Readiness of undergraduate nursing students at International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Kuantan, Pahang in delivering spiritual care to hospitalized patient

• Main Authors: Jaafar, Siti Nur Illiani, Norazaman, Amiesha Iz’aan, Wan Mamat, Wan Hasliza
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kulliyyah of Nursing, IIUM 2024
• Subjects: RT85.2 Religious aspects; RT86.3 Nurse and patient
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/116831/1/116831_Readiness%20of%20undergraduate%20nursing%20students%20at%20International%20Islamic%20University%20Malaysia%20%28IIUM%29.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/116831/; https://journals.iium.edu.my/ijcs/index.php/ijcs/article/view/396

Background: Spiritual care is an important component of providing clients with holistic care in hospitals. As nurses, they need to address the patient’s spiritual needs with both competence and compassion. This study is aimed to determine the level of readiness of nursing students in delivering spiritual care to hospitalized patients and the association between spiritual climate perception level and Spiritual Care Intervention Provision level among undergraduate nursing students in International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia. Methods: A cross-sectional study using a convenience sampling method was conducted among 204 nursing students of IIUM Kuantan, from April to Jun of 2023. Data were collected using the Google Forms platform to determine the level of readiness in delivering spiritual care using the Spiritual Climate Scale (SCS) and Spiritual Care Intervention Provision Scale (SCIPS) respectively. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Mann Whitney, Kruskal Wallis Test, and Spearman correlation. Results: The result showed the nursing students had a better spiritual climate perception at the hospital. Furthermore, there is an association between spiritual climate perception at hospitals and spiritual care intervention provision level. Conclusion: The spiritual climate perception at the hospital is associated with the spiritual care intervention provision level so that an increase in readiness level in delivering spiritual care can act as holistic care to hospitalized clients.