Spiritual care: the nurses’ experiences in the pediatric intensive care unit

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Autor(a) principal: Nascimento, Lucila C.
Data de Publicação: 2016
Outros Autores: Alvarenga, Wylliane A., Caldeira, Sílvia, Mica, Tâmisa M., Oliveira, Fabiane C. S., Pan, Raquel, Santos, Tabatha F. M., Carvalho, Emília C., Vieira, Margarida
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/19418
Resumo: Physical aspects of disease management are often more evident than those related to spirituality or spiritual care. Spirituality may appear more crucial in pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) when patients are experiencing serious illness or end-of-life situations. This paper describes the meaning of spirituality according to nurses who had worked in PICUs and how they provide spiritual care to children and their families. It is an exploratory research using a qualitative approach, including interviews with eleven PICU nurses. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis; two themes were identified: meanings of spirituality and religiosity according to nurses, and the provision of spiritual care to children in the PICU and their families. The interviewed nurses recognized the importance and value of spiritual care and are aware that spiritual needs are considered to be of significantly less importance than physical treatments. Spiritual care was mainly focused on the children’s families; the nurses justified the absence of spiritual care to children, based on lack of time and children’s age and level of consciousness. These results highlight a deficiency in spiritual care in PICUs and demonstrate the need for improved knowledge and demonstrate the need to not only raise awareness of the spiritual dimension of children, adolescents, and their families, but also to enhance discussion and improve general knowledge on the importance of spirituality in the treatment regimen to provide effective holistic care.
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spelling Spiritual care: the nurses’ experiences in the pediatric intensive care unitSpiritualityReligionSpiritual careHealthcare professionalsPediatric nursingPediatric intensive care unitsNursing careChildFamilyPhysical aspects of disease management are often more evident than those related to spirituality or spiritual care. Spirituality may appear more crucial in pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) when patients are experiencing serious illness or end-of-life situations. This paper describes the meaning of spirituality according to nurses who had worked in PICUs and how they provide spiritual care to children and their families. It is an exploratory research using a qualitative approach, including interviews with eleven PICU nurses. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis; two themes were identified: meanings of spirituality and religiosity according to nurses, and the provision of spiritual care to children in the PICU and their families. The interviewed nurses recognized the importance and value of spiritual care and are aware that spiritual needs are considered to be of significantly less importance than physical treatments. Spiritual care was mainly focused on the children’s families; the nurses justified the absence of spiritual care to children, based on lack of time and children’s age and level of consciousness. These results highlight a deficiency in spiritual care in PICUs and demonstrate the need for improved knowledge and demonstrate the need to not only raise awareness of the spiritual dimension of children, adolescents, and their families, but also to enhance discussion and improve general knowledge on the importance of spirituality in the treatment regimen to provide effective holistic care.MDPIVeritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica PortuguesaNascimento, Lucila C.Alvarenga, Wylliane A.Caldeira, SílviaMica, Tâmisa M.Oliveira, Fabiane C. S.Pan, RaquelSantos, Tabatha F. M.Carvalho, Emília C.Vieira, Margarida2016-03-21T16:16:10Z2016-03-082016-03-08T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/19418engNASCIMENTO, Lucíla C. [et al.] - Spiritual care: The nurses’ experiences in the pediatric intensive care unit. Religions [em linha] 7:3, 27 (2016) 11p. Disponível em http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/7/3/27 ISSN: 2077-1444.2077-144410.3390/rel703002784960478248000373530800014info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-05T01:34:14Zoai:repositorio.ucp.pt:10400.14/19418Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T18:16:14.063796Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Spiritual care: the nurses’ experiences in the pediatric intensive care unit
title Spiritual care: the nurses’ experiences in the pediatric intensive care unit
spellingShingle Spiritual care: the nurses’ experiences in the pediatric intensive care unit
Nascimento, Lucila C.
Spirituality
Religion
Spiritual care
Healthcare professionals
Pediatric nursing
Pediatric intensive care units
Nursing care
Child
Family
title_short Spiritual care: the nurses’ experiences in the pediatric intensive care unit
title_full Spiritual care: the nurses’ experiences in the pediatric intensive care unit
title_fullStr Spiritual care: the nurses’ experiences in the pediatric intensive care unit
title_full_unstemmed Spiritual care: the nurses’ experiences in the pediatric intensive care unit
title_sort Spiritual care: the nurses’ experiences in the pediatric intensive care unit
author Nascimento, Lucila C.
author_facet Nascimento, Lucila C.
Alvarenga, Wylliane A.
Caldeira, Sílvia
Mica, Tâmisa M.
Oliveira, Fabiane C. S.
Pan, Raquel
Santos, Tabatha F. M.
Carvalho, Emília C.
Vieira, Margarida
author_role author
author2 Alvarenga, Wylliane A.
Caldeira, Sílvia
Mica, Tâmisa M.
Oliveira, Fabiane C. S.
Pan, Raquel
Santos, Tabatha F. M.
Carvalho, Emília C.
Vieira, Margarida
author2_role author
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author
author
author
author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Nascimento, Lucila C.
Alvarenga, Wylliane A.
Caldeira, Sílvia
Mica, Tâmisa M.
Oliveira, Fabiane C. S.
Pan, Raquel
Santos, Tabatha F. M.
Carvalho, Emília C.
Vieira, Margarida
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Spirituality
Religion
Spiritual care
Healthcare professionals
Pediatric nursing
Pediatric intensive care units
Nursing care
Child
Family
topic Spirituality
Religion
Spiritual care
Healthcare professionals
Pediatric nursing
Pediatric intensive care units
Nursing care
Child
Family
description Physical aspects of disease management are often more evident than those related to spirituality or spiritual care. Spirituality may appear more crucial in pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) when patients are experiencing serious illness or end-of-life situations. This paper describes the meaning of spirituality according to nurses who had worked in PICUs and how they provide spiritual care to children and their families. It is an exploratory research using a qualitative approach, including interviews with eleven PICU nurses. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis; two themes were identified: meanings of spirituality and religiosity according to nurses, and the provision of spiritual care to children in the PICU and their families. The interviewed nurses recognized the importance and value of spiritual care and are aware that spiritual needs are considered to be of significantly less importance than physical treatments. Spiritual care was mainly focused on the children’s families; the nurses justified the absence of spiritual care to children, based on lack of time and children’s age and level of consciousness. These results highlight a deficiency in spiritual care in PICUs and demonstrate the need for improved knowledge and demonstrate the need to not only raise awareness of the spiritual dimension of children, adolescents, and their families, but also to enhance discussion and improve general knowledge on the importance of spirituality in the treatment regimen to provide effective holistic care.
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