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Andrews University Digital Commons @ Andrews University Dissertations Graduate Research 2004 Nursing Students' Experiences in Personal Spiritual Formation and in Provision of Spiritual Care to Patients Beverly Jane Cobb Andrews University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/dissertations Part of the Christianity Commons, and the Nursing Commons Recommended Citation Cobb, Beverly Jane, "Nursing Students' Experiences in Personal Spiritual Formation and in Provision of Spiritual Care to Patients" (2004). Dissertations. 290. https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/dissertations/290 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate Research at Digital Commons @ Andrews University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Andrews University. For more information, please contact Thank you for your interest in the Andrews University Digital Library of Dissertations and Theses. Please honor the copyright of this document by not duplicating or distributing additional copies in any form without the author’s express written permission. Thanks for your cooperation. Andrews University School of Education NURSING STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCES IN PERSONAL SPIRITUAL FORMATION AND IN PROVISION OF SPIRITUAL CARE TO PATIENTS A Dissertation Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy by Beverly Jane Cobb July 2004 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. UMI Number: 3138892 Copyright 2004 by Cobb, Beverly Jane All rights reserved. INFORMATION TO USERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. 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ABSTRACT NURSING STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCES IN PERSONAL SPIRITUAL FORMATION AND IN PROVISION OF SPIRITUAL CARE TO PATIENTS by Beverly Jane Cobb Chair: Shirley Freed Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. ABSTRACT OF GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH Dissertation Andrews University School of Education Title: NURSING STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCES IN PERSONAL SPIRIUTAL FORMATION AND IN PROVISION OF SPIRITUAL CARE TO PATIENTS Name of researcher: Beverly J. Cobb Name and degree of faculty chair: Shirley A. Freed, Ph.D. Date completed: July 2004 Problem Nursing professionals acknowledge that (a) spiritual care is part of holistic care, and (b) nursing education about spiritual care of patients is inadequate. Evidence points to the importance of personal faith and spirituality in order for the nurse to more effectively render spiritual care to patients. Enhancing knowledge about how nursing students leam spiritual care can benefit nursing education and, ultimately, patient care. This study explored how students with high faith maturity provided spiritual nursing care to patients. Method This study engaged phenomenological methods with a study population selected from two faith-based educational institutions. A total of 187 nursing students within Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. three semesters o f graduating completed a brief demographic survey and a 12-item faith maturity scale. From this sample, 62 students who had experienced an intentional spiritual encounter with a patient volunteered to participate in semi-structured interviews. The sample was further refined to those who claimed commitment to Christian faith and scored high on the faith maturity scale, resulting in an interview sample of 16 students from Liberal Arts University and 11 students from Health Sciences College. Data from the interviews were triangulated with written documents describing the schools and their curricula, and with faculty interviews. Results Four themes emerged from exploring how life experiences influenced personal spiritual formation in nursing students: Personal spiritual disciplines, relationships, an environment of Christian teaching and growth, and struggle and/or loss. Three patterns of care were evident in the stories the students recounted of how they provided care to patients: Holism, presence, and witness. As the students considered how to become prepared to provide spiritual care to their patients, two areas of enabling were personal faith and preparation. Conclusions Twenty-seven Christian nursing students of high faith maturity recounted descriptive experiences of providing spiritual care to their patients. Results of the study showed that their personal faith was the key influence enabling them to give holistic spiritual care. To equip students to provide spiritual care, nursing educators are offered Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. specific ways to help grow students’ personal faith, as well as preparations educators can use to instruct students about specific aspects of spiritual care provision. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. NURSING STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCES IN PERSONAL SPIRITUAL FORMATION AND IN PROVISION OF SPIRITUAL CARE TO PATIENTS A dissertation presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy by Beverly Jane Cobb APPROVAL BY THE COMMITTEE; —I Chair: Shirley A Freed Dean, Sch(X)l of Education ' James Jeffrey MLeCmlilbUeCrl:. Loret^olm s CXuuUMi Member: Ruth Abbott lo £ - External: Rilla Tayl Date app>rrooTed Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.
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