Mediating Effect of Perceived Professional Benefit on the Relationship Between Spiritual Health and Spiritual Care Competence Among New Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study

IF 3.7 2区医学 Q2 MANAGEMENT

Journal of Nursing Management Pub Date : 2025-05-02 DOI:10.1155/jonm/8832454

Cancan Chen, Xiaofei Sun, Yanting Zhang, Zhenya Liu, Miaorui Jiao, Yanli Hu

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Abstract

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.

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职业利益感知在新护士精神健康与精神护理能力关系中的中介作用：一项横断面研究

目的：本研究旨在探讨新护士的精神健康与精神护理能力的关系，并探讨职业利益感知在这种关系中的中介作用。背景：精神护理是整体护理的一个组成部分。为病人提供精神护理的能力，被称为精神护理能力，越来越被认为是护士，特别是新护士的一项重要职业技能。因此，了解新护士的精神护理能力水平，并确定与之相关的因素已成为优先事项。方法：采用横断面在线研究的方法，于2021年3月至4月在河南省地级市的10家三级医院采用方便抽样的方式抽取299名新护士。评估参与者的社会人口学特征、精神健康、感知职业利益和精神护理能力。使用SPSS的PROCESS宏模型4检验中介模型。结果：心理健康、职业利益感知与心理护理能力呈正相关(p <；0.01)。此外，精神健康对精神护理能力有直接影响（效应= 0.187）。心理健康与心理护理能力之间存在着感知职业利益的中介关系（效应值= 0.382）。结论：职业利益感在新护士精神健康与精神护理能力之间起中介作用。对护理管理的启示：本研究结果强调了提高中国新护士精神护理能力的必要性。医疗管理者不仅可以通过培养新护士的精神健康直接提高其精神护理能力，还可以通过提高新护士的职业效益间接提高其精神护理能力。

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Journal of Nursing Management NURSING-

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9.40

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377

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4-8 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Nursing Management is an international forum which informs and advances the discipline of nursing management and leadership. The Journal encourages scholarly debate and critical analysis resulting in a rich source of evidence which underpins and illuminates the practice of management, innovation and leadership in nursing and health care. It publishes current issues and developments in practice in the form of research papers, in-depth commentaries and analyses. The complex and rapidly changing nature of global health care is constantly generating new challenges and questions. The Journal of Nursing Management welcomes papers from researchers, academics, practitioners, managers, and policy makers from a range of countries and backgrounds which examine these issues and contribute to the body of knowledge in international nursing management and leadership worldwide. The Journal of Nursing Management aims to: -Inform practitioners and researchers in nursing management and leadership -Explore and debate current issues in nursing management and leadership -Assess the evidence for current practice -Develop best practice in nursing management and leadership -Examine the impact of policy developments -Address issues in governance, quality and safety