Abstract

Nurses who are committed to care of the whole person must be knowledgeable about patients' spiritual needs. This descriptive, cross-sectional survey was designed to investigate the spiritual health of oncology patients. Parallel nurse (r =.89) and patient (r =.77) Spiritual Health Inventories (SHI) and demographic sheets were distributed to a convenience sample of 40 nurse-inpatient pairs from two hospitals. Respondents included 23 patients with primary lung cancer and 27 Registered Nurses. Patients reported a normatively high level of spiritual health, positively related both to age (p < .02) and physical well-being (p < .014). Analysis of 21 matched nurse-patient SHI scores indicated that nurse respondents inaccurately assessed their patients' spiritual health. Patients and nurses ranked family members or friends and clergypersons as priority choices of spiritual caregivers. Although not generalizable, findings should assist in future studies.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 9023048; ProQuest document ID: 303820885. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Martha E. Highfield, PhD

Sigma Membership

Gamma Tau at-Large

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Cross-Sectional

Research Approach

Quantitative Research

Keywords:

Spiritual Needs, Registered Nurses, Oncology Patient Care

Advisor

Carolyn M. Adamson

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

Texas Woman's University

Degree Year

1989

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2019-03-26

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