Spiritual Approach and Midwifery Practices in Women's Health

Authors

  • Nuray KURT

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7459956

Keywords:

Midwifery, Spirituality, Spiritual Care

Abstract

Spirituality; it is an effort to turn one's inner world and shape one's life with the foresight gained by directing, to solve and accept the meaning of life. Spirituality is an important human dimension that affects health status such as strengthening physical and mental health, perceiving and accepting health and illness, reducing pain, complying with treatment, and looking to the future with hope. Spiritual care; it is defined as determining the spiritual needs of the person by health professionals and providing care in this direction. The midwife's planning for care in line with the spiritual beliefs determined in the individuals they care for and offering interpersonal, altruistic and integrative practices constitute spiritual care in midwifery. In order to provide and provide spiritual care, midwives must have the appropriate education and skills for care. Based on the holistic care philosophy, which states that midwives are ethically responsible for supporting the spiritual aspect of care as well as bio-physical, the aim of this article is; the concepts of spiritual and spiritual care, spirituality in health, spiritual care models, spiritual care application stages, factors affecting spiritual care, midwifery and spiritual care approach will be discussed and midwives will be sensitized about the subject.

References

Akın, B., & Yılmaz, S. (2020). Ebelik Öğrencilerinin Maneviyat ve Manevi Bakımı Algılama Düzeylerinin Belirlenmesi. Turkiye Klinikleri J Health Sci, 5(1), 56-62.

Atabek EA, Karadağ A. (2013). [Nursing fundamentals: science and principles of nursing] Hemşirelik esasları: hemşirelik bilimi ve esasları. İstanbul: Akademi Basım ve Yayıncılık;1136-37.

Baldacchino, DR. (2006). Nursing competencies for spiritual care. Journal of clinical nursing, 15(7), 885-896.

Clements, WM., & Koenig, HG. (2014). Aging and God: Spiritual pathways to mental health in midlife and later years: Routledge.

Cook, CC. (2004). Addiction and spirituality. Addiction, 99(5), 539-551.

Ergül, Ş., & Bayık, A. (2004). Hemşirelik ve manevi bakım. Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Yüksekokulu Dergisi, 8(1), 37-45.

Gönenç, İ. M., Akkuzu, G., Altın, RD., & Möroy, P. (2016). Hemşirelerin Ve Ebelerin Manevi Bakima İlişkin Görüşleri. Gümüşhane Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi, 5(3), 34-38.

Kabakçı EN. 2019. Ebelerde Spiritüel Bakım Yetkinliğinin İncelenmesi. Yüksek Lisans Tezi. Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi, Sağlık Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Ebelik Anabilim Dalı.

Karagül, A. (2012). Manevi Bakım, Anlamı, Önemi, Yöntemi ve Eğitimi" Hollanda Örneği". Dini araştırmalar, 15(40).

Kökcü, Ö. D., & Kutlu, Ö. (2020). Kardiyovasküler Sistem Hastalıklarında Spiritüel Bakım. Ege Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Fakültesi Dergisi, 36(1), 53-59.

Moloney, S., Gair, S. J. W., & Birth. (2015). Empathy and spiritual care in midwifery practice: Contributing to women's enhanced birth experiences. 28(4), 323-328.

Özer, D., & Pasinlioğlu, T. (2022). Hemşireliğin Kavramsal Çerçevesinde Spiritüalite. Bildiri Kitabı, 118-124.

Ross, L., Giske, T., Van Leeuwen, R., Baldacchino, D., McSherry, W., Narayanasamy, A., Schep-Akkerman, A. J. N. e. t. (2016). Factors contributing to student nurses'/midwives' perceived competency in spiritual care. 36, 445-451.

Sessanna, L., Finnell, D., & Jezewski, M. A. (2007). Spirituality in nursing and health-related literature: a concept analysis. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 25(4), 252-262.

Sülü Uğurlu, E., & Başbakkal, Z. (2013). Spiritual care requirements of the mothers of the hospitalized children in Intensive Care Units.

Türk Dil Kurumu (2019). http://www.tdk.gov.tr/index.php?option=com_gts&arama=gts&guid=TDK.GTS.5c40e54bf120c6.06800548

Published

2022-12-20

How to Cite

KURT, N. (2022). Spiritual Approach and Midwifery Practices in Women’s Health. WORLD WOMEN STUDIES JOURNAL, 7(1), 51–57. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7459956

Issue

Section

Articles