Defense Date

2-24-2025

Graduation Date

Spring 5-9-2025

Availability

Immediate Access

Submission Type

dissertation

Degree Name

PhD

Department

Nursing

School

School of Nursing

Committee Chair

Joris Gielen, PhD

Committee Member

Kathleen Sekula, PhD

Committee Member

Elizabeth Jonston-Taylor, PhD

Keywords

Spirituality, Nurse, Moral injury, Post-traumatic growth, Burnout

Abstract

This dissertation presents an innovative strategy to promote the support of nurses' spirituality within hospital organizations. By focusing on the spiritual well-being of nurses by hospital organizations, with a natural extension into nursing schools, the approach aims to enhance nurse’s ability to protect their own spirituality, provide comprehensive spiritual care to patients, and increase nurse moral resilience. By investing in nurses' spirituality and spiritual growth, hospitals can potentially increase job satisfaction among nursing staff, improve patient care outcomes, and create a more holistic healing environment for both nurses and patients. As the nursing shortage continues and the number of nurses leaving the profession continues to increase, supporting nurse spirituality is an ethical and moral responsibility of hospital organizations.

Language

English

Additional Citations

Taylor, E. J., H. Ada, C. Dupée, M. Jordan, P. Radovich, K. Boyd, and S. Dehom. "Tragedy or Transformation? Online Survey of Nurse Spirituality during the Covid Pandemic." Journal of Clinical Nursing 32, no. 17-18 (Sep 2023): 6287-97. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.16668.

Taylor, E., H. Morrell, H. Ada, C. Dupée, M. Jordan, P. Radovich, and K. Boyd. "Do Nurse Spiritual Responses to Trauma Explain Nurse Outcomes? A Correlational Observational Study." Nursing Outlook 72, no. 6 (Nov 2024): 102296. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2024.102296.

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