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    This document discusses spirituality in nursing and its relationship to holistic care. It defines spirituality as encompassing values, meaning and purpose that one finds through compassion and wisdom. Spirituality is distinguished from but may involve religion. Holistic nursing supports the connection between body, mind and spirit. Research shows patients want their spirituality addressed and that doing so improves their quality of life. The nurse's role involves listening to understand a patient's spiritual needs and assisting them in achieving wellness of body, mind and spirit. A spiritual assessment should determine a patient's faith, beliefs and practices to understand how these impact their health and develop an appropriate care plan.

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    This document discusses spirituality in nursing and its relationship to holistic care. It defines spirituality as encompassing values, meaning and purpose that one finds through compassion and wisdom. Spirituality is distinguished from but may involve religion. Holistic nursing supports the connection between body, mind and spirit. Research shows patients want their spirituality addressed and that doing so improves their quality of life. The nurse's role involves listening to understand a patient's spiritual needs and assisting them in achieving wellness of body, mind and spirit. A spiritual assessment should determine a patient's faith, beliefs and practices to understand how these impact their health and develop an appropriate care plan.

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    This document discusses spirituality in nursing and its relationship to holistic care. It defines spirituality as encompassing values, meaning and purpose that one finds through compassion and wisdom. Spirituality is distinguished from but may involve religion. Holistic nursing supports the connection between body, mind and spirit. Research shows patients want their spirituality addressed and that doing so improves their quality of life. The nurse's role involves listening to understand a patient's spiritual needs and assisting them in achieving wellness of body, mind and spirit. A spiritual assessment should determine a patient's faith, beliefs and practices to understand how these impact their health and develop an appropriate care plan.

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    Spirituality

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    This document discusses spirituality in nursing and its relationship to holistic care. It defines spirituality as encompassing values, meaning and purpose that one finds through compassion and wisdom. Spirituality is distinguished from but may involve religion. Holistic nursing supports the connection between body, mind and spirit. Research shows patients want their spirituality addressed and that doing so improves their quality of life. The nurse's role involves listening to understand a patient's spiritual needs and assisting them in achieving wellness of body, mind and spirit. A spiritual assessment should determine a patient's faith, beliefs and practices to understand how these impact their health and develop an appropriate care plan.

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    Spirituality in Nursing

    - A broad concept that encompasses values, meaning and purpose; one turns inward to the
    human traits of honesty, love, caring, wisdom, imagination and compassion
    - existence of a quality of a higher authority, guiding spirit or transcendence that is mystical
    - a flowing dynamic balance that allows and creates healing of body-mind spirit and may or may
    not involve religion

    Religion

    - institutionalization of life values, beliefs, and lifestyle amongst a shared group of people

    Holistic Nursing

    - supported by and alternately supports the intimate connection of body, mind, and spirit
    - Three components;
    1. Body: physical substance of a person that can be perceived an empirical reality
    2. Mind: that dimension of an individual that conceptualizes
    3. Spirit : life principle that is shared with humanity and body

    What do patients WANT?

    - Research shows that 2/3 of patients would welcome questions regarding their spirituality during
    their health history
    - Research also shown that when a patient’s spiritual needs are met they experience a greater
    quality of life

    The Nurse as a HEALER

    - The nurse truly is well situated to be an instrument of hearing


    - The concept of the nurse as healer incorporates the characteristics of all three definitions: that
    is the nurse must LISTEN to the voice of God; DESIRE to restore health either of body or of spirit;
    ATTEMPT TO ASSIST the patient in achieving integrity of body, mind and spirit

    Spiritual Assessment

    - “Standards Clarification” on spiritual assessment states: “spiritual assessment should at a


    minimum determine the patient’s denomination, beliefs, and what spiritual practice are
    important to the patient

    Three Elements of DATA GATHERING

    1. Basic spiritual assessment should include faith-based data on the patient’s relationship with
    institutional religious organizations (or alternative spiritually based groups eg. 12 step program)
    2. Assessment should also include a description of the patient’s belief system
    3. Assessment needs to identify significant practices that may impact care

    Assessment of Data

    - It is not enough to enumerate the patient’s faith, beliefs and practices


    - Spiritual assessment should also assess impact of faith, belief and practice on the patient’s
    understanding of wellness, or illness. Further, the assessment should indicate if other
    assessment is needed (eg. Assessment of spiritual pain, spiritual injury)

    Treatment Planning

    - Third element of spiritual assessment is the development of a plan of care that includes
    provision for caring

    Spirituality: An Intervention

    - Include spiritual assessment at the beginning of care, a continual assessment of spirituality


    throughout a plan of care and participating with a patient in their spiritual care as personally
    needed
    - Example: participation in prayer with a patient

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