The Correlation of Spirituality and Implementation of Spiritual Care Among Nursing Student in Jakarta

Abstract

Nurses play a role in providing nursing care which include spiritual care. Spiritual care can provide inner peace and bring new hope for patients who need it. Nursing students are the initiators who will later become nurses. This study aimed to identify the correlation between spirituality and implementation of spiritual care among nursing students in program profession.This study used a cross sectional design with a purposive sampling technique. The sample in this study involved 208 nursing student in profession programmed from 3 university in Jakarta. The instruments used in this study were the daily spiritual experience scale (DSES) and the nursing spiritual care therapeutics scale (NSCTS). The statistic analysis used pooled sample T test and Chi-square test. The number of respondents aged < 40 years was 175 (84.1%) students, not yet working 109 (52.4%) students, , Muslim 183 (88%) students, female 173 (83.2%) students, undergraduate programmed who from high school were 109 (52.4%), have never attended spiritual care training 180 (86,5%). There was a significant relationship between the number of stage in profession programmed and spirituality with the application of spiritual care (p<0.05).The results of the study show that the nursing student have good spirituality, but are still not good at implementing spiritual care. The recommendation of this research added material about spiritual care in their curriculum.
 Keywords: spirituality, spiritual care, nursing student