The Relationship between Spiritual Care Competence and the Quality of work life of nurses in Cancer Wards: A descriptive -Cross-sectional Study

Spirituality is one of the four methods of holistic care and one of the dimensions of quality of life. Therefore, it is necessary for nurses to have a desirable quality of work life to respond the spiritual needs of patients. The purpose of this research is to determine the relationship between spiritual care competence and the quality of work life of nurses working in cancer departments of hospitals affiliated to Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz. The present research is a descriptive-cross-sectional and correlational type study, which includes 100 nurses working in Shafa and Baqaei2 hospitals in Ahvaz (2017) selected by the availability method.. In order to collect data, the Spiritual Care Competency Scale and the Nurses' Quality of Work life Questionnaire were used, whose validity and reliability were confirmed. The data were analyzed using chi-square tests, Pearson's correlation coefficient, using SPSS version 20. The significance level in this study was considered 0.05. The quality of work life (67.10 13 13.03) and the spiritual care competence (65.23 14 14.16) were moderate. According to the Pearson correlation coefficient, a positive and significant correlation was observed between the quality of work life score and the spiritual care competence of nurses (P=0.01, r=0.41). Considering that competency in spiritual care is one of the related and influencing factors on the quality of work life of nurses in oncology departments; Therefore, the necessity of including this category in practical training programs - theory of spiritual care, in order to empower nurses, to improve the quality of their work life, especially for cancer patients, is essential.