Department of Nursing, Chang Gung Institute of Technology, Taiwan, ROC.
Nurse Educ Today. 2010 Jul;30(5):386-92. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.05.001.
Few studies have investigated the spiritual health of nursing students. The purpose of this study was to examine spiritual health in a group of senior nursing students in Taiwan, and to explore the factors that influenced the spiritual health of the group.
This was a cross-sectional study. A total of 1276 senior nursing students were selected using a probability-proportional-to-size (PPS) procedure, and were asked to complete a self-administrated questionnaire that included a spiritual health scale (SHS) and a demographic profile.
All study participants were female with an average age of 20.1 years, and most reported a religious affiliation and participation in religious activities. Their spiritual health was moderate; and generally the study metric "connection to others" was the highest factor, and the metric "religion attachment" was the lowest. Certain demographic characteristics, including age, education level, aboriginal characteristic, level of religious devotion, and family atmosphere were predictors of spiritual health.
Nursing educators should be aware of the impact of spiritual health on nursing students, and should consider developing spiritual and religious education programs to enhance students' spiritual health and to nurture their ability to supply spiritual nursing care for patients.
鲜有研究调查护理专业学生的精神健康状况。本研究旨在考察台湾一群高年级护理专业学生的精神健康状况，并探讨影响该群体精神健康的因素。
这是一项横断面研究。采用概率比例规模（PPS）程序，共选取 1276 名高年级护理专业学生，要求他们完成一份自我管理问卷，其中包括精神健康量表（SHS）和人口统计学特征。
所有研究参与者均为女性，平均年龄为 20.1 岁，大多数报告有宗教信仰并参加宗教活动。他们的精神健康状况处于中等水平；总体而言，研究指标“与他人的联系”是最高的因素，而指标“宗教依附”是最低的。某些人口统计学特征，包括年龄、教育水平、原住民特征、宗教虔诚度和家庭氛围，是精神健康的预测因素。
护理教育者应意识到精神健康对护理学生的影响，并应考虑开展精神和宗教教育计划，以增强学生的精神健康，并培养他们为患者提供精神护理的能力。
