SUMMARY
This present study was aimed at investigating the spiritual care-related views and practices of students.This descriptive study was conducted between March 2016 and June 2016 at a faculty of health sciences and a nursing faculty. The study population comprised 384 fourth-year nursing students studying in the aforementioned two faculties. Of these 384 students, 292 were included in the study sample.The mean age of the participants was 22.83 ± 1.57. Of the participants, 81.8% were female, 97.6% were single, 55.1% were nursing faculty students and 6.8% were nurses. The rate of the students who stated that they were knowledgeable about spiritual care was 57.9%, and 64.3% (n = 169) of them obtained this knowledge from the faculty. Of the students, 94.1% stated that the patient should be provided with spiritual care, 71.2% said that they were not guided by the teaching staff or responsible nurses on the provision of spiritual care, and 50.7% said that they were not able to meet the spiritual needs of individuals/patients. Of the students, 65.1% did not take lessons about spiritual care in the school they were studying, 69.9% considered themselves incompetent in providing spiritual care to their patients and 81.8% wanted to receive training in spiritual care. In the present study, the rate of those who stated that they were able to meet spiritual requirements of patients was higher among female students (x2 = 7.699, p = 0.006), those attending the nursing faculty (x2 = 8.797, p = 0.003) and those who took courses on spiritual care (x2 = 18.882, p = 0.001). The rate of those who stated that the provision of spiritual care was necessary was higher among those who wanted to receive education on spiritual care (x2 = 17.382, p = 0.001) and those attending the nursing faculty (x2 = 5.549, p = 0.018).It is considered necessary that colleges or faculties should have courses on spiritual care, that students’ lack of spiritual care-related knowledge should be dealt with, and that students should be supported and provided opportunities so that they can give spiritual care to patients they look after. ÖzetBu arastirmada hemsirelik bölümünde ögrenimine devam etmekte olan son sinif ögrencilerin manevi bakima iliskin görüs ve uygulamalarinin incelenmesi amaçlanmistir.Tanimlayici tipteki arastirma, bir saglik bilimleri fakültesi ve bir hemsirelik fakültesinde, Mart-Haziran 2016 tarihleri arasinda gerçeklestirilmistir. Arastirmanin evrenini iki fakültede ögrenim gören 384 dördüncü sinif hemsirelik ögrencileri olusturmaktadir. Arastirmanin örneklemine 292 ögrenci dâhil edilmistir.Arastirmaya katilan ögrencilerin yas ortalamasi 22.83 ± 1.57, %81.8’i kadin, %97.6’si bekar, %55.1’i hemsirelik fakültesi ögrencisi ve %6.8’i hemsire olarak çalismaktadir. Ögrencilerin %57.9’u manevi bakim konusunda bilgisi oldugunu ve bilgisi olanlarin (n=169) %64.3’ünün bu bilgiyi fakültesinden aldigini belirtmistir. Ögrencilerin %94.1’i bireye /hastaya manevi bakim vermenin gerekli oldugunu, %71.2’si manevi bakim verme konusunda ögretim elemani ya da sorumlu hemsiresi tarafindan yönlendirilmedigini ve %50.7’si bireylerin /hastalarin manevi gereksinimlerini karsilayamadigini belirtmistir. Ögrencilerin %65.1’i egitim gördügü fakültede manevi bakimla ilgili ders almadigini belirtmistir. Ögrencilerin %69.9’unun hastalarina manevi bakim verme konusunda kendilerini yeterli olarak görmedikleri ve %81.8’inin manevi bakim konusunda egitim almak istedigi belirlenmistir. Arastirmada kiz ögrencilerde (x2=7.699, p=0.006), hemsirelik fakültesinde ögrenim görenlerde (x2=8.797, p=0.003) ve manevi bakimla ilgili ders alanlarda (x2=18.882, p=0.001) bireylerin / hastalarin manevi gereksinimlerini karsilayabildiklerini belirtenlerin daha fazla oldugu saptanmistir. Manevi bakimla ilgili egitim almak isteyenlerde (x2=17.382, p=0.001) ve hemsirelik fakültesinde ögrenim görenlerde (x2=5.549, p=0.018) manevi bakim vermenin gerekli oldugunu düsünenlerin oraninin daha fazla oldugu görülmüstür.Hemsirelik egitimi veren yüksekokul veya fakültelerde manevi bakim konusunda derslerin verilmesi, ögrencilerin bu konudaki eksik bilgilerinin giderilmesi ve ögrencilerin bakim verdigi bireylere/hastalara manevi bakimi saglayabilmeleri için firsatlarin saglanmasi ve desteklenmelerinin gerektigi görülmektedir.