. Narges Eskandari; . Farzaneh Golaghaie; . Maryam Aghabarary; . Mohammadreza Dinmohammadi; . Hamidreza Koohestani; . Mojtaba Didehdar; . Leila Dehghankar; . Mohammad Abbasi
Volume 9, Issue 11 , November 2019, , Pages 1-6
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Several factors are involved in obtaining the competence of providingspiritual care in nursing students. The purpose of this study was to explain the relationship ...
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BACKGROUND AND AIM: Several factors are involved in obtaining the competence of providingspiritual care in nursing students. The purpose of this study was to explain the relationship betweenmoral intelligence and the professional self‑concept with the competency of the nursing students inproviding spiritual care to promote nursing education.MATERIALS AND METHODS: The present study was descriptive‑analytics and the participantswere the 7th and 8th semester nursing students of the processing district 6 of the medical sciencesuniversities. The data were collected using questionnaires “Nursing student competencies forproviding spiritual care,” “Nursing professional self‑concept” and “Moral intelligence” questionnaireand analysed using correlation and regression tests.RESULTS: The results showed that there is a significant relationship between the moral intelligenceand the students competency in providing spiritual care (r = 0.24, P < 0.001), while this relationshipwas not significant for the professional self‑concept (r = 0.045). Furthermore, based on the resultsof multiple regression analysis, the moral intelligence (B = 0.28, P = 0.001), gender (B = −4.23,P = 0.048), place of living (B = 10.59, P = 0.046), and adherence to religion (B = −11.82, P = 0.002)were the predictors of students’ competency in providing the spiritual care.CONCLUSION: According to the results of this study, it is suggested that by applying strategiesto strengthen the moral intelligence of the students, such as holding‑related workshops as wellas reinforcing religiosity, the student’s competency in providing the spiritual care to the patients isreinforced.