• J Holist Nurs · Sep 2012

    Singapore nursing students' perceptions and attitudes about spirituality and spiritual care in practice: a qualitative study.

    • Lay Hwa Tiew and Vicki Drury.
    • Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, National University of Singapore. nurtlh@nus.edu.sg
    • J Holist Nurs. 2012 Sep 1;30(3):160-9.

    PurposeThis exploratory study investigated nursing students' perceptions and attitudes about spirituality and spiritual care in practice.Study DesignA qualitative interpretative approach was used to investigate the research question.MethodIn-depth interviews were conducted with 16 final-year preregistration nursing students from 3 different educational institutions offering a degree or diploma program in Singapore. Data were analyzed using the Miles and Huberman's method of thematic analysis.FindingsThematic analysis identified three themes: (a) students' perceptions of spirituality, (b) spiritual care, and (c) factors influencing spiritual care in practice.ConclusionsThe study informed that though young, spirituality matters to the nursing students. Accordingly, nursing is perceived to play an integral role in spiritual care. Enabling factors need to be systematically addressed both in the education and practice arenas before the perennial issue of disconnect between development and implementation of spirituality in practice can be bridged.

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