The effect of an educational session on pediatric nurses' perspectives toward providing spiritual care.
This study evaluated the effect of a spiritual education session on pediatric nurses' perspectives toward providing spiritual care. A one-group pretest and posttest design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of the educational session. Participants consisted of 41 pediatric and neonatal nurses that worked in a large university-affiliated children's hospital. Findings confirmed that the spiritual education session had a positive effect on nurses' perspectives toward providing spiritual care. In addition, a positive correlation was identified between the pediatric nurses' perception of their own spirituality and their perspective toward providing care.
Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT, USA. eoshea@mail.fairfield.edu
Eileen R
ER
O'Shea
Meredith
M
Wallace
Mary Quinn
MQ
Griffin
Joyce J
JJ
Fitzpatrick
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D029181:Spirituality; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires