Investigating the Correlation Between Nurses\u27 Spiritual Well-Being and Spiritual Care Perspectives

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between nurses\u27 spiritual well-being (using the JAREL Spiritual-Well Being Scale) and their perspectives of spiritual care (using the Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale). Both instruments use Likert-scale ratings. An additional survey obtained general demographic information including an item regarding spirituality in nursing in-service participation. A total of 130 registered nurses (23%) participated in the study. The data was analyzed using SPSS in which a Pearson\u27s r correlation was performed on the JAREL and SSCRS scores. The results were statistically significant for a positive correlation between nurses\u27 spiritual well-being and perspectives of spiritual care (r = 0.43, p \u3c .01) demonstrating that a portion of the nurses\u27 spiritual care perspectives can be attributed to their spiritual well-being. The results underscore the need for academic and post-professional spirituality training for nurses as well as collaboration of the health care team and administrative support