Nurses' experiences with spirituality-based Nursing interventions
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https://doi.org/10.12957/reuerj.2025.87955Keywords:
Nursing, Nursing Care, Patient Care, Standardized Nursing Terminology, SpiritualityAbstract
Objective: to describe nurses’ experiences related to providing care based on spiritual interventions. Method: a qualitative research study with a phenomenological approach, conducted with 13 nurses with a minimum of one year of experience in care and in practice following the Systematization of Nursing Assistance. Semi-structured interviews were conducted in the remote modality via the Google Meet® platform and/or video/audio communication. Idiographic and nomothetic analyses were used, thus reaching an interpretive data synthesis. Results: the nurses implemented interventions permeated by affection, empathy, warmth and joining patients and family members in prayer, in addition to laying on of hands and Reiki. Final considerations: spirituality proved to be present in nurses’ clinical practice; however, there were no records in the clinical charts, denoting technical inability in the professionals. It is necessary to invest in communication competencies that may favor their recording and expand the interaction between care knowledge and practices.
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