Spiritual climate in hospitals influences nurses’ professional quality of life

Aims To assess the nurses’ perceptions of spiritual climate of their hospital and to examine how it influences their professional quality of life (ProQoL). Background Despite the advantages of positive spiritual organisational climate on the personal and professional lives of nurses, no study has at...

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Published inJournal of nursing management Vol. 28; no. 7; pp. 1589 - 1597
Main Authors Cruz, Jonas Preposi, Alquwez, Nahed, Mesde, Jennifer H., Almoghairi, Ahmed Mohammed Aid, Altukhays, Abdulaziz Ibrahim, Colet, Paolo C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Hindawi Limited 01.10.2020
Subjects
compassion fatigue
compassion satisfaction
Fatigue
Hospitals
Marital status
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing administration
Policy making
professional quality of life
Quality of care
Quality of life
Religion
spiritual climate
Spirituality
Sympathy
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Summary:Aims To assess the nurses’ perceptions of spiritual climate of their hospital and to examine how it influences their professional quality of life (ProQoL). Background Despite the advantages of positive spiritual organisational climate on the personal and professional lives of nurses, no study has attempted to investigate the influence of spiritual climate on nurses’ ProQoL. Method We surveyed 302 nurses in three general hospitals in Saudi Arabia in this cross‐sectional study using the ‘Spiritual Climate Scale’ and the ‘ProQoL scale version 5’. Results Our findings indicated a modest spiritual climate and average scores in ProQoL. Marital status, religion and education were significant predictors of the nurses’ perception of spiritual climate. The spiritual climate, hospital, marital status, nationality, religion, education, experience in the country and experience in the present hospital played multivariate effects on the nurses’ ProQoL. Conclusions Our study concludes that the spiritual climate in hospitals influences nurses’ ProQoL. Implications for Nursing Management This research provides direction for hospital policymakers and nurse leaders on the areas that could be improved to ensure excellent ProQoL among nurses. Making sure that the nurses’ unique spirituality is encouraged, respected and accepted in clinical areas could contribute to improving compassion satisfaction and decreasing compassion fatigue among nurses.
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ISSN:0966-0429
1365-2834
DOI:10.1111/jonm.13113