• Ghaith Ahmad Bani Melhem, Ruqayya S Zeilani, Ossama Abed Zaqqout, Ashraf Ismail Aljwad, Mohammed Qasim Shawagfeh, and Maysoon Abd Al-Rahim.
• Department of Palliative Care and Pain Management, Royal Medical Services, King Hussein Medical Center, Amman, Jordan.
• Indian J Palliat Care. 2016 Jan 1; 22 (1): 42-9.

AimsThis study aimed to describe nurses' perceptions of spirituality and spiritual care in Jordan, and to investigate the relationship between their perceptions and their demographic variables.MethodsThe study used a cross-sectional descriptive design and recruited a convenience sample of 408 Jordanian registered nurses to complete the spiritual care giving scale.ResultsThe findings of the study demonstrated that most of the participating nurses had a high level of spirituality and spiritual care perception. Significant differences were found between male and female nurses' perceptions of spirituality and spiritual care (P < 0.05); previous attendance of courses on spiritual care also made a significant difference to perceptions (P < 0.05).ConclusionsThe research findings suggest that, Jordanian nurses' gender made a difference in their perceptions of spirituality and spiritual care. They had satisfactory levels of perception of spirituality and spiritual care. Moreover, spiritual care courses appeared to have a positive impact on their perception of spirituality and spiritual care. Enhancing nursing care by integrating standardized spiritual care into the current nursing care, training, and education should also be emphasized.

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