Advanced Practice Nurse Implications. Spiritual Assessment

I have spent the majority of my career in the ED and have recently transitioned into a management role so it has been years since I performed a spiritual assessment. However, while working on the inpatient unit, I can recall performing spiritual assessments as a part of the admission assessment. Far less detailed that the FICA spiritual assessment, the basic assessment included the patient’s religious preference, religious commitment scoring, and desire for a Chaplain during their hospital stay. Spiritual assessments relay the individual’s spiritual life history, allowing practitioners to gain multidimensional insight into family dynamics and spiritual framework (Hodge, 2001).

Barineka Nwakoh 200316467 English 110, section C09/C10 Kathryn MacLennan Essay #1 February, 9th, 2015 Harry Potter: The Humble Hero J.K.Rowling’s novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone depict Harry Potter’s humility as one of its major and prevalent message throughout the novel. Rowling does not explicitly make any direct statements about Harry’s humility although his actions directly or indirectly make his humility obvious. His journey from childhood begins with the harsh treatment of the Dursleys which help make him even more humble and modest and see the world from a different point of view.

Integrating spiritual and religious dimensions of clients ' lives into their treatment requires consummate professionalism and the highest quality of knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Psychologists

Evidence has linked a strong relationship between spirituality and medicine. There is a positive correlation between a patient’s spirituality or religious commitment and health outcomes. A spiritual assessment as a part of a health assessment is a practical step to incorporating patient’s spiritual needs into practice. The FICA Tool and HOPE Questions provide serve to assist clinicians in the spiritual assessment process. By examining the research done using these tools, it has been determined that the FICA Tool is easy to use and provides basic data on a patient’s spirituality. The FICA tool is both reliable and valid. The HOPE Questions are

In providing basic health care in hospitals, medical practitioners should not only focus on giving physical treatment to patients but also provide spiritual and psychological assessment and management for them. This practice as suggested by many studies (see Chapman, 2003; Eberst, n.d.,) can help the hospitals develop a new method of healing that is more holistic in approach. The Joint Commission (2005) recommends spiritual assessment program which can help the medical officers to know the needs of the patients aside from the usual physical treatment. It will help them

20-21- “Should we claim to be humble, though, we have already started down the slippery slope of arrogance. To speak (or write) about humility so that others may learn can itself become a prideful act.”

What is the importance of humility? This question is portrayed in the stories “ My Wonder Horse” by Sabine R.Ulibarri, “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant and “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst. In “My Wonder Horse”, the boy, at first fails to see the beauty in the white horse by treating it as a trophy. In “The Necklace”, Mathilde’s life is ruined by her social ambition. In “The Scarlet Ibis”, the older brother is unable to be grateful of his younger brother Doodle.

For health care providers to deliver the best holistic care that patients deserve, a thorough spiritual assessment must be included during their care. With more research showing a relationship between supporting a patient’s spirituality with their health and ability to cope with illness, it is now a requirement of organizations to include a spiritual assessment to maintain accreditation with The Joint Commission. The minimum required of a spiritual assessment by The Joint Commission is to determine the patient’s religion and

Although Dickson wants this book to be a practical view on the subject of humility, this book should be viewed as a self help book. This book is very practical and it uses some personal illustrations

While it most definitely is Jesus getting down and washing the disciples’ feet, being willing to serve others even when the tasks aren’t the most glamorous, and situations or actions such as these, sometimes humility looks like being open to see things from another perspective. This involves admitting that you might not know everything or that your way might not be the best way, which requires a lot of humility. I never really thought of humility in this light much before. However, this will now be tied to my definition of humility when I think about it from now

“Humility is not denying that we are good at or have done a good job on things.” Campbell says that if we do that then we lose a realistic view of ourselves, which is what humility really is. When trying to think about how this could apply to my current life, the best example I thought of what working on group projects in school. When I thought about Campbell’s words and then applied them to that situation, I felt I understood what he was saying. When working in a group, everyone has their strengths and weaknesses. If I know that I could use one of my strengths to help the project, then denying that I could do a good job will only hurt the team in the end. Instead, by utilizing that skill properly, the team will benefit. and having a realistic view of the teams strengths, then we could all use them to help the project. After reading Campbell’s chapter on humility, I understood that everyone acknowledging their own strengths and weaknesses is much better than everyone putting themselves down to try to appear humble.

Joseph McClendon, and many other people of influence to him. Living a life of humility is the genesis of building a sustainable, personal brand. The end result of a life of humility is a life of excellence, and excellent people attract excellent people.

Spirituality is a delicate topic, and some may not be open to talking about their beliefs. Spirituality is generally understood to be an essential aspect of being human (Lyndo-Lam, 2012). Assessing the spiritual needs of patients is a key component in the nursing process. A compassionate and thoughtful nurse can make a patient feel more secure, making it easier for him to express his spirituality. The participation of both patient and health care provider is vital in promoting spiritual health. The main focus of a spiritual assessment is to gather information regarding the patient’s spiritual needs in order incorporate them into the plan of care, so as to treat

Spirituality is considered one of the components of health and wellness, and is a contributory factor in the delivery of holistic care (O’Shea, Wallace, Griffin, & Fitzpatrick, 2011). It only makes sense for us nurses to study and research spirituality since the nursing profession is committed to holistic development, which includes the spiritual dimension of life. However, elements such as time constraints, short staffing, insufficient formal education related to spiritual assessment and confusion between spirituality and religion have led to spirituality becoming a disregarded component of care (O’Shea et al., 2011). Adolescence is a crucial time in the development of a person’s spiritual path (Benson & Roehlkepartain, 2008). Findings showed that most adolescents hold spiritual or religious beliefs already and choose to draw on them when experiencing life-changing events. Despite this information, healthcare professionals overlook the spiritual needs of adolescents (Neuman, 2011).

The saints give us the greatest examples of this life of humility and what it means. In the life of St. Antony, Christian monk from Egypt, there is a story that God, through a vision, showed him the world with the lures and traps that Satan had prepared for human beings. After seeing this, the monk was scared and asked God; Lord, who can escape all of these traps? Antony heard a voice saying, only he who is humble can escape these traps, because God provides his grace to the humble and those who are lowly and meek, but the proud always fall into Satan’s traps. But, Satan does not attempt to attack a humble man.