... 2005). Experts are stating that a holistic approach to counseling incorporates both psychological and spiritual assessments (Hodge, 2005). The accrediting body of hospitals, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), recognizes the importance of spiritual assessments and recommends that health care providers conduct these assessments to understand their clients’ religious beliefs and spiritual habits (Hodge, 2005). David Hodge (2005) presents a review of five qualitative assessment tools for effective analysis of a client’s spiritual and cultural wherewithal. The design of these assessment tools gives a more definitive construction of a client’s worldview for the purposes of integrating spiritual beliefs and attitudes in the therapeutic process and discharge planning (Hodge, 2005). Hodge asserts that this form of assessment allows the healthcare professional to explore a client’s “spiritual strengths that might be used to ameliorate problems or cope with difficulties” (Hodge, 2005, para. 1). The five qualitative assessment tools offered by Hodge (2005) provide a detailed description and comparison of each tool, and its usefulness, strengths, and weaknesses. One of the assessment methods, spiritual histories, allows the healthcare profession to explore the client’s spirituality through verbal interaction with the client (Hodge, 2005). The remaining four assessments, spiritual lifemaps, spiritual genograms, spiritual ecomaps, and spiritual ecograms...
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...Personal Worldview Inventory Susan Anne Doy Grand Canyon University: HLT 310V October 4th 2015 Personal Worldview Inventory Each individual has a personal view of the world that has been influenced by things such as: upbringing, education, religion, life experiences and relationships. In the modern worldview, there is little thought given to the mind or soul as this is something invisible and so is not measureable. The postmodern view sees people as energy that can be manipulated to restore balance. The Christian worldview believes that we have been created by God in his image (Shelly & Miller, 2006). Spirituality, religion and personal beliefs surrounding worldview questions, can all impact healthcare today. This paper will discuss the meaning of spirituality in the context of healthcare and the questions relating to individual worldviews. Meanings of Spirituality Spirituality can mean different things to different people. It can be the exploratory component of religion (Borg, 2013). There are some who will say that spirituality is meditation, being in tune with nature or talking to spirits, others will say that spirituality is being linked with something greater than them. This often involves seeking for the meaning of life. It can also be said that true spirituality comes from the Holy Spirit of God. As a result the person experiences emotions such as: love; joy; peace; kindness; goodness; faithfulness; gentleness and self-control (Galatians 5: 22-23). The importance...
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...Healthcare and faith diversity: Today’s world consists of many individuals with different cultural and religious beliefs. Each culture and religion is composed of a series of rules and traditions that are passed on from ancestors.. These traditions are then passed down to our generation. Religion and tradition are connected to each other and is really important in a person’s life as it teaches us how to live our lives according to certain beliefs and worldviews. As healthcare professionals we see a diverse range of patients with different religious and cultural beliefs. We have to understand and work around the different individuals worldview to help them with their problems and illnesses. Diversity is described as when people from different culture, religions and traditions come under one system and coexist. In a diverse community there are different individuals with different religious beliefs and traditions according to which they live. In order to understand the similarities and differences between religion and cultural aspects, we have be aware of the essence of their beliefs and traditions and work with them in harmony and peace. In order to do that it becomes critical for the healthcare provider to be open-minded and have a broad spiritual perspective when having patients from different religions, traditions, and cultures (Shelly & Miller, 2006). This paper will discuss the comparison between Christians and Buddhists and how traditions, healthcare worldview...
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...QUALITY OF LIFE IN HEALTHCARE SETTINGS Quality of Life in Healthcare Settings; a Christian Approach September 20, 2013. In the Healthcare industry there are many different settings in which the various methods of care are delivered. It is important to always ensure that quality of life is a high priority, and carried out effectively. Quality of life is a multifaceted concept including five components: lifestyle pursuits, living environment, palliation, human factors, and personal choices. (Shi & Singh 2002).These factors need to have industry wide support from a funding and technological aspect to achieve success. Focusing on advancing healthcare settings and improving the care and quality of life from a Christian Worldview perspective is important to the medical industry. During my first enlistment in the U.S. Navy I was shot while on a reconnaissance mission in Kuwait. I was taken to the USNS Mercy, a hospital ship used during war time, this was a memorable experience. The Naval ship is painted white with a large red cross to designate it as a medical vessel. Firing on the hospital ship would be deemed a war crime, and I cannot recall this ever happening. There is a large berthing ward with approximately 1,000 beds, as well as most other amenities found in a land based care facility. I had the bullets removed, wounds dressed and treated to prevent any infection. The crew of medical professionals and physicians made me feel safe...
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...310V Week 3 Topic 3 DQ 2 What tensions do you think you might experience arising from the differing worldviews of administrators, health care providers, and patients? Base your response from the GCU introduction and the textbooks. Cite references from your reading to support your answer. HLT 310V Week 3 Assignment Health Care Provider and Faith Diversity: First Draft Max Points: 100 Details: The practice of health care providers at all levels brings you into contact with people from a variety of faiths. This calls for knowledge and acceptance of a diversity of faith expressions. The purpose of this paper is to complete a comparative analysis of two faith philosophies towards providing health care, one being the Christian perspective. For the second faith, choose a faith that is unfamiliar to you. Examples of faiths to choose from: Sikh, Baha’i, Buddhism, Shintoism, etc. In a minimum of 1,500-2,000 words, provide a comparative analysis of the different belief systems, reinforcing major themes with insights gained from your research. In your comparative analysis, address all of the worldview questions in detail for Christianity and your selected faith. Refer to chapter 2 of the Called to Care for the list of questions. Be sure to address the implications of these beliefs for health care. In addition answer the following questions that address the practical and healthcare implications based on the research: 1. What are critical common components to...
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...World Religion and Healthcare Jane Smith Grand Canyon University Spirituality in Health Care HLT-310V No Name May 23, 2014 Abstract The goal of this paper is to educate healthcare providers on a few of the basic needs of patient’s practicing Hinduism, Shintoism, and Native American cultures. A theme develops as one expands their worldview and becomes competent at creating an open dialogue with patients. Learning to have respectful conversations regarding spiritual needs will prove fulfilling for the provider and patient. Once one understands needs and barriers to care we are able to provide a spiritual and holistic experience. Exploring spiritual needs such as prayer and meditation and giving patients the opportunity to practice those in a healthcare environment is respected. Exercising additional patience and being willing to think outside the box will be the difference between competent care and compassionate care. World Religion and Healthcare Throughout a career an American nurse will come across a diverse patient population. The Christian nurse will have opportunity to educate and be educated on many cultures and religions that exist in our country. Becoming culturally competent is not only encouraged but a necessity. A lack of understanding of one’s own and one’s clients’ world views results in frustration and anxiety for both the helper and the client (Richards & Bergin, 1997, p. 50). This paper will provide a comparison...
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...based on searching for the real meaning of life. Spirituality can be defined as the awareness of the relationships with all of creation and also the appreciation of a presence and a purpose that involves a sense of meaning. It is very important for doctors and nurses including other healthcare workers to be certain about when/whether or even how to address the spirituality and religious issues of their patients. Considering the field of health, there are so many cultures and religious pluralism faced every day by healthcare workers. The range of belief systems in the healthcare field is so wide that even nurses and physicians cannot be expected to have an understanding of all beliefs with the practices involved. It is obvious that there are so many differing faiths ranging from atheism, Christianity, agnosticism, Islam, and even to the myriad assortment of spiritual practices that is unheard of to some healthcare workers. Although as healthcare workers it’s impossible to determine every single patient’s spiritual background immediately, it is very vital that we do not impinge our beliefs on the patients especially when the patient is in a vulnerable position seeking care. This does not mean healthcare workers should avoid the spirituality of their patients because personally, I have a strong believe that the spiritual actions and practices of our patients are great and powerful factors for them in coping whether its pluralism, scientism, and...
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...K**** I**** Grand Canyon University: Transcultural HealthCare February 28, 2016 Applying Purnell’s Model What is cultural competence? To be culturally competent healthcare provider one needs to understand their own world outlook and those of their patients, at the same time avoiding stereotyping and their own biases. Cultural competence is obtaining cultural data and then relating that knowledge. Cultural competence is a conscious ongoing process. Cultural awareness allows a healthcare provider to see the entire picture and improves the quality of care and health outcomes. Familiarizing ones self to different cultural beliefs and practices requires flexibility and a respect for others view points. Cultural competence requires the ability to listen to the patient, to learn about the patient’s beliefs of health and illness. The Purnell Model for Cultural Competence is a framework having detailed questions and a format that could be used to assess culture in healthcare setting. The Purnell Model for Cultural Competence in a healthcare setting place an importance on effective communication as well as the need to know the cultural views of patients. Purnell’s definition of cultural competence is, the totality of socially transmitted behavioral patterns, arts, beliefs, values, customs, lifeways, and all other products of human work and thought characteristics of a population of people that guide their worldview and decision making (Purnell, 2002,pg6-7). In other words...
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...APOL 104 D26 LUO – Worldviews Carolyn Penn Professor: Blake Harcup November 16, 2015 Part One: I never gave much thought to Worldviews, before taking this class. I was surprise to discover that I have been molded and shaped with someone else values, morals and principles. While listening to Dr. Lew Weider and Ben Gutierrez’s conversation on Worldviews, I being to think thought about “Frame Work”. Although I wasn’t raised in a Christian environment, I was raised in a home with a drilled sergeant as a stepfather. As I think back, my stepfather based everything on time management. Growing up, I found this way of thinking to be an emotional rollercoaster mentally and very challenging. As an adult, I am able to use this usefully tool for organization and balance in my life (Weider & Gutierrez, 2013). Part Two: There are different opinions on the Origin of mankind. How did life really begin? I have heard people say that we came into existence as a result of the “Big Bang Theory”. Some have concluded that matter has always existed and given enough time and chance, the end result is what you see around you today which are Naturalism. (Weider & Gutierrez, 2012) As a Christian, I believe what the Word of God has said; we are created in God’s image. (Genesis 1:1, 26 & Genesis 9:6, King James). Our identity comes from the image of God. As humans this makes us unique individuals. This shows up in our will, communication and our decision making abilities....
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...Rachel Garcia Personal Worldview Inventory Grand Canyon University Spirituality in Healthcare HLT-310V Personal Worldview Inventory There are many different meanings to the word spirituality; spirituality is defined in several ways, as it pertains to different worldviews. Worldviews have been known to be a matter of the heart, cultural beliefs and traditions. A worldview is a commitment, fundamental orientation of the heart, that can be expressed as a story or in a set of presuppositions that we hold consciously or subconsciously, about the persons reality, and that provides the foundation on which we live and have our being,” (Sire, 2015). Pluralism Pluralism is a worldview where the members of minority groups structure their culture on acceptance and diversity. These common traits all strive for the common good of all and also realize there is some truth in other beliefs, (Pluralism, 2015). These types of theorists stress how important it is to be tolerant of other religions. However, these theorists do not tend to deviate from the beliefs of their people; they strive to maintain their independent cultural traditions. Cultural traditions that effect the person in their every day life. Scientism Scientism is a worldview that is based on the scientific method. “All that ‘is’ and all that ‘can be known’ is verifiable of falsifiable through the scientific method and that which cannot be measured is simply an opinion, belief or fantasy,” (Scientism, 2007)...
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...Personal worldview inventory Eric Atkinson Grand Canyon University: Spirituality in healthcare HLT-310V May 3, 2015 A Worldview is a unique intangible commitment to ideas that one has about the environment around them and a commitment or fundamental orientation of the heart, that can be expressed as a story or in a set of presupposition (James 2004). For a Christian, God and the Scriptures shape the foundation of, and thus having profound impact on the whole, worldview. To better understand the concept of world view seven basic questions need to be resolved, One: What is prime reality? Prime reality is the most important question and it needs to be answered first. This gives the other six questions boundaries by getting to the heart of how we view our reality or the ultimate reality. The answer to one simple question, do you believe in God? Defines and sets the tone for a worldview. Two: What is the nature of the world around us? This is the idea that we can know both God himself and the word around us as God has an active role in communicating with us allowing us to do so. Three: What is a human being? The Christian understanding is that humans were created in God’s image. Being created in Gods image means we need to look to him for meaning, direction and for purpose. God made humans in his image and gave man dominion/stewardship over all that resides here. Four: What happens at death? This is the point where mortal life ends and one transcends into the spirit kingdom...
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...Worldview Assignment What is a worldview? The term “worldview” can be defined numerous ways all depending upon who is answering this question. After reading this week’s chapters we learn that a world view is made up for 3 components, all of which can define the term. First, a worldview is a person’s philosophy on life. Second, it is a framework that a person brings to decision-making. Third it is the way a person interprets life and the world around them. The question of origin can be answered within the first chapters of the Bible. In Genesis 1:3-19, we read of the creation of the Heavens and Earth. God saw a formless, empty darkness and filled it with His creations. We then read in Genesis 2:7 that God created man from the dust of the Earth to start populating the Earth he had shaped. The second question that of identity, can be explained in Psalm 8:4-8. Mankind was created to rule over the animals, not to be subjugated by them. We are also taught of identity in 1st Timothy chapter 2 (1 Timothy 2:1-15). In this chapter we learn to identify ourselves as individuals and as Christians. Our purpose on Earth is to know God. We are taught this in the book of John (John 17:3). God didn’t create us so we would not look to Him, He created us to follow Him and look to Him for guidance in our everyday lives. Our purpose is also to teach others about Christ and bring non-believers to Him (Matthew 5:14-16). We are to be a light for God and shine our lights for others to see. ...
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...driving forces for a majority of the world’s population today. There are 13 major world religions, including Christianity Orthodox, Christianity Western, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Bahá’í, Confucianism, Jainism, Judaism, Shinto, Sikhism, Taoism, and Zoroastrianism (Holidays, Festivals, 2010). When addressing health care issues, it’s important to remember that different religions do not view good health care exactly alike. The purpose of this paper is to comparatively analyze two of the major religions, Christianity and Sikhism, and evaluate their faith philosophies toward healthcare. In so doing, the two worldviews will be explained. Christian Worldview According to Shelly (2006), a worldview is defined as “the basic assumptions that underlie a system of thought…the wellspring of our thinking, but our way of life as well” (Shelly & Miller, 2006, p.33). There are seven basic questions to answer to define a worldview. For Christianity, they are answered using Biblical text. Prime Reality Christianity explains in the Bible that prime reality is that there is one true God, who created heaven and earth for His glory. He gives us life, and is close and personal (Acts 17:22-27, New International Version). Humans are created to love God, serve him exclusively (John 14:6), and show love to those around us (John 13:34. The Nature of the World The world is fallen from its original glory when it was formed. God said in Genesis 1 that his creation was good, or very good. God created people...
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...Paige Weber Overcoming Barriers In Evidence-Based Practice University of Louisiana at Lafayette Overcoming Barriers in Evidence-Based Practice All healthcare organizations will experience some kind of change over time. When it comes to using evidence- based practice within a healthcare system, deciding on what to implement is the easy part. The hard part is implementing the practice and making it stick. There are many barriers for why implementing EBP is not easily attainable by nurses. Some of these barriers include, "lack of time, lack of value placed on research in practice, lack of knowledge about EBP, lack of technical skills to find evidence, lack of resource to access evidence, lack of ability to read research, resistance to change, and lack of organizational support for EBP” (Schmidt & Brown, 2015, p. 10-11). Personal Barriers A barrier that I can personally relate to is the resistance to change barrier. While orienting to a new job in labor and delivery, I was paired with a preceptor who was a far more experienced nurse than I was. She taught me the ins and outs of labor and delivery, as well as, explained to me why things are done the way they are done. Since she started as a labor and delivery nurse, there has been more research and more evidence-based practice strategies that have come out. My preceptor was resistant to these practices. She felt like there was no reason she should change the way she did certain things. Because she was resistant to change, I felt...
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...Cross –cultural communication and healthcare There are six principles to cross-cultural communication. The first principle states that the less knowledge or less of an understanding that you have about a culture, the broader the differences are, communication between the two will be more difficult. The second principle states that cultural differences and understandings are the cause of breakdowns in communication. The third principle states that communicating inter-culturally, helps people to become more aware of their own communication processes. People become more aware of their own tone, their word choices, and hand gestures they may use when they are speaking. The fourth principle is that cultures vary with their different types of acceptable behaviors or do’s and don’t’s; which means that some cultures believe very strongly in following the formal rules or they may not be able to interact with other people within that same culture. Being a cross-cultural communicator you have to be aware of what is taboo and what is acceptable in that culture. The fifth principle states that you need to be mindful that other cultures understanding or normalcy may be different than your own. It is important to be aware of how the worldview or values of different groups affect there patterns of communication. The sixth, and final principle, states that your view of people affect the way that you communicate with them. If you see people as being honest and trustworthy the communication...
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