Construction and Evaluation of an Educational Video: Nursing Assessment and Intervention of Patients’ Spiritual Needs

Juliane Cristina Rodrigues,Caroline Guilherme,Emilia Campos De Carvalho,Sílvia Caldeira,Talita Prado Simão Miranda,Francine Lima Fulquini

doi:10.3390/rel11090460

Abstract

Spirituality is particularly important in health and illness transitions and is a fundamental dimension of healthcare. However, nurses often feel underprepared to provide spiritual care and the use of dynamic and interactive strategies, such as educational videos, can facilitate the development of this competency in undergraduate education. This study aimed to construct and evaluate an educational video lasting 10 min and 52 s for nursing students concerning the assessment of patients’ spiritual needs. The methodological study was based on the pre-production, production, and post-production phases of the video with an evaluation of the comprehension and comprehensiveness of the content. The results demonstrated the pre-production phase was considered appropriate by the judges and allowed the phase of production of the educational video, considered an educational resource by 100% the experts. Nursing students were enrolled in the evaluation and 75% considered the content and the learning experience useful for their future roles as nurses. So, the educational video was considered a tool that facilitated deepening knowledge about spirituality and motivated students to assess spirituality in clinical practice.

Highlights

Literature in healthcare often describes spirituality as one of the dimensions of the human being, which is important in health and illness transition, and so, more attention is needed to this dimension (Hasanshahi and Mazaheri 2016)
Two experts considered that the video was clear and responded to the goal; but one recommended the use of diagrams or flowcharts to represent the concepts of spirituality and religiosity to improve students’ understanding
This study presents an innovative video concerning the of spiritual needs, which was considered a clear, objective, and adequate learning teaching strategy

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Introduction

Literature in healthcare often describes spirituality as one of the dimensions of the human being, which is important in health and illness transition, and so, more attention is needed to this dimension (Hasanshahi and Mazaheri 2016). Scientific evidence underlines that spirituality is a fundamental aspect of healthcare (Timmins and Caldeira 2017). Relying on the importance and contribution of spirituality in clinical practice, many healthcare professionals, especially nurses, have aroused deep interest on the topic internationally; but, at the same time, most feel unprepared and perceive a lack of training to deliver spiritual care (Espinha et al 2013). The same happens with nursing students, who are willing to approach religious and spiritual aspects. Religions 2020, 11, 460 of patients’ experience in clinical practice, but feel underprepared to do it (Espinha et al 2013; Caldeira et al 2016). The use of dynamic and interactive strategies may facilitate the process of teaching and learning and may enable the development of students’ competencies for providing spiritual care (Baldacchino 2008b)

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