The Relationship between Moral Sensitivity and Spiritual Care Competence of Nurses Working in Educational and Medical Centers of Lorestan University of Medical Sciences in 2024-25
akhlāq-i pizishkī i.e., Medical Ethics,
Vol. 18 (1403),
29 July 2024
,
Page 1-15
https://doi.org/10.22037/mej.v18i.48039
Abstract
Background and Aim: Spiritual care is a key component and the missing link in holistic care. Providing high-quality holistic care requires technical training and mastery of technological advances, but another important concept involved in quality clinical practice is ethical sensitivity to guide professional performance. The present study aimed to determine the relationship between Moral sensitivity and spiritual care competence of nurses working in educational and medical centers of Lorestan University of Medical Sciences in 2024-2025.
Methods: This descriptive correlational study was conducted on 407 nurses working in teaching hospitals affiliated with Lorestan University of Medical Sciences in 2024-2025 who were selected by stratified random sampling method. Three questionnaires were used to collect data: demographic information, Moral sensitivity of Lutzen et al. (1995), and the questionnaire of spiritual care competence of Van Leon et al. (2009). Descriptive statistics, chi-square test, Pearson correlation coefficient and one-way analysis of variance were used to analyze the data. Data analysis was performed at a significance level of P<0.05 using SPSS V 23 software.
Ethical considerations: The present study was approved by the university ethics committee with the ethics code IR.IAU.AGZ.REC.1403.004.
Findings: The mean scores of spiritual care competence and moral sensitivity of the nurses participating in the study were 95.15±18.94 and 62.15±15.65, respectively. The results of this study showed that there was a significant correlation between total moral sensitivity and total spiritual care competence and people with higher moral sensitivity had higher spiritual care competence. According to the results of the ANOVA test, a significant relationship was observed between total moral sensitivity and total spiritual care competence.
Conclusion: The level of moral sensitivity and moral care competence of the nurses participating in this study was average. With the increase in moral sensitivity in the participants, their spiritual care competence also increased. Considering the positive effects of spiritual care on treatment outcomes and patient satisfaction, as well as the effects of moral sensitivity on the adequacy of spiritual care in nurses, it seems that increasing moral sensitivity in nursing personnel can have very positive effects on treatment, satisfaction with treatment, increasing nurses' job satisfaction, reducing burnout, and also the adequacy of nurses' spiritual care.
- Moral sensitivity
- Competence
- Spirituality
- Nurses
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