Relationship Between Spiritual Well-being and Work Engagement Among Emergency Nurses: A Cross-sectional Study

Background and Objectives: Numerous studies have investigated the relationship between spiritual well-being and work engagement among nurses.Most of these studies are related to internal and surgical departments, and minimal studies have evaluated this relationship in emergency departments.This study aimed to investigate the relationship between spiritual wellbeing and work engagement in nurses working in emergency departments in Qom Province, Iran, in 2024 Methods: The present study is a cross-sectional analysis and was conducted in 2024.The samples for this study included 261 nurses working in emergency departments of hospitals in Qom Province.Sampling was performed using the convenience method.Data collection tools included the nurses' demographic information checklist, the spiritual well-being scale, and the utrecht work engagement scale (UWES).Data were analyzed using multiple linear regression and SPSS software, version 21. Results:In this study, the age range of the research samples was 23-50 years.Most of the research samples were female (59%), had a bachelor's degree (90.4%), were married (61.3%), had a contractual or formal employment status (53.3%), had rotating shifts (90.8%), and had 57.4±5.22 years of work experience in emergency departments.According to the results of this study, the level of nurses' work engagement was moderate, and their spiritual well-being and support for patients' rights were high.The results of this study showed a direct and significant relationship between the variables of existential well-being and gender, and nurses' work engagement (P<0.05).The results of linear regression showed that existential well-being and gender of nurses predicted nurses' work engagement by 0.189. Conclusion:According to the results of this study, female nurses with greater existential well-being have reported higher work engagement.Health managers can increase the work engagement of nurses working in emergency departments by focusing on their spirituality.