Spiritual Flashcards
What is spirituality
AWARENESS of one’s INNER self and sense of CONNECTION to a HIGHER bring, nature, or some PURPOSE greater than oneself
What is religious care
Helping pt’s MAINTAIN FAITHFULNESS to thir belief system and worship practices
What are the factors influencing spirituality
Spiritual distress, acute/chronic/terminal illness, near-death experience
What should you do first and foremost
ASK your patient their preferences
What should you do in your assessment
FAITH HISTORY, LISTEN, ASKING Q’s, well-being scale
What should you use your critical thinking
Assessing his REACTION to illness, DETERMINE if INTERVENTION is needed
How can you demonstrate integrity
BY refraining from voicing your opioions about religion
What are the implementation strats for spiritual health
Health PROMOTION, mobilize HOPE, help pt use RESOURCES, SUPPORT SYSTEMS, DIET, RITUALS
What is health promotion
Establisg PRESENCE, PHYSICIAN
What is mobilizing hope
Help them FACE the challanges in life
What is helping the pt use resources
Social, emotional, and spiritual resources, SOCIAL WORKERS
What is a support system
Family, friends, others
Diet therapies
DIETITIANS
What do Buddist think about for:
birth
death
dietary
health
Birth- reincarnation, calm, vegetarian, avoids alcohol and tobaco
What do catholicism think about for:
birth
death
dietary
health
Birth- baptism, all forms of contracetpiton are bad
Death- priest, suicide may prevent burry
Diet- no meat on ash Wednesday and fridays during lent
health- cross, communion
What do hinduism think about for:
birth
death
dietary
health
Birth- abortion bad, males not circumcised, child not named until 10th day
death- lie on floor, thread around neck, family bathe
Diet- vegetarian, no beef or pork, fasting
Health- hygiene is IMPORTANT
What do Islam think about for:
birth
death
dietary
health
Birth- yes to circumcision
Death- Mecca, bathing and burial within 24 hours, no creation, confess sins
Diet- no pork, shellfish, ramadan
Health- pray five times facing mecca, modest women, women care for women
What do Judaism think about for:
birth
death
dietary
health
Birht- circumscion on 8th day
Death- someone stays with body, bathing and burial wintin 24 hours
Diet- no milk and meat at the same meal, no pork and shellfish
Health- saving a life is most importnat
What do Jehovah witness’s believe in
Jehovah is God
Prohib- BLOOD, HOMO, ABORTION, SUICIDE, ALCOHOL, ECT.
What do atheist believe
God or higher powers do not exist
wHAT DO AGNOSTIC’S BELIEVE
tHE NATURE OR EXISTENCE OF gOD IS UNKNOWABLE
What is the HOPE questions
SOURCES of hope, organized RELIGION, PERSONAL practices, EFFECTS on medical care, EOL
