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Title: | Design and development of a spiritual care competency framework for pre- registration nurses and midwives : a modified Delphi study |
Authors: | Attard, Josephine Ross, Linda Weeks, Keith W. |
Keywords: | Midwifery -- Study and teaching Nursing -- Study and teaching Midwives -- Training of Mentoring in nursing Caring -- Religious aspects Nurse and patient Nursing -- Religious aspects Nursing -- Moral and ethical aspects Spiritual care (Medical care) |
Issue Date: | 2019 |
Publisher: | Elsevier Ltd. |
Citation: | Attard, J., Ross, L., & Weeks, K. W. (2019). Design and development of a spiritual care competency framework for pre-registration nurses and midwives: A modified Delphi study. Nurse Education in Practice, 39, 96-104. |
Abstract: | This is the second of two papers reporting the development of a spiritual care competency framework for pre-
registration nurses and midwives as part of a PhD study using an embedded sequential mixed methods eclectic research design. The first paper outlines how 116 competency items were generated from an in-depth review of international literature, and offers a theoretical model to underpin development of the Framework. Aim: This paper reports how the Framework was developed. Method/Results: Five focus groups were held with stakeholders in Malta (chaplains/spiritual leaders, un- dergraduate nursing/midwifery educators, qualified nurses/midwives, parents/carers, patients/clients) to en- sure that aspects of spirituality/spiritual care important to them, but not identified in the literature review, were included in the Framework. The resulting 55 competencies in seven domains formed the Delphi Questionnaire which was validated using a two round modified Delphi method involving experts from Malta. The final seven domain 54 item Framework demonstrated good to strong internal consistency, stability and a good fit with a six factor model. Conclusion: The Framework's greatest immediate contribution is in its ability to inform undergraduate nursing/ midwifery spiritual care curriculum design and delivery. Further development of the Framework could assist in student selection ensuring that the ‘art’ of nursing/midwifery has parity with the ‘science’. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/58179 |
Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacHScMid |
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