Kruizinga Renske, Schuhmann Carmen, Glasner Tina, Jacobs Gaby
University for Humanistic Studies, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Integr Healthc J. 2023 Feb 16;4(1):e000138. doi: 10.1136/ihj-2022-000138. eCollection 2022.
Spiritual well-being is considered an important component of health and is increasingly integrated at all levels of healthcare. Delivering good integrated spiritual care requires coordination between different colleagues in which interprofessional collaboration is crucial. However, this interprofessional collaboration is not always self-evident. What spiritual care entails, is often poorly understood by their healthcare colleagues. Developing a shared professional identity is a crucial component of the shift towards professionalisation in chaplaincy.
We aim to answer the following research question: how do healthcare chaplains in the Netherlands describe their work and their professional identity in relation to other healthcare professionals?
Analysis of open-ended questions of a survey among healthcare chaplains regarding professional self-understanding in the Netherlands.
107 Dutch chaplains working in a healthcare setting completed the five open-ended questions in the survey. The field of healthcare chaplaincy is changing from an exclusive focus at patients, towards more activities at staff and organisational level such as educating other healthcare professionals and, being involved in ethics and policy making.
Our research shows that the professional self-understanding of chaplains entails many leads to foster interprofessional collaboration. At the same time, there are concerns about the professional identity of the chaplain which is not always clear to every healthcare professional. Healthcare teams can benefit from an extensive integration of chaplains in the healthcare team, by including the non-patient-related activities of chaplains, such as staff training, moral deliberation and policy advice.
精神健康被视为健康的重要组成部分，并且在医疗保健的各个层面越来越多地得到整合。提供良好的综合精神关怀需要不同同事之间的协调，其中跨专业合作至关重要。然而，这种跨专业合作并非总是不言而喻的。精神关怀的具体内容，往往不为其医疗同事所理解。形成共同的职业身份认同是迈向牧师专业化转变的关键组成部分。
我们旨在回答以下研究问题：荷兰的医疗保健牧师如何描述他们的工作以及他们相对于其他医疗保健专业人员的职业身份认同？
对荷兰医疗保健牧师关于职业自我认知的一项调查中的开放式问题进行分析。
107名在医疗环境中工作的荷兰牧师完成了调查中的五个开放式问题。医疗保健牧师领域正从仅专注于患者，转向在员工和组织层面开展更多活动，比如教育其他医疗保健专业人员以及参与伦理和政策制定。
我们的研究表明，牧师的职业自我认知带来了许多促进跨专业合作的线索。与此同时，人们对牧师的职业身份存在担忧，并非每个医疗保健专业人员都清楚其职业身份。通过纳入牧师与患者无关的活动，如员工培训、道德审议和政策建议，医疗团队可以从牧师在医疗团队中的广泛整合中受益。
