...Spiritual Needs Assessment Crystal Fore Grand Canyon University: HLT 310v – Spirituality in Health Care July 20, 2014 Spiritual Needs Assessment In health care, nurses and other professionals are involved in the medical care of patients, which while nurses and others have dealt with the physical ailments of patients, the emotional and spiritual aspect of care can be easily forgotten. Professionals know that it is important to care for individuals as a whole as all parts need to be nourished in order to deal the current health status. Nurses tend to be the best option for assessing the spiritual needs of clients, but even nurses can feel uncomfortable and lost on understanding spirituality in general. This leads to the needs of the client not being fully and/or appropriately assessed. In the following, an example is presented of a spirituality assessment using a tool as a guideline to appropriately assess the patient’s needs. D. R. is a sixty-one year old Hispanic female who was raised in Texas. She has been readmitted to this facility from an outlying facility approximately two hours away for a Non ST Elevated Myocardial Infarction with a positive Nuclear Medicine Study. Upon admission, she is unaccompanied, pleasant but also anxious. She has a significant cardiac history which includes a three vessel Coronary Artery Bypass Graft in 2003 and three coronary Stents placed in 2011. In addition to her current diagnosis, she is a type II Diabetic, suffers from Hypertension...
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...Spiritual Needs Assessment According to Potter and Perry (2009), one’s awareness of inner self and having a sense of connection to a higher being is the meaning of spirituality. Spirituality is a force that provides a person with intrinsic energy that promotes and enhances their well-being. It also helps a person achieve the balance needed to cultivate a positive life and to cope with everyday life stressors (Potter & Perry, 2009). Florence Nightingale believed that spirituality within a healing hospital environment, and caring for an individual’s spiritual needs is just as important as caring for their physical needs (Potter & Perry, 2009). Spiritual assessment is defined as the process from which health care providers identify a patient’s spiritual needs related to their mental health care (Spiritual Competency Resource Center, n.d.). In 2005, as evidence-based research demonstrated a correlation between supporting a patient’s spirituality with their health and their ability to cope with an illness, The Joint Commission (TJC) announced the requirement for health care organizations to include “a spiritual assessment as part of the overall assessment of a patient to determine how the patient’s spiritual outlook can affect his or her care, treatment, and services.” (p. 1). Patients deserve the best holistic care from health care providers, and it is through a spiritual assessment upon admission that providers will be guided to providing such care. Introduction And Spiritual...
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...Spiritual Needs Assessment Grand Canyon University: HLT-310V Chelsea Cameron June 15, 2014 Spirituality Assessment Tool 1. What is your faith or belief? a. Christianity 2. Do you consider yourself to be spiritual or religious? If so, why? a. Yes, because I have faith in a higher being and I believe that higher being is in control. And I believe that we are all her as a result of god’s creation. 3. Are you apart of any religious communities? a. I’m a member of my church, Sandia Presbyterian. 4. Is your religion/spirituality important in your life? a. Yes because god is in control. 5. What type of influences does your spirituality have on the way you care for yourself? a. The bible says that your body is god’s temple, and we’re created in the image of god. I try my best to follow a healthy diet, good hygiene and pray daily. 6. How would you prefer for me, as your nurse, to handle issues during your care? a. Understand my wants that I have made obvious in my written paper work (i.e. Do not put me on the machine if I have been declared brain dead). Follow the golden rule, “treat me the way you want to be treated”. Keep my family updated on how I’m doing and don’t hold back if you know that my prognosis is not good. Be honest, treat me with respect and allow me quiet time to pray. Spiritual Needs Assessment This paper will discuss a spiritual assessment tool created by a nurse working on a stroke unit. A summary of the assessment made will be discussed along with...
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...Spiritual Needs Assessment William Cline Grand Canyon University: HLT-310V Spirituality in Health Care June 30, 2012 Introduction In this paper the writer presents a spiritual assessment tool developed to obtain a quick guide to help the health care worker understand the patients spiritual and/or religious needs. It is hoped by this writer that the tool will enable the health care worker to treat the patient in a holistic manner. In the following paragraphs the writer outlines the assessment tool and the answers given by a co-worker, which filled out the questionnaire as if they were a patient. This writer then will outline how well, or how poorly, the assessment tool helped guide the treatment of the patient. A Spiritual Screen, History, or Assessment The first step in doing a spiritual assessment starts by knowing why we need to do one. In a non-formal survey taken by this writer, about ninety percent of this writers co-workers said they did not think most patients wanted spirituality and/or religious issues addressed during their hospitalization. This answer is drastically different than the answers given by patients in many recent studies. An article from the Joint Commission says: in one study, a majority of patients polled indicated that they want their primary care givers to ask whether patients have spiritual or religious beliefs that would influence their medical decisions and/or treatments if they became gravely ill. And in...
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...Mooney Spiritual need assessment I believe that in order to assess someone’s spirituality, we as healthcare professionals need to be aware and comfortable with our own spirituality. This gives us the opportunity to care for our patients needs and develop a positive relationship with them. A spiritual assessment is an important first step and a valuable part of the healthcare process, as it incorporates consideration of a patient’s spirituality into medical practice (Skalla, 2005). I believe a questionnaire is the most efficient way to gather this information, which could be filled out by the patient or noted by the healthcare professional during observation. I developed a comprehensive questionnaire which consists of six questions that are developed to asses’ patient’s spiritual needs. I administered it to my friend (J. Nieto, personal communication, February 27, 2014). Acting as if they were my patient and I was their physical therapist. . Question 1- What are your spiritual beliefs? Answer – I am Christian Question 2 - How important are your religious or spiritual beliefs? Answer – I don’t practice my religion as much as I use to or attend church regularly, but I believe in God. Question 3 - Do you have someone you talk to for spiritual guidance or support? Answer - When I need to talk to someone about a problem or for guidance, I like to talk to my grandmother, she always gives me good advice and I trust her. Question 4 - When in need to spiritual or mental...
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...when a patient endorses spirituality as an important factor in life, then no materialism or any other needs would complete the aspect of the spiritual need. Health care workers have a duty to accommodate patients’ spiritual needs in order to heal the whole person (Anandarajah, & Hight, n. d.). This paper shows how one can develop a survey tool to assess the spiritual needs of a patient and also analyzes the interview experience. Questions including the achievement of the interview and strategies that could be changed to make it a better experience are answered in order to enable the healthcare worker attend to the patient spiritual needs. Analysis of the Interview Experience...
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... The song “this little light of mine” is a source rom Matthew 5:16, "Let your light shine before men, they may see your fine works and give glory to your Father who is in the heaven. This is a gospel children’s song written by Harry Dixon Loes (1895-1965) in about 1920. “This little light of mine” inspired millions. People still sing the famous well-known song today and they don’t really have a clue what is means. “This Little Light of Mine” is a traditional Negro spiritual about the importance of unity in the face of adversity. The first spirituals were inspired by African music even if the tunes were not far from those of Christian hymns. Some of them, called “shouts,” were accompanied by dancing, hand clapping and foot tapping. Drawing on the Bible for inspiration and imagery, most spirituals instruct listeners in how to live with the Spirit of God. These songs often had multiple meanings. The literal interpretation reflected the personal relationship between the slave singer and God. However, the spirituals also translated to code for slaves looking to escape to the North to freedom. For example, as part of the spiritual’s lyrics, “home” can mean Heaven, but it covertly means a free country and haven for slaves. The refrain of “This Little Light of Mine” refers to the light inside each individual and how, whether standing up alone or joining together, each little bit of light can break the darkness. The song has since been applied to many struggles. It was especially popular...
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...Abstract Introduction: Spiritual needs play an important role in palliative care as both a clinical dimension and a therapeutic strategy. However, recent studies have shown that the management of this dimension still remains a challenge at the clinical level of palliative care. Goals: Our goal was to evaluate the spiritual needs of patients diagnosed with advanced and terminal cancer by the palliative care unit of a hospital in Barcelona, Spain. Methods: An observational study was conducted that involved 50 patients who were recruited between May 2007 and January 2008. A questionnaire was used which included 28 items selected from a review of the literature; the responses were analyzed using a five-point Lickert scale. The results were grouped in 11 categories corresponding to different spiritual needs. Results: Two spiritual needs emerged as the most relevant for the patients: their need to be recognized as a person until the end of their life and their need to know the truth about their illness. The least important spiritual needs were identified as those: for continuity and an afterlife; to get rid of obsessions; to achieve freedom from blame and to be able to forgive others; and the need for reconciliation and to feel forgiven by others. Conclusions: When patients knew the truth about their illnesses and they were treated with dignity, their most important needs were likely to be covered. These results suggest that patients receiving palliative care wish to live for the...
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...Liberty University Discipleship Ministries Project A paper submitted to Dr. Zabloski In partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the course DSMN 500 Liberty Theological seminary By Jonathan L. Keene Lynchburg, Virginia Sunday, May 12, 2009 Table of Contents Introduction 4 Diagnosis of Need 5 Target Group 6 Vision Statement 6 Goals 7 Lessons Gleaned from Scripture 8 Formulation of Objectives 12 Competencies Expected of Disciples attending Recovery in Refuge 12 Selection of Content 13 Setting Captives Free 13 Life Principles for Worship from the Tabernacle 14 Celebration of Discipline 14 Shatter the Darkness 14 Scope and Sequence Plan 15 Phase 1: Repentance, Redemption, Recovery 15 Phase 2: Regeneration 16 Phase 3: Rescue-Reaching Out 18 Phase 4: Real Life 20 Partnership with the Refuge Counseling Center 20 Conclusion 21 Self-Assessment of How the 5 Essential Activities of an Education that Produces Disciples Was Incorporated and Integrated 22 Resources to be used in Recovery in Refuge 25 Bibliography 26 Works Consulted 27 Introduction At Crossroads Community Church in Nampa Idaho the catchphrase is ‘Refuge.” The church has developed what it calls a “Theology of Refuge.”[1] They state, “Crossroads is built around the idea of being a church...
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...would you improve the spiritual aspect? | Weight | Most of the time | More exercise | Remind myself I am beautiful no matter what I weigh | Pray for the strength to stay on track to accomplish all of the goals | Blood Pressure | Always | Continue the path I am on | Make sure I deal with situations in the appropriate manner without getting worked up | Learn to talk to God on a daily and help me guide myself down the right paths | Eating Habits | Most of the time | Research and better understand what I am putting into my body | Feel better about the choices | Pray for the strength to avoid things that may taste very good but not very good for me | Drinking Habits | Always | Control the amount I drink socially | Realize that drinking does not in any way help or solve situations | Turn more to prayer than liquid to help clear my head | Activity Level | Always | Continue to stay positive that everything I am doing is for the right reasons | The more active I am the better emotion state I can maintain | Pray for the health and support from friends and family to keep my head going in the right direction | Support System | Most of the time | Positive state of mind will help to continue help with support | Emotionally having support will maintain positive | Turn to prayer when extra support is needed | Spiritual Vitality | Most of the time | Stay positive and strive for the best situation | Staying positive | Turn to the power of prayer | Spiritual Habits | Sometimes |...
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...The Fully Realized Hot Tub Human -Marilyn Owen Poet and speaker, David Whyte, likes to sprinkle his talks about poetry, creativity, and philosophy with wry references to the “fully realized hot tub humans in California”. (1) I understand the stereotype he gently mocks; those who believe enlightenment will come easily through the pursuit of pseudo-spiritual states of ‘bliss out’. The remark never fails to make me smile and wince, because I am one of those humans. Sort of. Here’s the case for my thesis. You be the judge. My love affair with hot tubs started, appropriately, with sex. Not just any sex, but passionate, sensual, first-of-its-kind cosmic sex in a backyard Jacuzzi. You don’t have to be a brain scientist to imagine the neurological frenzy that ensued of mapping the erotic pleasuring of the body with heated water and air jets. Scientifically speaking, repetition of the experience created a finely tuned sequence of synaptic firings that ensured a conditioned response. In other words, just dipping my toe into hot water began to make me feel happy. And this was good. Then came the first visit to Esalen, where I went to look for myself during my early 30’s. I was transfixed by the nirvana of those mineral baths, perched above the cliffs, full of contentedly naked people. Being considerably “plus-size”, it took a lot of courage to bare all in order to join the Esalenites in their sacred spring. But this act of bravery proffered the most important gift of that...
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...The Gifts of the Holy Spirit. * Introduction: I am primarily going to refer to the gifts of the Spirit as spoken in 1 Corinthians 12-14. Would be cool to work through these three chapters verse for verse, but time will not allow this. Before I am even going to touch on the gifts of the Spirit, I do think its important that we look at the context of the book. Why did Paul find it necessary to discuss these gifts with this specific church. So important context pointers (which we read about in Acts and 1 and 2 Corinthians): * It was rebuild by Julius Caesar in 44 BC, after being a waste for about 100 years. * It had a lot of economic advantages, because of where the city was build. (BETWEEN TWO TRADING ROOTS; one land route and one sea route; NOT NECESSARY RICH GROUND; also had unlimited supply of water). Strategic place for a city – the wealth attracted people from all over. * Also known as a place where free slaves came to live, after they received their freedom, and many of them worked their way up into society. Roman soldiers also settled their – less Gentiles, Jews also immigrated to that place. * Temple of Aphrodite (goddess of love) was a famous temple in the city – had over 1000 cult temple prostitutes. * Greeks had a famous proverb in that time, namely, “to act like a corinthian” – referred to the moral decay in the city. * The situation in Corinth have been viewed as a hopeless situation – you do not want to go there as a minister of the...
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... 2 The Charismatic gifts of the Holy Spirit have been in debate among the Christian Community since the emergence of the Charismatic movement: An expression used to refer to a movement within historic churches that began in the 1950’s. In more recent years it has frequently been referred to as the “charismatic renewal movement”. Therefore members are known as “charismatics”. The background of the charismatic movement is “Pentecostalism” dating from the early twentieth century with its emphasis on baptism with (or in) the Holy Spirit as an endowment of power subsequent to conversion, speaking in tongues as the initial evidence of this baptism, and the initial evidence of this baptism, and the continuing validity of the spiritual gifts (charismata) of 1 Corinthians 12:8-10 (W. Elwell 2001). “For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues.” (King James Easy- Reading Study Bible). The debate is: Are sign gifts for today or have they ceased? What is the purpose of the sign gifts, and if they are being...
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...foreigners are scared to visit our country and less people go to church. Our current state is saddening. We have a dented reputation because of the ugly things that happen here every day – and the world knows about it. It’s shameful that we allow these tragedies to come about – it’s as if we are not a Catholic country. 2. How can you contribute for the betterment of the country? As a concerned Christian who wants to make a difference, I can start by praying, not for my personal wishes but for the good of my country. I should also influence people around me by telling them to be selfless in prayers and pray for the improvement of our poor nation. Prayer makes a big difference, but the Philippines have such enormous problems that it also needs enormous prayers. I believe in the power of prayer because I grew up seeing how it made our family overcome problems and trials – we only have to call on to God and he will lead us to His plan – at the end of day, everything has become well. I believe that it is not too late for the Philippines, that there is still hope, but there is work to be done. We should start proving that we are a Catholic nation – we should learn to pray and call on to God, and by the end of the day, hopefully, everything will be...
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...Stefanie Cortes Yoga Research Paper Yoga is an ancient, Indian art and science that seeks to promote individual health and well-being through physical and mental exercise and deep relaxation. Although known to be at least 5,000 years old, yoga is not a religion and fits well with any individual's religious or spiritual practice. Anyone of any age, religion or life condition can practice yoga and derive its benefits. Yoga is the practice of putting the body into different postures while maintaining controlled breathing. It is considered to be a discipline that challenges and calms the body, the mind, and the spirit. By focusing on the breath entering and leaving your body, you are performing an exercise in concentration. After learning the history and practicing the throughout this fall semester, I have a new found respect and outlook for yoga. I would like to share with you an experience my family and I had to endure and probably how I was lead to signing up for this class. I come from a very close-knit family and, as such, all my life, so far, my cousin has always been more like a sister to me. We had children at the same time and always remained close. Last fall her son, Mikey was diagnosed with cancer. I can't even begin to describe the overwhelming devastation and complete sadness this brought to our family. My cousin was on an emotional roller coaster, and I can remember asking her how she stays so strong and how she got through all the treatments and still...
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