Throughout the course, I have explored my heart and its limitations. The method that allowed me to examine my inner being, was the Spiritual Assessment Scale (SAS). In addition to learning about myself, I learned how to meet a patient’s spiritual needs. The SAS and other spiritual tools will support my personal and professional development in providing spiritual care.
“The construct measured by the SAS, Spiritual Well-Being, includes the dimensions of both spirituality and religiousness, or “religiosity”, operationally defined in terms of three discrete concepts: Personal Faith, Religious Practice, and Spiritual Contentment” (O’Brien, 2014, p.60). This 21 question paradigm revealed the correlations and inconsistencies in my spirituality. I believe in certain concepts and assertions, but an exception always seems to be evident. My beliefs do not always tend to be in sync with my emotions. I cannot wait for my feelings to agree with His word. I have to reign God's Truth as fact and command my feelings to agree with it. The questions required deep thinking. It would have been easy to convey the right things. Instead I was truthful with myself, and
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My heart and mind were examined. Self-reflection is imperative. It is important to know one’s spiritual needs, in order to help someone else. No two persons have the same spiritual needs. When a nurse is familiar with her spiritual needs, he or she becomes aware that holistic care is essential for every patient. Nurses should not compartmentalize the physical from the emotional and spiritual aspect. Individuals need to be treated holistically. When caring for a patient, all of their needs must be observed. A broken heart, a pessimistic mindset, and a deistic belief can worsen the physical conundrum. Hope, optimism, and belief in God or a higher power, can produce
Holistic nursing focuses on promoting health and wellness. It is care that is based on the theory of a balance between the body, mind and spirit. Its goal is to heal the body person as a whole. Holistic assessment is a practice that is specialized on nursing knowledge, theories, expertise and intuition to guide nurses in becoming therapeutic partners with their patients. It recognizes and gathers information about the totality of the human being, the interconnectedness of body, mind, emotion, spirit, socio-cultural, relationship, context, and environment. This paper is based on a holistic assessment of a patient from my job. A 72 years old Caucasian.
Due to the growing issue dealing with the aging baby boomers generation, gerontology has been brought into immediate attention in the health care system. We are still learning and discovering about the anonymities behind the aging processes. Aging and death is a normal stage of life, even though there is an increase in technology and knowledge that would lengthen your existence, bringing the body back to youth is not possible. As one ages it is very common for one to go through physical, psychological and mental degeneration of the body. In the gerontological setting, it is important for nurses to commit to caring and providing a good quality of life. This is done by providing a dignified death instead of simply sustaining life. In order to make this happen it is important to incorporate Jean Watson’s caritas processes into the care plan. By providing good person to person care a nurse can improve the quality of life of patients and their family members. This paper will focus on the use of caritas process number 9 in the gerontological setting to develop a healing relationship with my client, use of professional knowledge needed to assist my client in his/her needs, a nursing action that helped my client’s needs and the difference the care made to my clients healing. In the gerontological setting, “spirituality must be considered a significant factor in understanding healthy aging” (Touhy, Jett, Boscart, & McCleary, october 2011, p. 98). Gerontological nurses have to put spirituality of an older adult in priority, because as you age spirituality is very important to them and it is source of hope and helps them in adaptation of their illness. Findings of a Canadian community health sur...
A Biopsychosocial spiritual assessment (BPSS) is vital to use when providing a framework for the client’s presenting problems. It serves as a guide to help Social Workers determine how the client’s biological, psychological, social, and spiritual dimensions affect their overall functioning. The BPSS assessment allows the Social Worker to view the client holistically, examine barriers that prevent the client from receiving proper treatment, and the ways the client’s interacting systems have an impact in their life. For the purpose of this paper, I will complete a biopsychosocial assessment based on the information my client has disclosed to me and implement strategies necessary to achieve his treatment goals.
The creator of our body is God. Therefore, it is important to acknowledge that He is in control of our body and patients. II. Motive for Listening This topic can be relevant to everyone in here not only nurses or future nurses, but as Christians, who have a duty or mission to love another as Jesus loved us (John 15:12).
The assessment tool that I plan to use in this intervention is the biopsychosocial spiritual assessment tool. This assessment tool will give me a good impression of what Marcel is dealing with. This assessment tool will give me information such as some of Marcel’s background information, such as age, mender, and ethnicity. This assessment tool will also give me some insight on Marcel’s childhood. Some of the things he may have experienced in that time in his life that has caused a negative effect on his life and if some of those experiences are connected to the problem that he is having. This assessment tool will also address some of Marcel’s family background. This information is important because it may show some of the
Throughout history, it seems that medicine and spirituality have been linked in many circumstances. In a study looking at the use of complementary and alternative therapies in cardiac patients, spiritual healing was one of many practices patient sought to utilize. In another study, 29% of participants chose to use prayer or premeditation as a way to cope with their chronic illness. In both studies, prayer or meditation was more likely to be used by individuals who had a large social network, as well as support from another person in the same health situation. Based on these studies, it seems that many individuals (not just cardiovascular patients) turn to their spirituality in times of health distress.
The concept of person needs to be explored to go into further depth with the remaining concepts of the metaparadigm of nursing. Person refers to the person undergoing nursing care which includes individuals, families, groups, and communities (MacIntyre & McDonald, 2014, p.63). It is evident that each person may be unique with different biological, psychological, social, and spiritual depth (Thorne, 2010, p.66). Therefore, it is necessary for nurses to realize that each person at the centre of any nursing care will experience different feelings in regards to their body as a whole. The theorist, Parse, defines the concept of person as being “linked to an unfolding process, the relating of value priorities, meaning, and quality of life” (Wu, 2008, p.6). Also those human beings are free and choose in situations that arise from personal experience and becoming with the universe (Thorne, 2010, p.71). The nurses’ role in regards to this theory is to act encourage individuals in their human becoming process. Wu (2008) looks at the p...
A difficulty that has occurred commonly is that a definition of spirituality cannot be agreed on. In a broad explanation of both religion as well as spirituality, religion constitutes the organization of faith, implementing prayer, ministry and theology. Spirituality could be viewed as a more individualized experience with a higher being, creator or idea (Walker et al., 2004, p. 70). These expressions allow a vision of client diversity that is found in all counseling classifications. While defining religion and spirituality properly seems trivial, when training counselors to properly apply the use of such variables in their therapies, a concrete explanation is imperative.
Pipe, T. B., Kelly, A., LeBrun, G., Schmidt, D., Atherton, P., & Robinson, C. (2008). A prospective descriptive study exploring hope, spiritual well-being, and quality of life in hospitalized patients. MEDSURG Nursing, 17(4), 247-253.
Watson first published her theory of caring in 1979 in a book titled, Nursing: Human Science and Caring. Watson and other researchers have built upon this theory and caring theory should continually be evolving as the delivery of patient care evolves. This theory focuses on care between the nurse and the patient. This interaction is defined as setting mutual tasks, how a spiritual force may help the interaction and when caring in the moment of true healing may occur. When the nurse and patient are on the same level spiritually self-awareness and self-discovery occur. There are ten themes identified in this article essential to caring in
...locking out the idea. Spirituality also assists in fostering a healthy patient. Many individuals believe in a higher power and therefore we as nurses should encourage that connection when we see it being made. Spiritual connections are a way to give the patient an outlet. They are able to express themselves and rely on something other than physical care and diagnoses. They are about to look to this higher being for encouragement, peace, and healing.
For nurses, the path taken in self-exploration should ultimately lead to the patient. During client assessment, it is common and comfortable for nurses to dwell on the physical component. But, patients are not only biological but also psychological and spiritual. A nurse should approach the patient not only for the illness that has brought them to the hospital but approach them on how they are feeling regarding being institutionalize. Also, questioning a patient how has their illness affected them emotionally and spiritually. Just a nurse questions their own spiritual needs, a nurse must question a patient’s spiritual needs. Questions such as: do they see themselves as religious, do they have any beliefs that are incorporated into their life style, or are there any desires that need to be met while they are in the hospital? Beckman et al. (2010) stated that, “if one believes that spirituality permeates all aspects of the client and facilitates a better understanding of the connection of body, mind, and spirit, and then it is seemingly impossible not to be in contact with the client's spirituality” (p.138). Many nurses need to recognize the spiritual needs of patient, because patients use their faith in a supreme being to cope with their illness or that having their room fitted with amenities that are significant to them. When a patient is having a discussion with a nurse regarding spiritual needs, a nurse should always maintain eye contact (if religiously accepted), be at eye level with the patient and always maintain a non-judgmental and open mind. These few gestures will help the patient feel more at ease and comfortable with discussing further conversations such as their spiritually. At times nurses may find it difficult to assess a patient for spiritual needs depending on units they are on. Maternity, psychology and out patient clinics are to mention a few, though there may be some incidents where emotional and spiritual support is needed. Spirituality is often called upon more by patients during times of extreme life-changing events and crises. Oncology, ICU, and surgical floors are where many nurses may see the need for emotional and spiritual support. These are times when patients are most vulnerable, questioning life and God. Patients first diagnosed with a terminal cancer question why this is happening to them or that there is no God because if there were then they wouldn’t have cancer.
The healing hospital paradigm primary focus is on a holistic approach and addresses healing the whole person physically, emotionally and spiritually. Healing hospitals also take into consideration the whole person’s body, soul, mind and spirit and their environment as part of their healing and recovery process. In a healing hospital, a holistic approach and a family-centered environment is crucial to the patients’ healing process. A healing hospital must embrace three important components such as an environment that fosters healing, a combination of technology and work design and providing a loving care culture (Eberst, 2008). This paper will discuss concepts of a healing hospital, the relationship that spirituality plays in the patients’ healing and recovery as well as challenges and barriers of creating a healing environment.
In today’s society, there are a large number of individuals who are on the pursuit for spiritual development that is consistent with their “belief that spirituality is vital for growth and essential for dealing with life’s problems” (Morrison, Clutter, Pritchett, & Demmitt, 2009). Even moreso it’s no surprise to learn about the movement among the vast number of clients seeking to address concerns of spirituality within their counseling sessions.
Individuals in the spiritual intervention group participated in a 50-minute private therapy session for 12 weeks. Subjects were to read and learn from the book Essential Spirituality: The 7 Central Practices to Awaken Heart and Mind by Roger Walsh which take aspects of seven different religions and aims to produce virtues like kindness, love, joy, peace, vision, wisdom, and generosity. Each week addressed a different topic in relation to GAD as well as assigned homework readings from the book (Koszycki et al.,