Running head: SPIRITUAL ASSESSMENT Spiritual Assessment Grand Canyon University: Spirituality in Health Care HLT-310V June 10, 2012 Spiritual Assessment A spiritual assessment can help health care professionals determine if patients have unresolved spiritual concerns or needs. Physical healing and psychological treatment may be complicated if patients are experiencing spiritual distress. Appropriately addressing patients’ spiritual concerns and needs can contribute to
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Grand Canyon University - HLT 310V Spirituality in Healthcare February 20, 2011 Introduction A state experienced by those helping people in distress; it is an extreme state of tension and preoccupation with the suffering of those being helped to the degree that it is traumatizing for the helper. (Chapman 2007). Definition • Compassion : Sorrow for the suffering or trouble of others accompanied by the urge to help. • Fatigue : is physical and or mental exhaustion. Causes of Compassion
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hospital has been described as an overall healing environment 2. Components of a Healing Hospital The healing hospital has been associated with the vision of a "Culture of Health" and with a more daring and innovative approach to healthcare than is usually the norm in our complex and often overly specialized and compartmentalized world (MCDH Adopts “Healing Hospital” Wellness Program). One of the central components of this culture of health is education. The education process is used
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HOSPITAL: A DARING PARADIGM Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Lynette Greenfield Grand Canyon University Foundation of Spirituality in Health Care HLT310V Patricia Mullen June 17, 2011 Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Does a Healing hospital have a certain Paradigm? Are there certain components of a healing hospital and their relationship to spirituality? What are the issues of creating a healing environment in light of the barriers and difficulty of the hospital environment? What
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hospital would also be beneficial for hospital employees by creating a productive work environment that supports the morals of employees. Spirituality can be anything in believing in a higher power that is immaterial or in other words, “not of this earth”. Spirituality also means a power that is beyond our five senses: sight, touch, smell, hearing and taste. Spirituality is also looked upon as a powerful component in healing. It is said that in the scriptures such as Peter 1, John and the Book of Psalms
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Health Care Provider and Faith Diversity: First Draft “Spirituality is the aspect of humanity that refers to the way individuals seek and express meaning and purpose and the way they experience their connectedness to the moment, to self, to others, to nature, and to the significant or sacred” (Pulchalski & Ferrell, 2009). INTRODUCTION It is important for the professional nurse to recognize the unique spiritual beliefs and individuality of each patient and family who enters the hospital setting
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provided equally regardless of race or class 2) Healthcare: The second most important thing that must be changed is the healthcare system. For me the idea of charging people for a hospital visit is just ridiculous. It is very ironic for me that poorer countries provide better healthcare for free to anyone with no discrimination. The United States is spending the peoples’ money on many programs non of which is concerned about providing a better healthcare for all. 3) Income Gap: In the United States
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Introduction Professional presence is one of the most important characteristics of a nurse. It is a quality that makes the nursing profession special. Professional presence is a combination of characteristics and behaviors, which includes being competent, reliable, empathetic, and respectful of others. Professional Presence The foundation of mechanical or local model (Era I) is entirely based on a belief that health and illness, are solely physical in nature, where mind is merely the result of
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interest in understanding how individuals with incapacitating illnesses can continue with living a health centred lifestyle. Thoroughly analyzing the selected research via a critical lens, as well as reflecting on professional practice, assists the healthcare professional in applying holistic, client-centered care. Method The study, “The lived experience of health behaviors in people with debilitating illness” (Haynes & Watt, 2008), uses phenomenology as its qualitative research tradition. Phenomenology
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Grand Canyon University Spirituality in Health Care NRS-437 America is known as a melting pot due to the many people and their different cultures and beliefs that they bring to the pot. Religion plays a large role in this melting pot. With all of the different cultures and ethnicities they all follow their religion and beliefs. As healthcare providers it is imperative that we acknowledge and be supportive of the various religions and or spiritual beliefs that we may encounter with these
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