Caring And Diversity Flashcards
Texas Administrative Code Title 22 examining board
Provide without discrimination, nursing services regardless of age, disability, economic, status gender, national origin, race, religion, health problems, or sexual orientation of the client served.
ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses
The nurse in all professional relationships, practices with compassion and respect for the inherent dignity, worth, and uniqueness of every individual, unrestricted by considerations of social economic status, personal attributes or the nature of health problems.
Spirituality
Complex concept that is unique to each individual and is dependent upon a persons culture, development, life experiences, beliefs, and ideas of life
Spiritual wellness
Aware of one’s inner self
Connection to a higher being nature
Values
Highly individualized
Spiritual Wellness Attributes
Harmony
Purpose
Self acceptance
Clear values
Positive outlook
Peacbalance
Growth
Spiritual Wellness
Positive effect on health
Enhanced quality of life
Accept hardships and even mortality
Types of spirituality
Religious
Non- religious
Spirituality and Health
■Reduce stress
■Improve health outcomes with chronic condition
■Helps with pain management
■Comfort for the dying and bereaving
■Enhances recovery from illness and surgery
Spirituality and healing process
Enhances comfort
Provides inner peace
Healps patient come to terms with disability and death
Spirituality and Relationships
Aspects of relationship that affect spirituality
Love
Trust
Hurt
Mistrust
Communication
Spiritual Distress
The state in which the individual experiences or is at risk for experiencing disturbance in his belief system that is the source of his strength and hope
Spiritual Distress Characteristics
●Concern with the meaning of life
●Concern about belief syste
●Anger toward God/religous representatives
●No longer participates in religious practices
● Concern about his/her relationships with God
●Questioning meaning of own existence
●Felts guilts, shame, remorse
●Feels helpsless and hopeless
●Seek spiritual assistance
●Demonstrate gallows humor
●Suffers from sleep disturbances
● Alterations in mood and behavior
Spiritual Assessment
● Faith/Belief
●Life and self responsibility
●Connectedness to God
●Life satisfaction
●Culture
●Fellowship and Community
●Ritual and Practice
●Vocation
Nurse Care
Nurse patient relationships
Compassionate Presence
Active listening to fears, hopes, dreams, and pain
Respect
Freedom of choice
No judgement
Use support systems
Diet
Prayer meditation
Nursing Action
●Offer to contact the pastoral care department
●Plan activities to promote healing body, mind, and spirit
●Offer to teach relaxation, guided imagery, and meditation techniques
Religion
Organized beliefs and worship
State of doing
Agnostic
A person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God of anything beyond material phenomena.
Atheist
A person that says God is not real
Who disbelieves or lacks belief in the existence of God or Gods and ultimate reality.
Roman Catholism
May desire a eucharist or mass daily
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Mormonism/Church of Latter Day Saints
Joseph Smith-prophet
Healthful living no tea, alcohol, coffee or tobacco
Believes in Jesus
Forgiveness of sins
Baptism for the newborn
Last rites
Communion
Jehovahs Witness
Do not celebrate birthdays or holidays
Refusal of blood products no blood in food
Does not believe in immediate after life
Jehovah is God no trinity
Mennonites
Christian
Pacifism
Many speak in low German or Spanish
Modest apparel for women
Caps indicates submission and headship order (God man , woman)
Islam Muslim
Many engage in prayer 3 to 5 times a day facing Mecca
Face, hands, feet are washed before prayer
Right hand used fir everything but elimination
No pork or alcohol
Gender concordant care
Modesty