Spiritual Assessment For this assignment I was ask to develop a spiritual assessment tool‚ interview a patient using this tool‚ summarize my findings‚ analyze my results‚ identify areas of improvement and describe the spiritual experience that this spiritual assessment offered to better meet the needs of my patient. Research indicates a close connection between spiritual needs and physical needs. Integrating spiritual assessment into patient care has become vital for hospital and other health
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What makes a Religion? By: Ronnie L. Nida jr. Submitted to: Professor McGoran Religions 212 February 3‚ 2013 Strayer University To study religion one must first determine what the term religion actually involves. When asked‚ most people would probably suggest that religion is the belief in a higher power. However‚ in reality it is much more than that. Mary Pat Fisher said “religion is such a complex and elusive topic that some contemporary scholars of religion are
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Americans to adapt their culture and religion. The settlers were very serious about their Christian religion. They thought it was the one true faith and all people should believe in it. Euro-Americans actually feared the Native Americans because they felt that Native Americans were evil because they didn’t have a religion. What the Euro-Americans didn’t understand was that the Native Americans did have a religion and their own beliefs. Their religion and beliefs may have been very different from Christianity
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In my research of spiritual assessment tools‚ I came across what appears to be a common one‚ known as FICA. FICA stands for "Faith and Belief‚ Importance‚ Community‚ and Address in Care." I don’t really feel the need to create a new spiritual assessment tool‚ because FICA hits all the points directly‚ and accurately. When assessing a patient‚ the questions that should be asked are whether or not the person considers themselves to be spiritual or religious. Sometimes patients do not believe that
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shall ever be‚ and the highest truth that has been communicated to humanity or that shall ever be‚ is that there is nothing higher or nobler than our Atman”. Truth‚ Absolute reality‚ Supreme Bliss ‚ Refulgence and love are realized as essence of the Spiritual essence that is the Originator‚ Sustainer and Absorber of the entire Creation. This essence is “Chaitanya” or “ Supreme Consciousness’ of the Primeval Spirit Force in creation and also the essence of man. Man is microcosm while the creation is Macrocosm
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An Exploration of Spiritual Healing Throughout time‚ mankind has constantly been seeking ways to maintain their health and to cure those that had not been so fortunate in that task. Just about everything has been experimented with as a cure for some type of illness; whether physical or mental. There is also a third type of illness that can and is addressed‚ which is healing on the spiritual plan. According to research‚ most of the spiritual healers are concentrated in primitive societies and
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Running head: SPIRITUAL DIVERSITY IN HEALTHCARE Spiritual Diversity in HealthCare Amber Norris Grand Canyon University: HLT-310V April 14‚ 2013 Abstract Many people describe “faith” in different ways. However‚ many studies indicate patients of all faiths tend to utilize familiar components such as meditation and prayer‚ as well as the patient’s own perspective on how their personal culture and
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ways in which women may be disadvantaged by Religion today: Religious texts reinforce patriarchy. It is argued by some feminists that many Religious texts are written from a male point of view and reinforce women’s Secondary position. Religious organisational hierarchies are still male dominated Some religions do not allow women to become priests. Orthodox jews. Some religions have segregation of men and women at worship. Orthodox Jewish religion‚ do not permit women to participate fully in
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Mayan Civilization‚ located in today’s Mexican states of Chiapas and Tabasco‚ the Yucatan Peninsula‚ Guatemala‚ Belize‚ and portions of Honduras and El Salvador (Coe 1966:17)‚ was built upon a rigid caste social structure based on their religious beliefs. The Civilization founded in the Pre-Classic Period c. 2000 BC‚ reached its ‘golden age’ in the Classical Period c. AD 250-900; and ultimately collapsed after severe drought c. 1200 AD. Independent Maya civilization continued until 1697 when the Spanish
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America from England to explore‚ make money‚ to spread and practice their religion freely‚ and to live in a land of their own. Through examining various pieces of literature that the Puritans created it is quite simple to see the different cultural virtues and beliefs that made up their lifestyle and how it reflected back onto them in the cultural effects. The Puritans that came to the New World had many different values and beliefs including their views on God‚ their use of authority and persecution
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