Pustaka Ilmiah Universitas Padjadjaran

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The Spirituality Needs Of Terminally ill Patients: A Literature Review

Background: Spiritual care is important and should be fulfilled by caregivers. especially For terminally ill patients. however many of the caregivers are still focusing on their physical problems rather than meeting spiritual needs. Moreover many nurses in Indonesia have perspective that spirituality has the saute meaning as religion. Purpose: To conduct a review about spiritual needs of terminally ill patients in relation to clinical practice. Method: A literature search was conducted through MEDLINE and CINAHL by using the key words assailing or essence of spirituality, spiritual care and critical care or dying or terminal illness or serious illness. It found 55 articles: consist of 35 articles with qualitative research method and 15 articles with quantitative research method. Only eight articles meet the criteria, namely: I). Full test: 2). Using qualitative:research methods: 3). Participants were patients with terminal illness or serious illness 4). Hospital based. Result: The spiritual journey terminally ill patient is initiated with the experience of spirilual pain. and terminated with spiritual comfort. In order to get their spiritual comfort. the patients with terminal illness need to fullfill their spiritual necessity which are consist of the need for answers shout the meaning and purpose or lire and needs to be loved and needs related to transcendence. To assist patients achieve their spiritual needs and comfort, nurses and caregivers could facilitate through being present. opening eyes and concreting. Discussion: Spiritual needs Of terminal ill patients not only emerge from religion or tronsendence. To achieve spirituality comfort in terminal illness patients is required conectedness between transcendence and others. Human needs to he loved. cared for and give to others. Thus to meet their spiritual needs, nurses have to facilitate not only their worship but also empathy. hive. and caring to the patients. Ultimately it is etpected that patients might die in peace and dignity. Conclusion: The spirituality needs of terminally ill patienis consist of the realization about meaning and purpose of litb. the connectedness with otherS and nansendence either. Nurses could deliver the – spirituality needs through being present. opening eyes and cocreating.