Chapter 5-Lecture

Question 1

What are the two goals when making a patient visit?

Answer 1

Evaluation

Positioning

Question 2

What are the 12 suggestions for a spiritual visit?

Answer 2

Know thyself
Create a safe atmosphere
Be aware of your surroundings
Let the patient be the teacher
Identify with the patient's humanness
Ask well-chosen questions
Mirror what you hear
Reevaluate a patient's spiritual status
Pray
Be a person of hope
Go over questions prior to the visit
Network

Question 3

What is know thyself?

Answer 3

The ability to back off from trying to resolve what besets them.
Do not assume responsibility for their lives

Question 4

What is create a safe atmosphere?

Answer 4

Evaluation begins the moment you enter the room
Personal demeanor
Focus- are you present?
Use touch

Question 5

What is be aware of your surroundings?

Answer 5

Scan room with spiritual care eyes
Objects can tell a greater story
Notice and speak about the surroundings

Question 6

What is Identify with the patient’s humanness?

Answer 6

Be yourself, but professional

Be willing to share your interests with the patient

Question 7

What is Let the patient be the teacher?

Answer 7

Care that is more than superficially making the patient feel better.
Learn from the patient’s actions and words

Question 8

What is ask well-chosen questions?

Answer 8

Learn where the patient is emotionally and spiritually
Tailor questions around patient’s needs
Direct your questions to where the patient is currently

Question 9

What are some aspects that need to be kept in mind when asking questions?

Answer 9

Spirituality is not a quick fix
Ask open-ended questions
Receptivity to guidance is based on the patient
Grant patient permission to feel the emotion

Question 10

What is mirror what you hear?

Answer 10

Help the patient feel understood.

Question 11

Why can mirroring what you hear help the patient feel understood?

Answer 11

Verbalizing feelings allows acceptance
Spiritual and emotional healing can begin
Allows patients to know they are not alone
Develop rapport and bond with patient

Question 12

How can you mirror what you hear?

Answer 12

Be curious. Ask
Don’t presume to know. Check in with the patient often
Keep an ear lightly tuned in to yourself

Question 13

What is reevaluate a patient’s spiritual status?

Answer 13

People re-evaluate the reality of their faith in the midst of trial
Grief can trigger questions
May ask about family/support
Spiritual checks- have them share stories

Question 14

When reevaluating a patient’s spiritual status, what must be considered?

Answer 14

Faith changes.

Treat each day like day 1

Question 15

What is anyone can pray?

Answer 15

Prayer is universal

Communication with God

Question 16

When/how do you pray?

Answer 16

Timing-Must build trust first
Content- Needs, fears, feelings, joy, ask what they would like to pray for
You don’t have to wait till the end of the visit.

Question 17

How can you be a person of hope?

Answer 17

Laughter strengthens immune system
Don’t be Emotional neutrality, can be understood as hopelessness
Don’t give false hope, but be hopeful
Watch what you do and how you do it

Question 18

What is part of questions prior to the visit?

Answer 18

Taking time to address the challenges
Share wisdom with the interdisciplinary team
Read the chart and ask about the patient before entering

Question 19

What is network?

Answer 19

Value: teamwork
Determine internal/external resources for patients
Determine internal/external resources for you