Cultural Interview Questions

The Faith, Importance and influence, Community, and Address in Care (FICA) Spiritual History Tool provides a way for “the clinician to efficiently integrate open-ended questions into a standard medical history and can be used by any health care professional” (Borneman, Ferrell, & Puchalski, 2010). The FICA tool explores the presence of faith, the importance of spirituality, the influence a person’s spirituality has on their health care decisions, the involvement in a spiritual community, and the interventions to address spiritual needs (Borneman et al., 2010).

On March 14, 2015, Olivia and I met at a very popular Houston restaurant name Max 's Wine Dive for brunch where we conducted an interview of her life. I have known Olivia my entire life, she is a close family friend who has watched me grow into the young woman I am today. Olivia is a 62 year old retired middle African American woman who is married with five children where she currently lives in La Porte, Texas. She received her Master 's in Sociology from the University of Houston-Clear Lake. She has worked in the field of education for over 30 years and has experienced many challenges. When she was approached by me to conduct the interview, I clearly informed her it is for a class assignment, and by her being an educator, she did not

The last person I interviewed was Lara who is from Kopavogur, Iceland. The first thing I wanted to know about Iceland was how people compared socially to people in the U.S.. She told me that socially it is very different. People are very pleasant especially strangers you see around town, but when you go shopping someone holding the door for you is not something that is common like in America. It is not that people are rude, just that strangers here aren’t as willing to speak to those whom they don’t know. The next thing we talked about was the food in Iceland and how different it is from American food. She stated, “Everything in Iceland does not have to be transported such long distances, so our food is more fresh because we don’t have to add as many preservatives. The food is of higher quality than in America because of how pure the ingredients are. We also don’t have as many fast food restaurants because of how unhealthy they are, and because the price is just the same as preparing your own food. We also don’t have food places that serve breakfast because it is more common to cook your own.”. The final question that I asked everyone else I interviewed I asked Lara. “What did you think America was going to be like before you came here?”. She replied with that she had already been to the northern part of America such as Boston which

I chose to interview her because I did not know much about her family or background. The only thing I knew about her family before

On September 8, 2015, I have decided to interview my cousin Sally Chia about her relationship with Jesus. My cousin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and is 28 years old. She currently lives in Las Vegas and works as a pharmacist. I chose to interview her because I figured she had a close relationship with Jesus. This is because when I was growing up she was the one who taught me about Jesus and his teachings. I have known my cousin Sally all my life, which is for about 14 years. During the interview I asked questions about her own personal relationship with God, and she answered my questions with great answers.

This paper will discuss three different religions that a health care provider may care for in the nursing field. It will discuss the spiritual perspective, as well as the critical components of healing, such as through prayer and meditation. The writer will give a brief summary of each religions belief. The three religions that will be discussed in this paper are Native American, Hinduism, and Buddhism. This paper will discuss what is important to people who are cared for of a particular faith by the health care provider who may have an entirely different belief system. The writer will discuss how a patient may view a health care provider who puts aside his or her own beliefs in the interest of the beliefs and practices of the patient

This article discussed the importance of assessing the client’s spiritual and religious relationships in conjunction to holistic therapeutic approaches. These assessments are geared to help the practitioner to develop therapeutic strategies that will be best suited for the client. It can be difficult to incorporate religion and spirituality with an individual due to the varying differences of religious beliefs, cultures, traditions and rituals. It is also important for the clinician to understand that even if two people profess the same religion and denomination, there spirituality may be totally opposite.

The article concerned itself with describing five spiritual assessment methods that may be used in a client-practitioner setting. Hodge (2005), thought it important to discuss these tools, because when hospitalized adults were surveyed, regarding the role of spirituality in their treatment, they responded that spirituality was an important coping mechanism that aided in keeping them going (40%). When asked how they coped with their illnesses, 43% immediately indicated that they saw spirituality was an important factor in helping them do so (Hodge, 2005, p. 322).

As time passes, the field of health care continually expands and advances. When thinking back to the way health care was portrayed a few decades ago, healing pertained only to the correct administration of medical treatment and scientific interventions. However, it is now clear that spirituality relates to positive health results. In fact, society as a whole is more spiritually diverse now than ever before. Accordingly, health care associates must recognize that providing the highest level of patient care involves understanding different worldviews. By addressing these issues, it is possible to deliver spiritually fulfilling and respectful care for patients with varying religious beliefs.

I interviewed a woman who practices and is very committed to Roman Catholicism, I’ll call her Lucy for the sake of anonymity. Lucy left her home in Puerto Rico when she was about thirty and is now raising a family here. Her faith came from her parents and was a very important thing to her family growing up. The values her family instilled into her are basically the same as the ones she holds now. Lucy’s faith has shaped much of who she is today. She believes her involvement in her youth group not only helped her develop leadership and social skills, but also inspired her to be a professor, a job she loves very much. An act of faith that she believes in deeply and revolves her life around is service, the act of helping others. Lucy does this

Healthcare professional should maintain professional when providing support to patients. Sickness and disease increase individuals’ spiritual needs. Patients are faced with many questions when they are sick. Questions such as these, "Why me?" "What did do?" "Why now?" and "What will happen to my family if I die?" All these and other questions go inside the mind of patients and add to their increased anxiety and fear. Most of these issues are not in the list of physical and medical assessment by the healthcare team. A troubled mind causes harm that can manifest in various spiritual problems and can affect physical healing. An increase mental stress leads to increased blood pressure, depression, anxiety, hopelessness, doubt, guilt, and fear. If spiritual problems are not addressed, then it would jeopardize healing and recovery for both physical and mental conditions. No one can predict how spirituality is related to health, though it seems that the body mind and spirit are all connected. When suffers, the other suffers. Research has shown that there is a connection between beliefs and sense of wellbeing. Positive views, comfort, and strengths received from religion, prayers, and meditations assist to the welfare of an individual and may promote

She made a lot of comparisons between her current and past physicality and health. During the interview I wondered if she was going to make reference to any positive experiences of her developmental stage. I noticed a shift in her affect once we started talking about the relationships she has with her husband, parents, daughter, and friends. She how much easier and enjoyable they had become, particularly with her parents. The connections she has with the people she loves have grown deeper and have an added meaning to them. It was uplifting to hear that despite the inevitable decline in health, cognition and physicality, relationships become more meaningful and purposeful. Patients’ relationships, especially with their family, are important at any life stage. This information is important to keep in mind when caring for middle aged adults. Although there are legal ramifications around disclosing a patient’s medical issues, there is a lot that a nurse can do to remind the patient to incorporate their loved ones in whatever the patient may be going

The patient was able to express himself openly; no questions were skipped or left blank. Explaining the reason and the importance of performing this spiritual assessment helped build rapport and trust with the patient easily. Also, getting some insight into his spiritual needs made the connection between nurse and patient stronger. What would you do differently in the

Think back over your recent clinical experiences and determine if and how spiritual care was provided to your patients. If so, in what way was spiritual care provided. If spiritual care was not provided, do you see any missed opportunities for this with patients over the last 3 workshops?

For this research anaylsis I continued to look into how spirituality and religion impacts the patient care given by nurses. Spirituality is something I feel is essential to their life because the mind, body, and soul are one and when one is not balanced another part is supposed to help to balance everything out the best it can.