PRE- Lim Flashcards
In early 1940’s wherein a Franciscan Sister Mary Berenice Beck has great nurses during this era.
Historically, nursing was viewed in large part as a vocation of service to the sick or poor.
Historical perspective
has great nurses during this era.
Franciscan sister mary berenice beck
A nurse is missioned to be driven by
Altruism
Empathy
feeling to show desire to help.
Altruism
a feeling that you understand and share another person’s experiences, emotions and feelings.
Empathy
- The nurse did not expect much wordy rewards of her efforts.
- Envisioned her caregiving as commissioned and supported by God.
In early and middle 20th century
an earnest purpose to serve humanity, not only by giving curative care to the body o the sick but serving the needs of the mind and spirit.
Nursing as calling
The condition that kept the spiritual ministry because in early and mid 20th century nursing education in nursing schools affiliated started specially with religious denominations.
Most hospitals sponsored nursing education (3 year diploma program), many of which were religiously affiliated.
Capping and graduation were often conducted to places of worship with the blessings of a cleric as part of the ceremony.
Matthew 25:35-40
still with strong spiritual milieu focuses on the professional character of nursing.
In latet half of 20th century
nursing becomes baccalaureate with masters and doctoral degree:
During 1970-1980
Nursing becomes baccalaureate with masters and doctoral degree
“The need for holistic health care”
“Balance between art and science”
“interconnection of body, mind and spin”
“with equal focus”
“Analytic and intuitive (knowledge through intuition, no proof)”
the existence of virtue of an ethical-moral ideal and commitments to provide care.
The jean watson theory
Words related to spirituality
o Elements of love
o Compassion
o Caring
o Transcendence
o Relationship with God
o Connection of body, mind and spirit
is an individual’s attitude and beliefs related to transcendence (God) or to the non material forces of life and of nature.
spirituality as a personal concept
is a person’s belief and behaviors associated with a specific religious tradition or denomination,
religious practice or religiosity
related to holistic nursing is described by Dossey (1989) as:
o Broad concept that encompasses values, meaning and purpose.
o One turns inward to the human traits of honesty, love, caring, wisdom, imagination and compassion.
o Existence of a quality of a higher authority, guiding spirit or transcendence that is mystical.
o A flowing dynamic balance that allows and creates healing of body-mind-spirit and may or may not involved organized religion.
spirituality
related to holistic nursing is described by Dossey (1989) as:
o Broad concept that encompasses values, meaning and purpose.
o One turns inward to the human traits of honesty, love, caring, wisdom, imagination and compassion.
o Existence of a quality of a higher authority, guiding spirit or transcendence that is mystical.
o A flowing dynamic balance that allows and creates healing of body-mind-spirit and may or may not involved organized religion.
spirituality
Spirituality as an expression of the developmental capacity for self- transcendence.
Pamela Reed (1992)
Spirituality as a relationship with the supreme being that directs one’s belief and practices.
Madeliene Leininger
Spirituality as human need and describe as a dimension of a person that is concerned with ultimate end and values.
O’brien
Three Characteristics of Spirituality:
Unfolding mystery
Harmonious interconnectedness
Inner strength
related to one’s attempt to understand the meaning and purpose of life
Unfolding mystery
an individual’s relationship to other persons and/or to God.
Harmonious interconnectedness
relates to ones personal spiritual resources and sense of the sacred.
Inner strength
is a science, an art and the spirit of unselfish devotion to a cause primarily concerned with helping those who are physically, mentally and spiritually ill.
Nursing
is an altruistic vocation.
Nursing
as a service to the individual which helps him to regain or to keep a normal state of body and mind when it cannot accomplish this it helps him to gain relief from physical pain, mental anxiety or spiritual discomfort.
Nursing
is a sacred ministry of health care or health promotion provided to persons both sick and well, who require caregiving, support or education to assist them in achieving, regaining or maintaining a state of wholeness, including body, mind and spirit.
Nursing
one tends to focus on his or her ability to relieve suffering.
Nurse as healer
The nurse stands as God’s surrogate and as a vehicle for His words and His touch of compassionate care
Nurse as healer
2 A Nursing Theology of Caring
Theology
Caring
comes form the Greek words “theos” meaning God and logos or science.
Theology
is an ordered body of knowledge about God. Faith seeking understanding.
Theology
is an active attitude which genuinely conveys to the other person that he or she does really matter.
Caring
Direct nurturant and skillful activities, processes and decisions related to assisting people in such a manner than reflects behavior attributes which are empathetic, supportive, compassionate, protective, succorant educational and otherwise dependent upon the needs, problems, values and goals of the individual or group being assisted.
Caring
The central focus or dimension of nursing practice.
Caring
3 dimension of caring
- Being with patients in their experiences of pain, suffering and other problems or needs.
- Listening to patients verbally express anxieties or emotions which hinder the achievements of wellness.
- Touching patients either physically, emotionally or spiritually to assure them of their connectedness with others in the family of God
in ancient civilization provided the foundations on which many of the healthcare practices of Christian nurses rested.
Medicine and nursing
District types of nurses during the pre christian culture
- Skilled workers who nursed for hire.
- Nurses whose positions were those of slaves in wealthy households.
4 Contributions of Early Cultures in Nursing
- Babylonia
- Early Buddhist in china
- Hindu in india
- Ireland
suggested that nursing care was provided for patients between physicians visit.
Code of Hammurabi
discovers the curative value of many plants led to nursing therapeutics employing herbology.
Early Buddhist in China
Role for male nurses.
Hindu in india
Ancient druidic priest and priestesses advised on care and healing of illness.
Ireland
priest in ancient British religion.
Druidic
women who leads religious activities in some religion.
Priestesses
4 Key Societies whose Spiritual and Cultural Contributions are Most Frequently cited that Supports the Art and Science of Modern Medicine and Nursing:
- Egypt
- Greece
- Rome
- Israel
Has a strong elements of religious magic.
Egypt
Practice of embalming was taught
Egypt
First physician in Egypt;
Imhotep
first medical textbook.
Ebers paryrus
Concerned about public health problems like famine and malnutrition
Egypt
Preventive measures to solve problem
- Offering prayers and sacrifices to religious deities.
- Strong grains for future needs.
A number of practical therapeutic remedies for care of the sick were developed (instinctive nursing care)
Egypt
roman era was largely the responsibility of members of the patient own family or that of slaves employed to provide specific skill.
Nursing in the greco
The spiritual rationale for providing nursing care was duty to and love for a relative.
Greece
Some of Hippocrates teaching
- Fluid diet only should be given in fever.
- Cold sponging for high temperature.
- Hot gargles- for acute tonsillitis.
who instructed the caregivers to use their eyes and ears and to reason from facts rather than from gratuitous assumption. He also emphasize them to be solicitous to their patient spiritual well-being and to do no harm.
Hippocrates
Greek Religious Mythology:
Aesculapius
Hygeia
Panacea
God of healing
Aesculapius
one of his five children (the Goddess of Health)
Hygeia
cure all (the Restorer of Health)
Panacea
Did not offer great advances physicians in nursing practice but depend greatly on the knowledge of the Greek.
Rome
Care of the sick was guided primarily by the use of natural or folk remedies.
Rome
Roman youth begun to study medicine in Athens Greece.
Rome
Prayers to a God or the several Gods was a critical adjuvant therapy in nursing a sick Roman.
Rome
Hebrews nursing care for the ill and infirm was provided in their mosaics law.
Israel
Rules of public Health in Israel
- Rules of diet and cleanliness
- Hours of work and sleep
the foundations of public health nursing which is naturally regarded by visiting the sick as its religious duty.
Israel
has a specific nursing rules for those with contagious diseases, care of children and elderly
Israel
has a religious tradition in nursing the sick with a concept of which resulted in a system of houses for strangers hospitality and charity for anyone in need
Israel
each citizen tithing a 10th of his or her possessions toward charitable work.
Charity
The Old Testament scriptures contain reference to the nurses as:
Servant
Companion
Helpmate
Nursing the sick or injured in the early Christian was accorded a place of honor and respect which is based on Jesus message: TO LOVE ONE’S NEIGHBOR
Early Christian nurses
Jesus message
To love one’s neighbor