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El bienestar espiritual y la prestación del cuidado espiritual en un equipo de enfermería

Ana Cláudia Mesquita,¹ Carolina Costa Valcanti Avelino,² Maiara Neves Barreto,² Denismar Alves Nogueira,² Fábio de Souza Terra,² Érika de Cássia Lopes Chaves^2
1Escuela de Enfermería de Ribeirão Negro, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil. ²Escuela de Enfermería, Universidade Federal de Alfenas, Minas Gerais, Brasil

Manuscrito recibido el 8.9.2013
Manuscrito aceptado el 23.12.2013

Index de Enfermería [Index Enferm] 2014; 23(4): 219-223

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Objetivo principal: investigar el bienestar espiritual del equipo de enfermería y la prestación del cuidado espiritual por la misma. Metodología: estudio cuantitativo, descriptivo, transversal, con 95 miembros del equipo de enfermería de un hospital general. Para la recolección de datos se utilizó un cuestionario sociodemográfico y la Escala de Bienestar Espiritual. Resultados principales: los profesionales presentaron bienestar espiritual y existencial moderado y bienestar religioso alto. En cuanto a la prestación del cuidado espiritual, a pesar de la implicación religiosa y de considerar importante la prestación del cuidado espiritual, solo una pequeña cuota de los profesionales presta ese tipo de cuidado. Conclusión: la espiritualidad se presenta como una forma de promover la salud mental de los profesionales de enfermería, además de poder ser utilizada como estrategia de enfrentamiento por los mismos mediante las situaciones de estrés características de esa profesión. Se indica aún mayor atención a la formación de esos profesionales para la prestación del cuidado espiritual, el cual exige cualificación y conocimientos específicos.
Palabras clave: Enfermería/ Espiritualidad/ Asistencia al paciente.

Abstract (The spiritual well-being and the provision of spiritual care in a nursing staff)

Main objective: To investigate the spiritual welfare of the nursing staff and the provision of spiritual care for the same. Methodology: quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional, with 95 members of the nursing staff of a general hospital. Data collection used a sociodemographic questionnaire and Scale Spiritual Wellness. Main results: The professionals had spiritual well-being and existential well-being and moderate religious high. As regards the provision of spiritual care, despite the religious involvement and consider important to the provision of spiritual care, only a small number of professionals providing this type of care. Conclusion: spirituality presents itself as a way to promote the mental health of nursing professionals, and can be used as a coping strategy by the same stress situations characteristics of this profession. It indicates even greater attention to the training of professionals for the provision of spiritual care, which requires skill and expertise.
Key-words: Nursing/ Spirituality/ Patient care.

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