The Relationship Between Religious Attitudes and Spiritual Support Perceptions of Nurses Working in Surgical Clinics

Objective: The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between the religious attitudes of nurses working in surgical clinics and their spiritual support perceptions. Method: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted between November 2022 and March 2023 with 304 nurses working in the surgical clinics of a training and research hospital and a public hospital. Data were collected using the nurse introductory characteristics form, religious attitude scale and spiritual support perception scale. Results: The religious attitude scale score of the nurses working in the surgical units was determined as 20.52±12.70 and the spiritual support perception scale score was 39.64±14.52. It was determined that there was a positive, moderately significant relationship between religious attitude and perception of spiritual support. (p