Investigation of Intercultural Sensitivity of Nurses to Patients and Their Status of Providing Spiritual Care: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Design

Introduction: Nurses provides spiritual, religious and cultural care to its patients and increases the quality of care by taking into account cultural differences and similarities in a holistic manner, showing respect and sensitivity to cultural characteristics. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 205 nurses using the stratified sampling method. In this study, the Information Form, Intercultural Sensitivity Scale and Spiritual Care Giving Scale were used. Results: Nurses stated that they had the most difficulty in communication while providing treatment/care to patients from different cultures. When the correlation total scores between the scales were analysed, it was found that there was a positive correlation between the mean total scores of Intercultural Sensitivity Scale and Spiritual Care Giving Scale (p