Spiritual climate in hospitals influences nurses' professional quality of life.

AIMS We assessed nurses' perceptions of spiritual climate of their hospital and examined how it influences their professional quality of life (ProQOL). BACKGROUND Despite the advantages of positive spiritual organizational climate on the personal and professional lives of nurses, no study has attempted to investigate the influence of spiritual climate on nurses' ProQOL. METHOD We surveyed 302 nurses in three general hospitals in Saudi Arabia in this cross-sectional study using the "Spiritual Climate Scale" and the "ProQOL scale version 5". RESULTS Our findings indicated modest spiritual climate and average scores in ProQoL. Marital status, religion, and education were significant predictors of the nurses' perception of spiritual climate. The spiritual climate, hospital, marital status, nationality, religion, education, experience in the country, and experience in the present hospital played multivariate effects on the nurses' ProQOL. CONCLUSIONS Our study concludes that the spiritual climate in hospitals influences nurses' ProQOL. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING MANAGEMENT This research provide direction for hospital policymakers and nurse leader on the areas that could be improved to ensure excellent ProQOL among nurses. Making sure that the nurses' unique spirituality is encouraged, respected, and accepted in clinical areas could contribute to improving compassion satisfaction and decreasing compassion fatigue among nurses.