Spiritual Health

Question 1

What is spirtuality?

Answer 1

Awareness of one’s inner self/connection to higher being

Question 2

Why is spiritual health important for care/health?

Answer 2

Beliefs balance physical and psychological well-being.

Question 3

What is self-transcedence?

Answer 3

Experience that develop new perspectives/connection to self:

Feeling of awe from sunrise

Question 4

What are these types of connectedness:

• Intrapersonally
• Transpersonally

Answer 4

• Intrapersonally= connected within oneself
• Transpersonally= connected with higher power

Question 5

What are these concepts:

• Faith
• Hope

Answer 5

Faith

Belief despite lack of evidence (can be in purpose as well as god)

Hope

Energizing source towards future goals/outcomes

Question 6

What are the two dimension of spirtual well-being?

Answer 6

1. Relationship between person and higher power (God, spirits)
2. Positive relationships with others

Question 7

What are teh differences in:

Religious Care

Spiritual Care

Answer 7

Religious Care

Helping person maintain faith to religion

Spiritual Care

Helping someone identify meaning in life

Question 8

What is spiritual distress?

Answer 8

State of suffering from person unable to find meaning in life

(doubt, loss of faith…)

Question 9

What types of spiritual distress often occur in:

• Acute illnesses
• Chronic Illness

Answer 9

Acute illnesses

Often person looks for way to stay faithful

Chronic Illness

Threaten’s person independence: fear/anxiety

Question 10

What types of spiritual distress often occur from:

• Terminal Illness
• Near-death experience

Answer 10

Terminal Illness

Fear of isolation/the unknown

Near-death experience

Often relunctant to discuss: Isolation and depression

Question 11

What is this assessment tool a nurse can utilize for spirituality:

FICA

Answer 11

F= Faith/belief

I= Importance and Influence

C= Community

A= Address

Question 12

What do you collect during this part of the faith history:

Faith/belief

Answer 12

• Ask about religious source of guidance:
• Conflicts with medical treatments

Question 13

What do you collect during this part of the faith history:

Life/self-responsibility

Answer 13

Ask patient’s understanding of illness limitations (how they will adjust)

Question 14

What do you collect during this part of the faith history:

Connectedness

Answer 14

Ask patient if they are able to relate to something greater than self

(use as coping technique)

Question 15

What do you collect during this part of the faith history:

Life-satisfaction

Answer 15

Ask patient’s life accomplishments (helps give energy to resolve problems)

Question 16

What do you collect during this part of the faith history:

• Culture
• Fellowship and community

Answer 16

Culture

Ask about faith/belief systems of culture

Fellowship and community

Ask about support networks

Question 17

What is important to note regarding:

Buddhists

Answer 17

Often refuse treatment on holy days

Question 18

What is important to note regarding:

Christianity/Catholicism

Answer 18

• Allow use of prayer/lay of hands
• Catholics often annoint sick

Question 19

What is important to note regarding:

Hinduism

Answer 19

• Believe past sins cause illness
• Prolonging life is discouraged

Question 20

What is important to note regarding:

Islam

Answer 20

• Often wash/cloth dead
• Never cremate
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Question 21

What is important to note regarding:

Jehovah’s Witnesses

Answer 21

Never allow blood transfusions (unless permited by holy member)

Question 22

What is important to note regarding:

Judaism

Answer 22

• Often practice kosher diet (no pork)
• Life support is discouraged

Question 23

When implementing care for health promotion, what is

• Establishing presence

Answer 23

Give attention, answer questions, express sense of trust

(“being with” rather than “doing for”)

Question 24

What implentations can nurses make for:

Acute care

Answer 24

• Encourage support systems
• Diet therapies
• Support rituals