Investigating the effect of a spiritual care program through virtual network on spiritual well-being and mental health of nursing internship students during the COVID-19 pandemic

INTERVENTION: Intervention group: WhatsApp software will be used to perform the intervention in the experimental group. Due to the limited access of students to the Internet, people's suggested hours will be asked and at the request of individuals, they will be divided into three groups of 10‐12 people in three different time periods. Then the intervention is performed for six sessions (twice a week).In this research, the Holy Quran, Sahifa Sajjadieh, Nahj al‐Balaghah, Gharr al‐Hakam, Dar al‐Kalam and other authoritative books on spiritual care, palliative medicine and the results of previous researches have been used to compile the content of the spiritual care program. Questionnaires are completed immediately before the intervention and after the end of the sixth session.The spiritual care program in this study has four areas of human beings (including communication with God, communication with self, communication with others and communication with nature). Objectives Aim to meet the spiritual needs of students with a focus on 4 only human communication, including activities to empower students's existence, spiritual discussions, suggesting spiritual resources and references appropriate to the axis of each session, providing spiritual guidance, promoting spiritual participation and finally improving the meaning and purpose in the life of nursing students.. CONDITION: Spiritual well being and mental health. PRIMARY OUTCOME: Score from the Spiritual well being Questionnaire. Timepoint: Immediately before the intervention and three weeks after the start of the study. Method of measurement: Pulotzin and Ellison Spiritual Well being Questionnaire. SECONDARY OUTCOME: Score from DASS42 Depression, Anxiety and Stress Questionnaire. Timepoint: Immediately before the intervention and three weeks after the start of the study. Method of measurement: DASS42 Depression, Anxiety and Stress Questionnaire. INCLUSION CRITERIA: Undergraduate students in the 7th and 8th semesters of nursing Internet access Having a smartphone