Psychosocial Assessment

This paper discusses a spiritual assessment completed on a 63 year old female patient. The primary domains that were assessed were meaning and purpose, inner strengths, interconnections, ability to connect and forgive, worship and connectedness with God, and a sense of connection with life. The focus for doing this spiritual assessment on my patient was to obtain information about my patients ability to cope, about the level (if any) spiritual distress, and to find out about any interventions that would assist my patient cope with the health care crisis she is facing

On June 15, 2013 I completed a spiritual assessment on a 63 year old with a new diagnosis of acute episode of diverticulitis. The interview and assessment was completed in a quiet atmosphere with me sitting facing L.H., making direct eye contact, and actively listening. L.H. is a 63 year old former short order cook and banquet manager who retired five years ago to help care for her grandson. L.H. is married with 2 grown children and 3 grandchildren. Her only comorbidity is a diagnosis of breast cancer in 1994 which has since been in remission. L.H. was admitted to Penn State Hershey Medical Center on May 28, 2013. She was admitted to Penn State Hershey Rehabilitation Hospital June 14, 2013 due to debility from a lengthy stay in the ICU. My assessment findings follow below based on the information I obtained from speaking with my patient L.H. while using two assessment tools. The two tools I used to complete my spiritual assessment are the spiritual assessment tool from exhibit 32-3 and the spiritual assessment scale from exhibit 32-4 which are found in the book Holistic Nursing: A Handbook for Practice by B.M. Dossey and L. Keegan. When I interviewed L.H. she informed me that her religion is Christian, Brethren. L.H. stated that she is a Christian believer, she is a pilgrim in this world, and the Holy Spirit is preparing a home to get her into