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ABSTRACT
The study sought to determine the spiritual nursing care
rendered by the staff nurses at St. John Hospital,a private
secondary hospital located at Panganiban Drive, Naga City, was
the setting of the study.
It determined their level of awareness, extent of practice
and thesignificant correlation between the staff nurses level of
awareness and extent of practice of spiritual nursing care.
The respondents of the study were 48 staff nurses of St.
John Hospital assigned at the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and, 4th floor wards,
Emergency Room (ER), Out-Patient Department (OPD), Intensive Care
Unit (ICU), Operating Room (OR), Delivery Room (DR) and Neonatal
Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
The study used the mixed method where a survey-questionnaire
answered by all the 48 respondents and 15 others randomly-chosen
for interview.
The survey questionnaire measured the level of awareness and
extent of practice of spiritual nursing care. Included were
specific activities that described the extent of practice of
spiritual nursing care which the staff nurses needed to identify.
Furthermore, an interview was made, recorded and transcribed to
substantiate the results of the study.
Weighted Mean was used to determine the level of awareness
and extent of practice of spiritual nursing care by the staff
nurses at St. John Hospital. Moreover, Pearson Moment Correlation
Method was used to determine the significant correlation between
the two variables.
The study derived the following conclusions:
a. St. John Hospital Staff Nurses level of awareness regarding
spiritual nursing care ranged from high to very high.
b. St. John Hospital Staff Nurses extent of practice of
spiritual nursing care ranged from average to very high
c. There is a significant correlation between the level of
awareness and extent of practice of spiritual nursing care
among staff nurses at St. John Hospital.

Results of the interview underscored that:

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a. Staff nurses at St. John Hospital (SJH) are very much
aware of the importance of rendering spiritual nursing
care to patients.
b. Staff nurses at SJH provide spiritual nursing care by
allowing their patients to pray and practice their own
beliefs.
c. Staff nurses collaborate with the chaplain for the
anointing of the sick, and respect the beliefs of their
patients.
d. Staff
nurses
at
SJH
considered
their
religious
affiliations and traditions as guides in performing their
nursing functions.
e. Spiritual nursing care helped improve the condition of
the patients and aided in their recovery.
f.

Therapeutic touch is helpful to patients with spiritual

needs for it supports, comforts and calms the patients.