Spiritual care from the perspective of family caregivers and nurses in palliative care: a qualitative study
Abstract Background The palliative care period not only affects patients but also family caregivers in many ways. Palliative care units are places where the spiritual needs of family caregivers become important. According to a holistic care approach, palliative care nurses should determine the spiri...
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| description | Abstract Background The palliative care period not only affects patients but also family caregivers in many ways. Palliative care units are places where the spiritual needs of family caregivers become important. According to a holistic care approach, palliative care nurses should determine the spiritual needs of family caregivers and help meet these needs. Objective This study aims at exploring nurses’ and family caregivers’ experiences of spiritual care. Methods A phenomenological study was designed in this qualitative research. A total of 10 nurses working in palliative care and 11 family caregivers participated in the study. Nurses’ experiences of delivering spiritual care and family caregivers’ experiences of receiving spiritual care were examined through the in-depth interviewing method on a one-to‐one basis. The data were examined using thematic analysis. Results Four main themes were obtained by the data analysis: (I) Impacts of being in a palliative care unit; (II) Coping methods; (III) Importance of spirituality and spiritual care; (IV) Spiritual care. The results were presented according to the COREQ criteria. Conclusion Although spiritual care is very necessary for family caregivers, it is not offered sufficiently due to nurse-and institution-related reasons. Palliative care nurses should determine the spiritual needs of family caregivers in line with the holistic care approach. Nurse managers should determine factors preventing nurses from offering spiritual care and create solutions for these factors. The lack of nurses’ knowledge about spiritual care should be resolved by providing continuous training and therefore, nurses’ competencies in spiritual care should be improved. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-42034ac57a6b4237b94746bda9554eff2023-11-20T11:17:19ZengBMCBMC Palliative Care1472-684X2023-10-012211810.1186/s12904-023-01286-2Spiritual care from the perspective of family caregivers and nurses in palliative care: a qualitative studyAslı Kurtgöz0Elif Keten Edis1Department of Therapy and Rehabilitation, Sabuncuoglu Serefeddin Health Services Vocational School, Amasya UniversityDepartment of Nursing, Health Science Faculty, Amasya UniversityAbstract Background The palliative care period not only affects patients but also family caregivers in many ways. Palliative care units are places where the spiritual needs of family caregivers become important. According to a holistic care approach, palliative care nurses should determine the spiritual needs of family caregivers and help meet these needs. Objective This study aims at exploring nurses’ and family caregivers’ experiences of spiritual care. Methods A phenomenological study was designed in this qualitative research. A total of 10 nurses working in palliative care and 11 family caregivers participated in the study. Nurses’ experiences of delivering spiritual care and family caregivers’ experiences of receiving spiritual care were examined through the in-depth interviewing method on a one-to‐one basis. The data were examined using thematic analysis. Results Four main themes were obtained by the data analysis: (I) Impacts of being in a palliative care unit; (II) Coping methods; (III) Importance of spirituality and spiritual care; (IV) Spiritual care. The results were presented according to the COREQ criteria. Conclusion Although spiritual care is very necessary for family caregivers, it is not offered sufficiently due to nurse-and institution-related reasons. Palliative care nurses should determine the spiritual needs of family caregivers in line with the holistic care approach. Nurse managers should determine factors preventing nurses from offering spiritual care and create solutions for these factors. The lack of nurses’ knowledge about spiritual care should be resolved by providing continuous training and therefore, nurses’ competencies in spiritual care should be improved.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-023-01286-2Family caregiversNursesPalliative careSpirituality |
| spellingShingle | Aslı Kurtgöz Elif Keten Edis Spiritual care from the perspective of family caregivers and nurses in palliative care: a qualitative study BMC Palliative Care Family caregivers Nurses Palliative care Spirituality |
| title | Spiritual care from the perspective of family caregivers and nurses in palliative care: a qualitative study |
| title_full | Spiritual care from the perspective of family caregivers and nurses in palliative care: a qualitative study |
| title_fullStr | Spiritual care from the perspective of family caregivers and nurses in palliative care: a qualitative study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Spiritual care from the perspective of family caregivers and nurses in palliative care: a qualitative study |
| title_short | Spiritual care from the perspective of family caregivers and nurses in palliative care: a qualitative study |
| title_sort | spiritual care from the perspective of family caregivers and nurses in palliative care a qualitative study |
| topic | Family caregivers Nurses Palliative care Spirituality |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-023-01286-2 |
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