Spirituality In Health Care

The popularized concept that Native American people have a “mystical” spirituality and live in harmony with nature is yet another taboo myth. Native Americans do believe in living in  harmony with all elements as well as balance and harmony of spirit, mind, body and the environment. This belief also provides the Native American culture with a holistic approach to medicine. Health issues and solutions are typically seen as spiritually based and cared for without western medical interventions. This cultural custom directly affects treatment and how long an individual goes before being treated by a speech pathologist or audiologist. Knowing that health issues are usually cared for spiritually first it would be appropriate for the clinician to

A patient 's social, religious conviction, and cultural beliefs can have a vital effect in the outcome of their mental health and understanding in how to approach them in regards to their treatment plan. Cultural differences impact wellbeing related outcomes constantly. For example, I have seen many times in the ER a Jehovah 's Witness patient refuse blood transfusions and that drastically effects their treatment plan and can have a negative impact on their life and can even cause death. A heart patient with no understanding of nutrition and its impact in health may not think that a change in diet and lifestyle would be helpful, and thus they would not end up being compliant in their treatment.

The FICA Spiritual Assessment, introduced this week, is a valuable tool in catching a glimpse of the overall health (mind, body, and spirit) of an individual. The chronic and terminally ill benefit most from the healthcare team receiving this information. Efficiency remains at the top of the list for health care workers and organizations alike, but an investigation into spiritual wellbeing is time consuming and often counterintuitive to our “flow”, it is extremely

The Spiritual model is getting a sense of how people’s spiritual and religious beliefs, values, and practices might be related to their presenting problem and can also provide direction to clients in constructing solutions for their lives. Spirituality is individual, subjective and can be expressed in different ways. Some people choose to express their spirituality through religion or religious practice, while others may not. Spirituality can also be described as the search for answers to life’s big questions, why is this happening to me?

It was a rewarding experience to listen to her express her love for God. Using a spiritual assessment tool help establish a trust between clinician and patient. Therefore, a spiritual assessment tool is intended to establish a nature of trust by demonstrating to the patient that the healthcare professional is willing to listening to the patient about his or her spiritual concerns, (The George Washington Institute for Spirituality & Health, n.d.) and provide the healthcare worker the skills to assess the spriiual need to determine if a spriritual leader or chaplin is

Therefore, a spiritual qualitative analysis could help us to assess the personal impact of a disease, values and meaning in a person’s life. Speelman developed a narrative spiritual method in order to find values and meaning within the personal daily stories of people (10–12). The method is looking in stories for the motivation to perform actions, the values that are important and the competences that are needed or lacking. The use of such a qualitative method has been used before (13–17) and succeeded to retrieve relevant information regarding meaning, values and illness, in people with serious illness.

I was in the gero unit at Millwood. I got to see an older people suffering from different types of psych disorder. It was around breakfast time, I saw an old lady crying and laughing at the same time. She was yelling to the nurse saying she need her medication and she is in pain. She seems disoriented. she was telling nurse that she wants to get out from that place. She had one bible in her hand and she was telling nurse she will save herself from dying and Jesus will take care of her. She seems very spiritual person. I feel like she is very interesting person to talk with so I choose her for my patient interview. She is suffering from bipolar disorder and her mood swings every minute. I was interviewing her and she suddenly started talking in loud voice and started crying. I was very frightened by the situation. I took a deep breath and I calmed myself down. I asked her if she need any help from my side. She was suffering from gas in stomach and it is causing her pain so she told me to get her morning medicine. It was her medication time, so I administered her medication in the supervision of my nurse. After an hour of medication ingestion, she seems cooperative to talk and she was calmed. I

individuals must comprehend that, “in order to progress spiritually is that they are not their body or mind and the material world is not their permanent home” (Kang, 2010).

in this rapid growing industry multicultural skill is very important part and play a major role in the medical world. Us as student that are studying to become doctor and nurses I feel that we should have a clear understanding of the different cultures that we will get presented to everyday in the field. By being knowledgeable of these culture I feel that we will be more equipped to deal with patient.one of the major issue that the medical field face everyday is the belief when it come to religion. some religious belief have effect the way we treat some of our patient. some patient will reject certain medical treatment due to their faith or belief. I feel that having an understand will help us prepare on how we approach certain scenario

Christianity is more of a spiritual religion rather than being just a religion, as many take it to be. It requires a strong relationship with God. This is because, it is only then God will be of assistance to them. God may open up their spiritual eyes and ears; they may then be able to see things as they are, in black and white. Knowing God in truth will bring new insight in subjects such as demonic possession, false teachings and the strength spoken words. Christians will be able to know the true cause of the difficulties that they are facing and why specialists and doctors can sometimes not help them. Then God will give them the wisdom and strength to combat these forces of darkness.

However, as one can imagine this is not a straightforward task in itself. In their training, the basics of spiritual care is explained to the health care workers. Puchalski states it as, “The basics of spiritual care is that all people, regardless of their physical or mental abilities and regardless of their ability to think clearly or function actively, have an inherent value and dignity that must be honored and respected.” (Puchalski 38). It is also vital to be able to differentiate what spirituality is versus what it is not. It is critical to be able to do this because, some health care workers going into this may have different ideas on the matter. Therefore, it is important to know that spirituality is about things like forgiveness, love,

Transference is when a patient unconsciously redirects their feelings about another person, condition, or experience onto other people. In the clinical setting, this is typically redirected onto the patient’s family members, nursing staff, or other medical personnel. One example of transference that I have encountered in clinical was on the telemetry floor. My patient was elderly and had some generalized weakness and hand shakiness/tremors. A previous nurse also noted that he had a tongue tremor, so ETOH protocols were started and Ciwa assessments done regularly. The patient was visibly angry every time that we asked about his drinking habits at home. He even yelled

The Oxford advanced learners' dictionary defined a worldview as an individual’s or society’s knowledge and manner of consideration based on its fundamental cognitive orientation. A worldview provides the basis for individual's reality, value, and acts as a lens through which they view the world (Shelly & Miller, 2006). Individuals have a unique worldview, members of the same group such as families, religion, and culture may hold similar worldview. It is important to understand subjects related to the worldview of individuals to be able to provide care to them. Spirituality is one of the subjects that shape the worldview of an individual and it has been of significant importance in the delivery of healthcare as it enhances recovery and the ability of patients to cope in times of illness (Puchalski, 2001). Scientism and postmodernism as philosophical concepts present opposing principles which opposed the reception of spirituality by the health sector. Also, due to the multi-inclination and orientation of people, it is possible to be inclined towards spirituality, yet uphold scientism or postmodernism which identifies an individual as pluralists. I belong to the Christian faith

Spirituality is a broad concept which contains a sense of connection to something universal, to something bigger than ourselves. A spiritual experience is often described as transcendent and even sacred, and can be connected to an ultimate or immaterial reality. Spirituality allows a person to discover the essence of his or her being and the deepest values with which a person takes a place in the society. Philosophy relates spirituality more to a personal search finding a greater meaning and a purpose in the existence. Spirituality within patient care helps to address the patients’ understanding of illness or change. Spiritual perspectives provide a context wherein stress or anxieties about physical and mental functioning can be understood.

Chaplains and nurses share a common interest in providing care that attends to the spiritual and religious needs of patients (Weaver, et al., 2008). Chaplains and other such disciplines can provide further education and experiences for student nurses. As previously mentioned by Tiew et al. (2012) it also opens up another sources of support for student nurses. Chaplains could teach students spiritual care from their perspective, therefore assisting students to broader views of spiritual care when practising in the clinical area and to recognise when they need to refer spiritual care to them. In contrast in Van Leeuwen (2008) the students’ vision of holistic nursing care influenced their scoring on the subscale ‘referral to professionals’. This outcome suggested that students think spiritual care must first be addressed by pastors, hospital chaplains and other disciplines, and when nurses assess a patient’s spiritual problem or needs, they should refer the patient to an expert and not provide the care themselves. This outcome could also confirm the frequent ambiguity detected in nurses’ sense of responsibility for spiritual care (McSherry 2007, Van Leeuwen et al. 2006), which has led to a lack of clarity about the position of the subject of spirituality within nursing. Furthermore by involving other disciplines in