The Relationship between the Perceptions of Nursing Students on Spirituality and Spiritual Care and Their Professional Values in the Process of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

Purpose: This study was conducted for the purpose of investigating the correlation between the perceptions of nursing students on spirituality and spiritual care and their professional values in the process of the COVID-19 pandemic. Material and Methods: The study was carried out with nursing students at the School of Health at a state university in the Mediterranean Region of Turkey between 1 and 14 July 2020. The sample consisted of 279 students. The question forms for the data were prepared on Google Forms, and the data were collected by connection addresses sent to the students. In data collection, a“Personal Information Form”, the “Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale (SSCRS)” and the “Nurses Professional Values ScaleRevised (NPVS-R)” were used. Results: The students’ mean total score in the “NPVS-R” was 102.22±24.34, while their mean total score in the “SSCRS” was 3.79±0.61. There was a significant, positive and weak correlation between the total score and subscale scores of the “NPVS-R” and the score of the “SSCRS”. Conclusion: This study concluded that the perceptions of the nursing students regarding spirituality and spiritual care and their professional values in the COVID-19 pandemic process were on a good level, and as their professional values increased, their spirituality and spiritual care perceptions increased.