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Comparison of the attitudes of the last-year nursing and medical students about spiritual care
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Reza Shahrabadi *1   , Daryadokht Masroor2 , Sakineh Hadjizadeh3 , Fatemeh Hosseini4 |
1- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran (*Corresponding Author) , shahrabadi.reza@yahoo.com
2- Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
4- Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Management and Medical Information, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran |
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Abstract: (25707 Views) |
Aim The aim of this study was to compare attitude of the last-year nursing and medical students studying at Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran about spiritual careBackground The spirituality is a complex and multidimensional concepts including cognitive, behavioral and experimental aspects. For promoting spiritual care we have to consider the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual aspects of the human. The studies showed that many patients believe that spirituality plays an important role in their life they believe there is a positive relationship between their recovery and religious and spiritual aspects. Many patients expect health care personnel consider these factorsMethod A descriptive comparative design was used to conduct the study. “Spiritual care perspective scale” (SCPS) was completed by 110 nursing and 220 medical students. Data were analysed by SPSS.Findings Based on the findings, 56% of nursing students and 51.8% of medical students have positive attitude on the spiritual care of patients. There was no statistically significant difference between attitudes of the two groups of students. Nursing students had more favorable attitude about existing a superior force or transcendental existence influencing spiritual health. Medical students had more favorable attitudes about considering spiritual care as part of the caring performance.Conclusion Paying more attention to the spirituality and spiritual care in educational programs for those who provide health services seems to be necessary for educational planning authorities. It is required to improve culturally in the field of principles of beliefs and religion and their education among the young and educated people. It is necessary to improve the culture of religious believes through education among students. |
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| Keywords: Attitude, Spiritual care, Nursing students, Medical students |
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Subject:
Cardiovascular
Received: 2012/07/16 | Accepted: 2012/08/14 | Published: 2012/06/15 | ePublished: 2012/06/15
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