J Korean Acad Soc Nurs Educ.  2016 Feb;22(1):51-62. 10.5977/jkasne.2016.22.1.51.

Effect of The Spiritual Care Module Education Program for Nurses

• Jeong JO
• Jo HS
• Kim SH

• KMID: 2155953
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5977/jkasne.2016.22.1.51

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study was to verify the effects of spiritual care module education programs by applying it to nurses. METHOD: The study employed a non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design in a quasi-experimental basis. Subjects were 93 nurses (46 in an experimental group and 47 in a control group) with more than two years clinic experience, attending a bachelor program of K University, in I city, Korea. The program consists of courses with 2.5 hours per week for seven weeks. RESULT: Scores of spiritual needs and spiritual nursing competence increased significantly in the experimental group. The score of spirituality and spiritual well-being also increased in the experimental group, but not significantly.
CONCLUSION
The spiritual care module education program was considered to be an effective nursing intervention education course. Nurses educated with this program seemed to perform better nursing interventions for subjects facing difficulties or confusion by helping them restore and cope with those problems by themselves. Therefore, it is recommended that spiritual care module education should be settled as a regular course of nursing college with consideration to the corrections and supplements mentioned in this study.

Keyword

Nursing; Education; Spirituality; Competence

MeSH Terms

Education*
Korea
Mental Competency
Nursing
Spirituality