Spiritual Health Flashcards
What is spirtuality?
Awareness of one’s inner self/connection to higher being
Why is spiritual health important for care/health?
Beliefs balance physical and psychological well-being.
What is self-transcedence?
Experience that develop new perspectives/connection to self:
Feeling of awe from sunrise
What are these types of connectedness:
- Intrapersonally
- Transpersonally
- Intrapersonally= connected within oneself
- Transpersonally= connected with higher power
What are these concepts:
- Faith
- Hope
Faith
Belief despite lack of evidence (can be in purpose as well as god)
Hope
Energizing source towards future goals/outcomes
What are the two dimension of spirtual well-being?
- Relationship between person and higher power (God, spirits)
- Positive relationships with others
What are teh differences in:
Religious Care
Spiritual Care
Religious Care
Helping person maintain faith to religion
Spiritual Care
Helping someone identify meaning in life
What is spiritual distress?
State of suffering from person unable to find meaning in life
(doubt, loss of faith…)
What types of spiritual distress often occur in:
- Acute illnesses
- Chronic Illness
Acute illnesses
Often person looks for way to stay faithful
Chronic Illness
Threaten’s person independence: fear/anxiety
What types of spiritual distress often occur from:
- Terminal Illness
- Near-death experience
Terminal Illness
Fear of isolation/the unknown
Near-death experience
Often relunctant to discuss: Isolation and depression
What is this assessment tool a nurse can utilize for spirituality:
FICA
F= Faith/belief
I= Importance and Influence
C= Community
A= Address
What do you collect during this part of the faith history:
Faith/belief
- Ask about religious source of guidance:
- Conflicts with medical treatments
What do you collect during this part of the faith history:
Life/self-responsibility
Ask patient’s understanding of illness limitations (how they will adjust)
What do you collect during this part of the faith history:
Connectedness
Ask patient if they are able to relate to something greater than self
(use as coping technique)
What do you collect during this part of the faith history:
Life-satisfaction
Ask patient’s life accomplishments (helps give energy to resolve problems)
What do you collect during this part of the faith history:
- Culture
- Fellowship and community
Culture
Ask about faith/belief systems of culture
Fellowship and community
Ask about support networks
What is important to note regarding:
Buddhists
Often refuse treatment on holy days
What is important to note regarding:
Christianity/Catholicism
- Allow use of prayer/lay of hands
- Catholics often annoint sick
What is important to note regarding:
Hinduism
- Believe past sins cause illness
- Prolonging life is discouraged
What is important to note regarding:
Islam
- Often wash/cloth dead
- Never cremate
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What is important to note regarding:
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Never allow blood transfusions (unless permited by holy member)
What is important to note regarding:
Judaism
- Often practice kosher diet (no pork)
- Life support is discouraged
When implementing care for health promotion, what is
- Establishing presence
Give attention, answer questions, express sense of trust
(“being with” rather than “doing for”)
What implentations can nurses make for:
Acute care
- Encourage support systems
- Diet therapies
- Support rituals
