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<bold>Introduction.</bold> In times of the dehumanisation of medicine, a holistic approach to patients seems indispensable. Moreover, there is an increasing number of scientific papers on the significance of soft competencies and the non-clinical nature of care in the quality and effectiveness of therapeutic processes. The staff often neglects or ignores the elements of spiritual care in everyday practice. It results from the concern not to interfere with the patient’s personal life and from staff shortages, which entails the staff ’s heavy workload on duty. Consequently, a phenomenon known as missing nursing care was diagnosed, involving skipping some activities during everyday nursing practice in order to perform the indispensable, most essential procedures for the patient.
<bold>Aim.</bold> The aim of the study was to present the importance of spiritual care in nursing and to present tools for its measurement.
<bold>Method.</bold> The method is an nonsystematic review of current national and world literature.
<bold>Summary.</bold> Providing spiritual care is primarily aimed at responding to patients’ needs and concerns. Such care is based on effective communication skills, through which a nurse establishes a bond and trust with the patient, and consequently, the patient is more willing to engage in therapeutic processes, so hospitalisation might be reduced significantly.
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Introduction. In times of the dehumanisation of medicine, a holistic approach to patients seems indispensable. Moreover, there is an increasing number of scientific papers on the significance of soft competencies and the non-clinical nature of care in the quality and effectiveness of therapeutic processes. The staff often neglects or ignores the elements of spiritual care in everyday practice. It results from the concern not to interfere with the patient’s personal life and from staff shortages, which entails the staff ’s heavy workload on duty. Consequently, a phenomenon known as missing nursing care was diagnosed, involving skipping some activities during everyday nursing practice in order to perform the indispensable, most essential procedures for the patient.
Aim. The aim of the study was to present the importance of spiritual care in nursing and to present tools for its measurement.
Method. The method is an nonsystematic review of current national and world literature.
Summary. Providing spiritual care is primarily aimed at responding to patients’ needs and concerns. Such care is based on effective communication skills, through which a nurse establishes a bond and trust with the patient, and consequently, the patient is more willing to engage in therapeutic processes, so hospitalisation might be reduced significantly.

Spirituality in Polish nursing and chosen tools used for its measuring – subject matter presentation based on literature review

Department of Basic Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences

Pielegniarstwo  XXI wieku / Nursing in the 21st Century

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Introduction. In times of the dehumanisation of medicine, a holistic approach to patients seems indispensable. Moreover, there is an increasing number of...

Spirituality in Polish nursing and chosen tools used for its measuring – subject matter presentation based on literature review

Published Online: May 30, 2023

Page range: 104 - 107

Received: Dec 29, 2022

Accepted: Apr 11, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pielxxiw-2023-0013

Keywords
nursing, spiritual care, spiritual care scales, nonsystematic review

© 2023 Lucyna Barbara Kwiećkowska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Spirituality in Polish nursing and chosen tools used for its measuring – subject matter presentation based on literature review

Published Online: May 30, 2023

Page range: 104 - 107

Received: Dec 29, 2022

Accepted: Apr 11, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pielxxiw-2023-0013

Keywordsnursing, spiritual care, spiritual care scales, nonsystematic review

© 2023 Lucyna Barbara Kwiećkowska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
nursing, spiritual care, spiritual care scales, nonsystematic review