ch 36 spiritual health Flashcards
sprituality
an awareness of one’s inner self and a sense of connection to a higher being, nature, or some purpose greater than oneself
religion
a system of organized beliefs and worship that a person practices to outwordly express sprituality
-state of doing
spiritual well being
one dimension supports transcendent relationship w God or higher power, other dimension is positive connections with others
faith
- reasoning faith is belief
- trusting faith is action
hope
faith brings hope
FICA assessment
F-faith or belief
I- importance and influence
C-community
A- address interventions
accepts modern medical science
hinduism, sikhism, buddhism, christianity
Islam
- must be able to practice 5 pillars of Islam
- sometimes has fatalistic view of health
Judaism
- believes in sanctity of life
- balance between God and medicine
- observance of Sabbath important
- treatments sometimes refused on Sabbath
establishing presence
being with a pt versus doing for a pt