Investigating the effectiveness of online system spiritual therapies program on the attitude and competence of intensive care unit nurses in providing spiritual healing: A quasi-experimental study.

BACKGROUND: Spiritual care is a component of nursing that aims to enhance and expedite the patient's healing process. It involves the nurse identifying the patient's personal values, social interactions, and psychological requirements. Thus, the present study was designed to investigate the effect of the online system spiritual therapies program on the attitude and competency of nurses working in the ICUs who provide spiritual healing. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was quasi-experimentally on 50 ICU nurses in Ilam County in 2023 with a convenience sampling method which was allocated by randomization allocation software to group intervention and control groups. The participants in the intervention group received online educational sessions for six weeks which contained group discussions, quizzes, care plans, and spiritual services. Participants in the control group didn't receive any intervention. Spiritual Care Competence Scale (SCCS) and the Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale (SSCRS) were filled out before and four weeks after the intervention. Data were analyzed with a standard error of 0.05 with Kolmogorov-Smironov, independent t, paired t, Chi-square, and ANCOVA by SPSS V.16. RESULTS: Before the intervention, no considerable disparities were observed between the two groups, but after it, the mean and standard SCCS and SSCRS scores in the intervention group compared to the control group were considerably meaningful (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Using online system spiritual therapy improves attitude and competency about spiritual care in the nurses work in ICU who provide spiritual healing. It is suggested that implement this approach in the ICU nurses for spiritual therapies and healing process.