Competency in Spiritual Care One of the fundamental goals as a nurse is to provide holistic care for our patient. This means providing care that considers the‚ “totality of humans by recognizing the interconnectedness of body‚ mind‚ spirit‚ environment‚ society‚ and culture” (Costello‚ Atinaja-Faller‚ & Hedberg‚ 2012). When a nurse or nursing student cares for a patient on a deeper level‚ they provide holistic care in an effective way (Costello et al.‚ 2012). One aspect of holistic care that nurses
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within the healthcare professional provider are vital in providing care‚ reassure in safety net‚ and have an outlook or outcome that evolves compassion‚ kindness‚ care‚ and love for humanity‚ human well-being and wellness of the generation‚ population and in our community. However‚ there are three main source that reflect a healing hospital concept which involves the physical environment ‚ the workforce atmosphere‚ and a radical loving care of the roots of the medical field setting‚ and the medical profession
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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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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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After spending time in class talking over the list of spiritual gifts and learning more about each I feel like I can better decide what my gifts are. As we went over them I felt that my gifts are encouragement‚ wisdom‚ service. I feel like these gifts are the ones God has given to me. Encouragement is the gift of seeing the glass as “half full”. It is being able to find the positive spiritual and emotional outcome of a situation. The gift of Wisdom is the gift of being able to work through situations
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University HLT-302 February 17‚ 2013 Spiritual Needs Assessment What do I say? Healthcare providers must first understand that deepest feelings‚ so they can accurately explore and identify a patients spiritual pains. Not only should providers focus on giving physical treatments to their patients‚ they should also provide a spiritual assessment as well (Chapman‚ 2003). This could lead to a new way of healing which is a more holistic approach. Spiritual assessment programs are recommended by the
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Spiritual Needs Assessment Nursing promotes a holistic view of care‚ one that incorporates the patient’s mind‚ body‚ and spirit. Many studies have found that patients consider physical and spiritual health equally important‚ and that patient outcomes are positively correlated with spirituality (Oakley‚ Katz‚ Sauer‚ Dent‚ & Millar‚ 2010). While the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JACHO) requires an initial spiritual screening for patients‚ it does not provide process
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Spiritual Needs Assessment Spirituality is an essential component of patient assessment. Healthcare providers must need to know that genuine feelings‚ then they can truthfully discover and recognize a patient’s spiritual troubles. By knowing the patient spiritual needs‚ it can make a patient health care understanding more optimistic as it supports them cope with sickness and get good outcome. Not only health care workers should concentrate on providing physical treatments to their patients
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Spirituals began when Africans were brought to the colonies and forced to work as slaves. These songs were used to communicate‚ pass the time‚ and tell stories. Spirituals allowed slaves to express their despair‚ pain and suffering and slaves used code words to talk about their masters or give hints about escape‚ directions‚ and escape route. Spirituals also allowed for religious devotion and unity and was homophonic‚ containg multiple parts to the same rhythm. It also incorparated sycopation‚ the
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learn and study‚ it is true; but in the end‚ only direct experience can ever serve as the vehicle which carries the aspirant towards God. In order to create the proper conditions required to cause these experiences‚ spiritual practice (called “askesis”) is required. Ideally‚ spiritual practices should be learned directly from a teacher who has accepted you as a student. Therefore‚ we must always strongly encourage our readers to seek tutelage under the guidance of an instructor‚ even if that guidance
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