Spirituality and religiosity of intensive care doctors and nurses facing the challenges of professional performance
Religiosity, Spirituality, Coping, Care, Health Professionals
Religiosity and spirituality refer to subjective beliefs and experiences that involve a relationship with the sacred and the transcendent. They tend to become more pronounced during periods of crisis or adverse situations in the individual's search for meaning in life and finitude. The present study, of a descriptive nature and phenomenological approach, aims to investigate how health professionals working in intensive care centers or units experience their own religiosity and spirituality when dealing with stressors related to their daily work, including the changes resulting from the coronavirus pandemic. To this end, doctors, nurses and intensive care nursing technicians who have worked in institutions within the public or private hospital network for at least five years will be interviewed, using a script prepared to verify how the demands and challenges of the hospital routine, especially the ICU, impact the religiosity and spirituality of these professionals when carrying out their duties and, on the other hand, how religious/spiritual experiences influence the understanding and coping of such situations. The answers will be analyzed based on Amadeu Di Giorgio's Descriptive Phenomenological Method. It is hoped that the results achieved can contribute to a better understanding of the expressions of religiosity/spirituality in the hospital context.