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
Recommended Citation
Jordan, M. (2025). HOSPITAL ORGANIZATIONS’ OBLIGATION TO PROMOTE SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING AMONG NURSES: DEVELOPMENT OF A NORMATIVE ETHICAL ARGUMENT (Doctoral dissertation, Duquesne University). Retrieved from https://dsc.duq.edu/etd/2313
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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