Spiritual research
July 25, 2012
PATIENTS are more likely to
receive spiritual caring from older
and more experienced nurses
working in palliative care than
younger nurses working in acute
care, according to new research
from the University of Sydney.
The research, published in the
Journal of Clinical Nursing, looked
at responses from 92 registered
nurses at seven major metro
hospitals in Sydney (both public
and private), to determine the
different approaches to spiritual
caring between palliative care and
acute care nurses.
According to the results, acute
care nurses (who were more likely
to be tertiary educated than their
senior nursing counterparts) said
that a lack of time or a desire not
to be overly intrusive in a patient’s
private life prevented them from
discussing spirituality or spiritual
care with those in their care.
In contrast, study author Dr
Susan Ronaldson said “The
relationship of spiritual
perspective to spiritual practice
was significant for palliative care”.
“We also found that the
palliative care RNs were older,
more experienced and had been in
their specialty area much longer
than acute care RNs,” she added.
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