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The effect of spiritual care training on moral sensitivity in nursing students
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Reza Rezaei    , Seyyed Abolfazl Vagharseyyedin , Bahareh Zarei , Shahnaz Tabiee |
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Abstract: (2916 Views) |
Introduction: Educating nurses and nursing students about spiritual principles and values helps them to have a deep understanding of moral problems and ideas. However, the issue of spirituality is not included in the moral education content. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of spiritual care training on moral sensitivity in nursing students.
Methods: The present study was a randomized controlled intervention study. A total of 58 7th semester nursing students of Tabas Nursing School and Ferdows Paramedical School affiliated to Birjand University of Medical Sciences were enrolled in the study by complete enumeration method in 2020. The two schools were divided into two groups of intervention (29 people) and control (29 people) based on coin toss. The spiritual care training program in the intervention group was conducted as a 5-session workshop (4 sessions of 90 minutes and one session of 120 minutes) and then a two-month follow-up period. The instruments used included a standard moral sensitivity questionnaire and a demographic information form. Data were analyzed using SPSS software version 16 using descriptive statistics like mean and standard deviation and inferential statistics like Friedman and Mann-Whitney U at the significant level of P <0.05.
Results: The mean score of moral sensitivity before the intervention was not statistically different between the intervention (72.62± 13.37) and control (75.10± 9.72) groups (p = 0.42). The mean score of moral sensitivity immediately after the intervention in the intervention group (87.03±13.14) was significantly higher than the control group (76.38±7.83) (p <0.001). Also, the mean score of moral sensitivity two months after the intervention in the intervention group (85.31 ± 9.43) was significantly higher than the control group (77.86±8.64) (p = 0.003). The results also showed that the mean score of the components of moral sensitivity including respect for the client's independence, knowledge of how to communicate with the patient, experience of moral problems and conflicts and application of moral concepts, immediately after the intervention and components of respect for the client's independence, experience of experience of moral problems and conflicts and application of moral concepts were significantly higher in the experimental group than in the control group two months after the intervention (p <0.05).
Conclusion: According to the results of this study, it is suggested that the spiritual care training program of nursing students to be included in educational programs while studying or their curriculum in order to develop the moral sensitivity. |
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| Keywords: Spirituality, Moral, Nursing Ethics, Students. |
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Type of Study: Quantitative-Research |
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Received: 2020/11/28 | Accepted: 2021/03/30 | Published: 2021/03/30
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