Harrington A
Aust J Adv Nurs. 1995 Winter;12(4):5-14.
The purpose of this descriptive study was to discover the meanings that two groups of registered nurses ascribed to the word 'spirit' and its derivatives. The study also examined the nurses' perceptions of the nature of spiritual nursing, the status of spiritual care in relation to 'normal' nursing care and the adequacy of nursing education as preparation for providing spiritual care. Data were gathered from audio-taped interviews with 10 registered nurses who worked in one hospice and 10 who worked in a variety of acute care settings. The participants were asked four open-ended questions and from their responses 29 themes emerged which led to the construction of a model which shows that the nurses delivering spiritual care are influenced by their practice settings and nursing education which together impact on the quality of spiritual care. The elements of the model are discussed and recommendations that flow from the findings are made.
这项描述性研究的目的是探究两组注册护士赋予“精神”一词及其衍生词的含义。该研究还考察了护士对精神护理本质的看法、精神护理相对于“常规”护理的地位，以及护理教育在为提供精神护理做准备方面的充分性。数据收集自对10名在一家临终关怀机构工作的注册护士和10名在各种急症护理环境中工作的注册护士的录音访谈。参与者被问到四个开放式问题，从他们的回答中浮现出29个主题，这些主题促成了一个模型的构建，该模型表明提供精神护理的护士受到其执业环境和护理教育的影响，而这两者共同影响着精神护理的质量。文中讨论了该模型的要素，并根据研究结果提出了建议。
