J Hosp Palliat Nurs. 2023 Jun 1;25(3):156-164. doi: 10.1097/NJH.0000000000000947. Epub 2023 Apr 11.
Spiritual care can improve patients' physical and emotional well-being, but patients at the end of life often experience their spiritual needs are not being sufficiently met by the health care professionals. This is caused by barriers among health care professionals that stem from inadequate education on spiritual care and lack of self-reflection on spiritual topics. By participating in spiritual care training, health care professionals seem to gain the knowledge, confidence, and skills they need to care spiritually for patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect and experiences of a training course in spiritual care for 30 nurses working at a Danish hospice. This was done by means of both a before-and-after questionnaire and focus group interviews. The course focused primarily on the nurses and their personal and collegial reflections on spiritual care, whereas increased spiritual care for patients seemed to be a secondary outcome of the course. There was a significant statistical correlation between the nurses' values and spirituality, and their confidence in being able to exercise spiritual care for patients. The training course facilitated spiritual empowerment, collegial spiritual care, and spiritual language among the nurses, which led to increased spiritual care for patients.
精神关怀可以改善患者的身心健康，但生命末期的患者往往感到他们的精神需求并未得到医疗保健专业人员的充分满足。这是由于医疗保健专业人员之间存在障碍，这些障碍源于精神关怀教育不足以及对精神话题缺乏自我反思。通过参加精神关怀培训，医疗保健专业人员似乎获得了照顾患者精神需求所需的知识、信心和技能。本研究旨在评估丹麦一家临终关怀机构的 30 名护士参加精神关怀培训课程的效果和经验。这是通过前后问卷调查和焦点小组访谈来完成的。该课程主要关注护士及其个人和同事对精神关怀的反思，而增加对患者的精神关怀似乎是该课程的次要结果。护士的价值观和灵性与其为患者进行精神关怀的信心之间存在显著的统计学相关性。培训课程促进了护士的精神赋权、同事间的精神关怀和精神语言，从而增加了对患者的精神关怀。
