The Nature of Spirituality Flashcards
-Is recognized as a factor that contributes to health in many persons.
Spirituality
It includes the beliefs and value system that give people strength and hope
Spirituality
An organized and public belief system of worship and practices that generally has a focus on a God or supernatural power.
Religion
Spirituality fulfills
- Meaning to life, illness, crises, and death
- Guides daily habits
- Elicits acceptance or rejection of other people
- Provides psychological support in a group of like-minded people
- Gives strength when facing life’s crises
- Sense of security for present and future
- Healing strength and support
Focuses on the whole person in terms of physical and social
Spiritual Care
How a person responds to and deals with feelings of joy, anger, sorrow, guilt, remorse and love
Emotional
Relationship of a person to a higher power and gives insight into the meaning of life, suffering and death
Spiritual
Importance of Spiritual Care
Develop awareness of and maintain the following:
-Inner strength
-Self-awareness
-Life’s meaning and purpose
-Relationship to others
-Relationship to a higher power
Spiritual is done through
-Practice compassionate presence
-Listen to patient’s fears, hopes, pain, dreams
-Obtain a spiritual history
-Attentiveness to all dimensions of the patient and patient’s family: body, mind and spirit
-Incorporate spiritual practices as appropriate
-Involve chaplains as members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team
What are the five basic spiritual needs?
-A meaningful philosophy of life
-A sense of the transcendent
-A trusting relationship with God
-A relatedness to nature and people
-A sense of life meaning
When a person comes to a place where his or her life makes no sense or no meaning or purpose, depression and indifference sets in.
The Need for Meaning and Purpose
If the person can find no help for meaning and purpose in the future, he or she longs for death.
The Need for Meaning and Purpose
External circumstances in life situation are beyond one’s control.
Reasons for Man’s Search for Meaning in Life
The attitude a person choose to take toward life situation is within his/her control.
Reasons for Man’s Search for Meaning in Life
The spiritual journey relates to one’s inner struggle to shape attitude toward illness and even death itself
Reasons for Man’s Search for Meaning in Life
A relationship with God gives meaning to life
Reasons for Man’s Search for Meaning in Life
Where Do We Find Hope?
-Ultimately from our faith or understanding of our relationship to a higher power.
-The belief that a higher eternal power is in control provides meaning and purpose to any situation.
The spiritual need for love and fellowship is met only through a personal relationship with God.
The Need for Love and Relationships