NAME: SALIU EMMANUEL, NURA MOHAMEDZEIN

PATIENTS PERCEPTION OF SPIRITUALITY AND SPIRITUAL CARE OF NON CHRISTIAN

NURSES
INTRODUCTION

Spiritual care is an important aspect of holistic care in nursing, according to

WHO has stressed the importance of patients spiritual well being rather than
focus on the disease Patient perception is a valuable way of assessing patients
belief about spiritual care, studying the patients perspectives regarding
spirituality and spiritual care held by by patients aims to gain a deeper
understanding about their view point surrounding spiritual care, but how do
patients perceive the spiritual health care rendered by non Christian students, is
it anyway different from Christian nurses? On the other hand many studies have
revealed a clear definition of spirituality in nursing literature [Tanyi,2002] ;
[Vachon, Fillion, and Achille, 2009]
GAP of Study

Little to research has be conducted on patients perception of spiritual care

especially to non Christian nurses, and few research made only addressed the
nurses work , not they way the religion affects the health care been delivered,
there is no article addressing the perception of patients to non Christian nurse.
PURPOSE OF STUDY
The purpose of this study is to answer this questions:

1 what is the patient perception towards the spiritual care delivered by non
christians nurse

2 Is there any difference between the spiritual care rendered by a christian and
a non christian nurse?

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

This study will better improve the understanding of nurses and reseachers on
how patients view spiritual care been delivered to them by a non christian nurse
also this study aims to identify what are the hindrances and barriers when
delivering care, this study will be useful as we all know the nursing profession
keep evolving there will be more non christians in this profession, this research
should be conducted.
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AUTHORS STUDY STUDY /FINDING
NAME
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1 Patients The aim of this A qualitative The studies
Perspectives study is to descriptive only The study
about assess the analysis was addressed suggests that
Spirituality perception, used to the the patients
and Spiritual past complete the perception of perception of
Care experiences study the nurses spiritual care
[Fitch MI, of patients and also the is vital in
Barlett R with non patient’s but delivering
2019] Christian lacks to care to the
nurses when address the patients , we
2 Spirituality care is been religiosity nurses can
and Spiritual delivered to aspect, the then provide
Care and them. perception of and amend
barriers to the the patient to care which is
provision of non Christian suitable to
spiritual care nurses wasn’t each
among addressed, patients, but
undergraduate most patients it’s also vital
nurses in the expressed to assess the
university of their patients
Lagos Nigeria perception perception
[Florence about spiritual about non
Folami F, care and Christian
Khadijah what they nurses
Onanuga A, consider as delivering
2018] holistic care, care .
but there was
3 Perception no study
Spirituality determining if
and Spiritual there was a
Care among difference in
older nursing care
home residents received from
at the end of a non
life[ Wallace Christian and
M, 2009] a Christian
nurse
4 Spiritual care
in hospital
setting:
nurses’and
patient
perspectives[
Jan Vlasbom P,
Jenny van der
Steen T, Hank
Jochemsen,
2012]

5 Patient versus
health care
provider
perspective on
spirituality and
spiritual care:
the potential
to miss the
moment [
Debbie Selby,
Dori
Seccaraccia,
Jim Huth, Kristin
Kurppa,
Margaret Fitch,
2017]