After the presentation the participants will:

1) describe aspects of spiritual care2) perform spiritual assessments 3) relate the concepts of theosomatism4) compare traditional with contemporary

cultural diversification5) perform transcultural nursing

assessments in different populations

Program Objectives

American Nurses Association Scope and Standards of Practice Faith community nursing is a specialized practice of professional nursing that focuses on the intentional care of the spirit as well as on the promotion of wholistic health and prevention or minimization of illness within the context of a faith community. ANA (2012) p.5

Simply – Spiritual health is having a healthy soul

Hymns about a “Healthy Soul”

I Am Content ! My Jesus Ever Lives Be Still , My Soul It Is Well With My Soul Participants’ Hymn Choices ?

1) Beliefs and Practices of the Faith Community2) Desire of Faith Community, Group, Individual for Spiritual Care3) Skills of the Faith Community Nurse(s)4) Collaboration of Other Staff Members and Volunteers

Forms of Spiritual Care [for Health] will depend upon:

1) Meaning or Purpose to Life 2) Belief and Faith 3) Love 4) Forgiveness 5) Prayer 6) Meditation 7) Worship

Parts of SpiritualitySpirituality – Search for the Sacred The Sacred being God (as the Trinity) and Jesus for Christians

Spiritual beings who are Human ?

Human beings who are Spiritual ?

Psychosomatic – Body Mind Connection

Theosomatic –Body Mind Spirit Connection

Spirituality-Health Connection

1) Religious affiliation and membership benefit health by promoting healthy behaviors and lifestyle.

2) Regular religious fellowship benefits health by offering support that buffers the effects of stress and isolation

3) Participation in worship and prayer benefits health through physiological

effects of positive emotions.

Seven Principles of Theosomatic Medicine

4) Religious beliefs benefit health by their similarity to health-promoting beliefs

and personality styles.

5) Simple faith benefits health by leading to thoughts of hope, optimism, and positive expectations.

6) Mystical experiences benefit health by activating healing bioenergy or life force or altered state of consciousness.

7) Absent prayer by others is capable of healing by paranormal means or by divine intervention. (Levin)

Presence – being there and in the present

Listening – active listening, hearing them

Empathy – understanding what others feel

Vulnerability - willingness to share in the experience of another, “feel with”

Humility – recognize human weaknesses as well as strengths

Commitment – acceptance of the fullness of life with all of its human responses

Therapeutic Use of Self for Spiritual Caregiving

F – Faith and Belief I - Importance C – Community A – Address in Care

GWish

Assessment Tools - 3

H – Hope O – Organized ReligionP – Personal (spirituality)

PracticesE – Effects on care and End-of-Life Issues

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B - Belief SystemE - Ethics and ValuesL – LifestyleI – InvolvementE – EducationF – Future Events

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Simply - Differences in Cultures

Traditional – values, beliefs, practices, and customs in diverse and ethnic groups

Contemporary – religious affiliation, language, physical size, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability (physical and mental), political orientation, socioeconomic status, occupation and geographical

location (Campinha-Bacote)

Cultural Diversity

Andrews/Boyle Transcultural Nursing Assessment Guide for Individuals and Families

1) Biocultural Variations and Cultural Aspects of the Incidence of Disease 2) Communication 3) Cultural Affiliations 4) Cultural Sanctions and Restrictions

5) Developmental Considerations

Assessment Tools - 3

6) Economics 7) Educational Background 8) Health-related Beliefs and Practices 9) Kinships and Social Networks10) Nutrition11) Religion and Spirituality12) Values Orientation

Andrews/Boyle Transcultural Nursing Assessment Guide for Individuals and Families (continued)

1) Family and Kinship Systems 2) Social Life and Networks 3) Political and Governmental Systems 4) Language and Traditions 5) Worldviews, Value Orientations, and Cultural Norms 6) Religious Beliefs and Practices 7) Health Beliefs and Practices 8) Health Care Systems

Andrews/Boyle Transcultural Nursing Assessment Guide for Groups and Communities

1) Environmental Context2) Language and Ethnohistory3) Technology4) Religious/Philosophical5) Social Factors6) Cultural Values7) Political/Legal8) Economic9) Education

Andrews/Boyle Transcultural Nursing Assessment Guide for Health Care Organizations and Facilities

 

American Nurses Association (2012). Faith community nursing: Scope and standards of practice (2 ed.). Silver Springs, MD: Author. pp. 5, 8.

Anandarajah, G.,& Hight, E. (2001). Spirituality and medical practice: Using the HOPE questions as a practical tool for spiritual assessment. American Family Physician, 63(1), 81–89.

Andrews, M. A., & Boyle, J. S. (2012). Transcultural concepts in nursing care. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Campinha-Bacote, J. (2003). Many faces: Addressing diversity in healthcare. Journal of Issues in Nursing, 8,

1. (The) George Washington Institute for Spirituality &

Health (GWish). FICA spirituality history tool.  

References and Bibliography

Harrison, M. C. (2008). Christ have mercy: How to put your faith in action. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing Co.

Kleinig, J. W. (2008). Grace upon grace: Spirituality for today. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing Co.

Koenig, H. G. (2007). Spirituality in patient care giving: Why, how, when and what. (2nd ed.). Radnor, PA: Templeton Foundation Press.

Levin, J. (2001). God, faith, and health. New York: John Wiley & sons, Inc.

Shelly, J.A. & Fish, S. (1988). Spiritual care: The nurses role. (3rd ed.). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.

Weaver, J. (2002). Having a mary heart in a martha world. Colorado Springs, CO: Waterbrook Press.