Nursing Student’s Responses in Fulfilling Their Spiritual Needs in Boarding School

Introduction: Several studies have found that every patient needs spiritual care during hospitalisation. Fulfilment of spiritual needs must start with the nurse, as nurses play an important role in supporting and assisting the fulfilment of patients' spiritual needs. Learning spiritual care should start with nursing education; they should be able to describe their spiritual needs and describe any discomfort when dealing with the spiritual needs of their patients. Materials and methods: A qualitative survey was used to collect narratives of 46 nursing student living in a boarding school and has done clinical practice in a hospital on the topic of experiences in addressing spiritual care needs on patients. The data was analysed using thematic analysis. Results: The first theme in exploring self-awareness of living in a boarding school, The nursing students reported that their struggles with life were challenging and required their own awareness in addressing their spirituality. The second theme was the experience of caring for patients with spiritual needs. Nursing students also found that spiritual needs were most prevalent in older patients. Through their boarding school experience, they were able to develop ways of talking to patients about spirituality, which greatly influenced their lives and resulted in personal growth. Conclusion: Nursing students living in boarding school were positively impacted and better equipped to support patients to meet their spirituality needs. A santri value approach can be developed to support students' spiritual care skills.