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Background Although spiritual care is a basic element of holistic nursing, nurses’ spiritual care knowledge and abilities are often unable to satisfy patients’ spiritual care needs. Therefore, nurses are in urgent need of relevant training to enhance their abilities to provide patients with spiritual care. Design A nonrandomized controlled trial. Objective To establish a spiritual care training protocol and verify its effectiveness. Methods This study recruited 92 nurses at a cancer treatment hospital in a single province via voluntary sign-up. The nurses were divided into two groups—the study group (45 people) and the control (wait-listed) group (47 people)—using a coin-toss method. The study group received one spiritual care group training session every six months based on their routine nursing education; this training chiefly consisted of lectures by experts, group interventions, clinical practice, and case sharing. The control group participated in monthly nursing education sessions organized by the hospital for 12 continuous months. Results After 12 months of intervention, the nurses in the study group had significantly higher overall spiritual health and spiritual care competency scores as well as significantly higher scores on all individual dimensions compared with those in the control group ( P  < 0.01). Conclusions A spiritual care training protocol for nurses based on the concept of mutual growth with patients enhances nurses’ spiritual well-being and spiritual care competencies.

Aims This study aimed to investigate the current state of nursing interns’ spiritual care competency (SCC) and its relationship with their spiritual health. Background Spiritual care is a vitally important component of holistic nursing. Understanding the spiritual care competency of nursing interns can help nursing managers and educators identify weaknesses in spiritual care practices, develop intervention measures to enhance SCC, and improve the quality of nursing services. However, the relationship between spiritual health and SCC among nursing interns remains unclear. Methods A total of 361 nursing interns were recruited from three general hospitals. An online questionnaire assessed nursing interns’ sociodemographic characteristics, spiritual care competency, and spiritual health. Statistical analyses included Pearson’s correlation analysis, T-test, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and multiple stepwise linear regression analysis. Results The average spiritual care competency score among nursing interns was 107.24 ± 21.67 out of a possible 135, indicating a medium-high level of competency. Spiritual care competency was positively correlated with spiritual health ( P  < 0.01). The multiple stepwise linear regression model ( n  = 361) had an explained variance ( R 2  = 0.300), showing that spiritual health and the manner of receiving spiritual training were the main factors influencing the interns’ spiritual care competency ( P  < 0.001). Conclusion The findings suggest that improving the spiritual health of nursing interns can enhance their spiritual care competency.

Background This study explored the prevalence and severity of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in college students who lived in earthquake center one year after the Wenchuan earthquake on May 12, 2008, the factors affecting the prevalence of PTSD was also investigated. Methods 2987 students studying at the senior normal school in Tibetan autonomous region which was one of the most devastated regions were selected for this study. The PTSD Checklist-Civilian Version (PCL-C) was used as a screening instrument. Results A total of 420 cases (14.1%) were diagnosed with PTSD, among which mild, moderate, severe and extreme symptoms were reported in 122, 185, 106 and 7 cases, respectively. The PTSD prevalence in college students lived in the severely affected area was significantly higher than that in the less severe area (P < 0.001). According to the multivariate logistic regression analysis, the students who were injured in the earthquake, those lost their first degree relative, and those confronted with dead bodies were more likely to express PTSD. Male students were more prone than female students to develop PTSD. However, the students who received psychological tutorship were less prone to express PTSD. Conclusions At one year after the earthquake, the PTSD rate in college students in the severely affected area was high. The social support, psychological help and rehabilitation project should be strengthened to improve their ability to cope with the trauma.

Objectives: This study aimed to examine the relationship between spiritual health and spiritual care competence among new nurses and explore the mediating role of perceived professional benefit in this relationship. Background: Spiritual care is an integral part of holistic nursing. The ability to deliver spiritual care to patients, known as spiritual care competence, is increasingly being recognized as a crucial occupational skill for nurses, particularly new nurses. Thus, understanding the level of spiritual care competence among new nurses and identifying the factors associated with it have become matters of priority. Methods: In the cross‐sectional online study, 299 new nurses were selected using convenience sampling from 10 tertiary hospitals in prefecture‐level cities, in Henan Province, China, from March to April 2021. Participants’ sociodemographic characteristics, spiritual health, perceived professional benefit, and spiritual care competence were assessed. The mediation model was examined using Model 4 of the PROCESS macro for SPSS. Results: The results showed a positive correlation between spiritual health, perceived professional benefit, and spiritual care competence (both p < 0.01). Furthermore, spiritual health had a direct effect on spiritual care competence (effect = 0.187). The association between spiritual health and spiritual care competence was mediated by perceived professional benefit (effect = 0.382). Conclusion: Perceived professional benefit was a mediator in the link between spiritual health and spiritual care competence among new nurses. Implications for Nursing Management: This study’s findings underscore the need to promote the spiritual care competence of new nurses in China. Healthcare managers can not only directly promote the spiritual care competence of new nurses by cultivating their spiritual health but also indirectly by enhancing their professional benefits.

Background: Although spiritual care is a basic element of holistic nursing, nurses' spiritual care knowledge and abilities are often unable to satisfy patients' spiritual care needs. Therefore, nurses are in urgent need of relevant training to enhance their abilities to provide patients with spiritual care. Design: A nonrandomized controlled trial. Objective: To establish a spiritual care training protocol and verify its effectiveness. Methods: This study recruited 92 nurses at a cancer treatment hospital in a single province via voluntary sign-up. The nurses were divided into two groups—the study group (45 people) and the control (wait-listed) group (47 people)—using a coin-toss method. The study group received one spiritual care group training session every six months based on their routine nursing education; this training chiefly consisted of lectures by experts, group interventions, clinical practice, and case sharing. The control group participated in monthly nursing education sessions organized by the hospital for 12 continuous months. Results: After 12 months of intervention, the nurses in the study group had significantly higher overall spiritual health and spiritual care competency scores as well as significantly higher scores on all individual dimensions compared with those in the control group (P<0.01). Conclusions: A spiritual care training protocol for nurses based on the concept of mutual growth with patients enhances nurses' spiritual well-being and spiritual care competencies.