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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2012.13.5.2178

A comparative study on the spiritual needs between nursing students and nurses in Busan and Gyeongnam province  

Cho, Hyun (Department of Health Care Management, Inje University, Institute of Health Science and information, Inje University)
Sim, Eun-Kyung (Department of Beauty care, College of Health, Social Welfare & Education, Tongmyong University)
Kwon, Young-Chae (Department of Health Care Management, Graduate School, Inje University)
Bae, Young-Hee (Department of Health Care Management, Graduate School, Inje University)
Woo, Young-Ok (Department of Health Care Management, Graduate School, Inje University)
Ji, Jae-Hoon (Department of Medical Administration, Dong-Eui Institute of Technology)
Jung, Ja-Young (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Inje University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.13, no.5, 2012 , pp. 2178-2188 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study is based upon 200 final responses from a survey conducted for 153 nurses and 147 nursing students in Busan and Gyeongnam province from september to october 2011. It is carried out to compare and understand the spiritual needs of nurses and nursing students that are inclined to be more exposed unhealthy people rather than healthy people. In this study, the level of spiritual care needs was divided into five fields such as 'love and fellowship', 'hope and peace', 'meaning and purpose of life', 'acceptance of death' and 'relationship with God' and was investigated. As a result, the love and fellowship was the highest level in group of nurses (r = 3.82) and the relationship with God was the lowest one (r = 2.73). In contrast, a group of nursing students showed that love and fellowship was the highest level (r = 3.92) and relationship with God was the lowest (r = 2.99) among five fields. There were statistical significances between nurses and nursing students in 'acceptance of death' and 'relationship with God' (p < 0.05). When looking at correlation between fields of spiritual needs of nurses, the correlation between 'meaning and purpose of life' and 'hope and peace' was the highest (r = .699) and the correlation between 'relationship with God' and 'hope and peace' was the lowest (r = .247). As the result of analysis on correlation between fields of spiritual needs of nursing students, the correlation between 'meaning and purpose of life' and 'hope and peace' was the highest (r = .660) and the correlation between 'acceptance of death' and 'relationship with God' was the lowest (r = .277). Therefore, it would be imperative to develop a more efficient and systemized education program for the spiritual care of nursing patients, on the basis of understanding the spiritual needs of nurses and nursing students.
Keywords
spiritual well-being; Spiritual need; Nursing students and nurses;
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