Spiritual Well Being and It’s Relation with Quality of Work Life and Caring Behavior among Nurses

Abstract

Background Nurses’ spiritual well-being directly influenced by religious belief that likely to improve caringbehavior and quality of work life. Aim: search for the relation among spiritual well-being with quality of work life andcaring behavior among nurses at Oncology Center- Mansoura University. Subjects and methods: At the OncologyCentre of Mansoura University, a descriptive correlational study design was used with a practical sample of (180) staffnurses. Three tools were used to gather the data as, Spiritual Well-Being Scale, Quality of Work Life Questionnaire andCaring Behaviors Inventory. Results: Majority of staff nurses were satisfied level about total spiritual well-being,slightly near to half of staff nurses have high level about quality of work life and more than half of studied nurses havegood level of caring behavior. In addition, there was highly statistically significant positive correlations were foundbetween total spiritual well-being scores and both total quality of work life and total caring behavior. Conclusion:Spiritual well-being improve nurses’ quality of work life and caring behavior. Recommendations: Including culture inhospital policies by allowing all staff nurses to have a voice in decision-making. Offering training classes, workshops,and initiatives to improve and maintain nurses' compassion and spiritual health. Using the QWL program to raiseproductivity, organizational commitment, and work satisfaction among nurses.