Development of a spiritual care model for a nurse using a dignity therapy

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25670923
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Fundamental nursing
• Research Institution: Teikyo University of Science & Technology
• Principal Investigator: Shida Kumiko 帝京科学大学, 医療科学部, 准教授 (60461266)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): WATANABE KISHIKO 新潟大学, 医歯学系, 准教授 (10201170)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): TAGUCHI REIKO 新潟県立看護大学, 看護学部, 准教授 (20262454)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 看護師 / ターミナルケア / スピリチュアルペイン / スピリチュアルケア / ディグニティセラピー

Outline of Final Research Achievements

With the aim of developing a spiritual care model based on dignity therapy (DT) for nurses involved in terminal care, a preliminary study was conducted and a draft was created. The model adopted the following three steps in which nurses talk about: 1) their experiences of spiritual pain in terminal care, 2) DT-related questions, and 3) a series of their experiences. The model was implemented for six nurses, who had experienced spiritual pain, including senses of regret, guilt, and helplessness, and were sometimes distressed by memories of these experiences. The intervention helped the nurses find glimmers of hope, although some of them had difficulty talking about spiritual pain and others were emotionally healed.

Free Research Field

看護管理学