physical health status, and whether or not they had received spiritual education; while the spiritual care behavior was influenced by age, religious beliefs, current positions, etc. Additionally, the spiritual health status and spiritual care behavior of nursing staffs in the medical wards were significantly positively correlated with each other. The higher the spiritual health scores, the higher the scores of the spiritual care behavior. Furthermore, the spiritual health status of nursing staffs in the medical wards can significantly predict their spiritual care behaviors.

Conclusion/Clinical Implication: This study suggests adding strategies of spiritual care and spiritual care behavior for nursing education, clinical nursing, and nursing administration. In doing so, the spiritual health status and spiritual care behaviors of clinical healthcare professionals could be promoted, thus affecting the quality of spiritual care in holistic care settings.