Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development

  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 3

Nurse's Competence in Supporting the Spiritual-Religious Needs of Patients in Indonesia

  • Author:
  • Supriyanto1, Achir Yani S. Hamid2, Dede Rosyada3, Muchtarudin Mansyur4, Ferry Efendi5,
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 604 to 608

1Surabaya Health Polytechnic, Ministry of Health, Jl. Pucang Jajar Tengah, Surabaya, Indonesia

2Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Indonesia, Jl. Pondok Cina, Jakarta, Indonesia

3Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University, Jakarta, Indonesia, Jl. Ir. H. Djuanda No.95, Banten, Indonesia

4Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jl. Salemba Raya, Jakarta, Indonesia

5Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia, Jl. Mulyorejo, Surabaya, Indonesia

*Corresponding Author: Ferry Efendi, Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia, Email: ferry-e@fkp.unair.ac.id

Online published on 20 March, 2019.

Abstract

The fulfilment of religious ritual needs is a form of spiritual nursing intervention. The main Islamic ritual is the fardhu prayer, which should not be abandoned despite illness and hospitalisation. The purpose of this study was to find out the nurse's constraints relating to help to meet the need of conducting fardhu prayers for hospitalised patients from their experience of providing nursing care to patients.

This study was a qualitative, using the phenomenology approach, focusing on 8 associate nurses, 3 nurse managers and 1 participant, who was the Head of the Spiritual Counselling division. Data collection was done through a Focus Group Discussion and the data analysis used the Colaizzi method.

The results of the study yielded four main themes: the competence of nursing services for fardhu prayer, the availability of facilities, the perception of constraint on the patient, and limited support.

The nurses’ competency at fulfilling the spiritual needs of patients in Indonesia should be developed and fostered in order to accommodate the health needs of Indonesian society as a whole.

Keywords

Fardhu prayer, Muslim spiritual nursing service, Islamic religious ritual