Spiritual climate in hospitals influences nurses' professional quality of life.

AIMS

To assess the nurses' perceptions of spiritual climate of their hospital and to examine how it influences their professional quality of life (ProQoL).

BACKGROUND

Despite the advantages of positive spiritual organisational climate on the personal and professional lives of nurses, no study has attempted to investigate the influence of spiritual climate on nurses' ProQoL.

METHOD

We surveyed 302 nurses in three general hospitals in Saudi Arabia in this cross-sectional study using the 'Spiritual Climate Scale' and the 'ProQoL scale version 5'.

RESULTS

Our findings indicated a modest spiritual climate and average scores in ProQoL. Marital status, religion and education were significant predictors of the nurses' perception of spiritual climate. The spiritual climate, hospital, marital status, nationality, religion, education, experience in the country and experience in the present hospital played multivariate effects on the nurses' ProQoL.

CONCLUSIONS

Our study concludes that the spiritual climate in hospitals influences nurses' ProQoL.

IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING MANAGEMENT

This research provides direction for hospital policymakers and nurse leaders on the areas that could be improved to ensure excellent ProQoL among nurses. Making sure that the nurses' unique spirituality is encouraged, respected and accepted in clinical areas could contribute to improving compassion satisfaction and decreasing compassion fatigue among nurses.