Comparison of Newly Graduated Nurses ’ and Doctors’ Opinions About Spiritual Care and Their Emotional Intelligence Levels

AbstractThe study has been conducted to compare newly graduated nurses ’ and doctors’ opinions about spiritual care and their emotional intelligence levels. Descriptive study’s sample consisted of 50 nurses and 50 doctors who graduated from a university’s medical faculty and health faculty recently. Data were collected by Personal Information Form, Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale, and Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale. Emotional intelligence (t = 3.42,p = 0.001) and spirituality and spiritual care detection levels (t = 3.63,p = 0.000) of nurses were found to be higher than those of doctors, and the difference between them was statistically significant. 84% of nurses and 50% of doctors stated that the spiritual care is necessary. While most of the nurses reported that they got training on spiritual care, only 32% of doctors said they did get.
Source: Journal of Religion and Health - Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research