Investigating the Relationship between Spiritual Health and Ethical Sensitivity of Nursing Students

Background and objectives: Spiritual health is one of the factors affecting the quality of nursing care provided to patients and ethical sensitivity has been introduced as the basis of ethical performance and care in the nursing profession. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between spiritual health and ethical sensitivity of nursing students. Methods: The present study is a descriptive-analytical study of correlation. 120 nursing students of the Islamic Azad University of Shahrekord were studied in 2023 by the census method sampling. Data were collected using two standard questionnaires: nurses' ethical sensitivity (Lutzen,1994) and spiritual health (Palutzian & Ellison). Data were analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistics (Pearson correlation coefficient) with SPSS 24 software. Results: The results of the study showed that the mean spiritual health score (18.78) ± 42.42 at the desired level and the ethical sensitivity of nursing students (11.11) ± 13.11 is moderate. There is a significant positive relationship between the spiritual health score and the ethical sensitivity of nursing students (r=0.118, P<0.05). Conclusion: Given the importance of spiritual health over the ethical sensitivity of nursing students, it is suggested that spiritual concepts to nursing students through the implementation of workshops on spirituality and spiritual health or intra-curriculum to develop the spiritual health and ethical sensitivity of nursing students.