After the presentation the participants
will:
1) describe aspects of spiritual care
2) perform spiritual assessments
3) relate the concepts of theosomatism
4) compare traditional with
contemporary cultural diversification
5) perform transcultural nursing
assessments in different populations
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
Community
2) Desire of Faith Community, Group,
Individual for Spiritual Care
3) Skills of the Faith Community Nurse(s)
4) Collaboration of Other Staff Members
and Volunteers
1) Meaning or Purpose to Life
2) Belief and Faith
3) Love
4) Forgiveness
5) Prayer
6) Meditation
7) Worship
Spiritual beings who are Human ?
Human beings who are Spiritual ?
Psychosomatic – Body Mind Connection
Theosomatic –Body Mind Spirit 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.
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
F – Faith and Belief
I - Importance
C – Community
A – Address in Care
GWish
H – Hope
O – Organized Religion
P – Personal (spirituality)
Practices
E – Effects on care and
End-of-Life Issues
Anandaragah & Hight
B - Belief System
E - Ethics and Values
L – Lifestyle
I – Involvement
E – Education
F – Future Events
Anonymous
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)
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
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12)
Economics
Educational Background
Health-related Beliefs and Practices
Kinships and Social Networks
Nutrition
Religion and Spirituality
Values Orientation
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
Family and Kinship Systems
Social Life and Networks
Political and Governmental Systems
Language and Traditions
Worldviews, Value Orientations, and
Cultural Norms
6) Religious Beliefs and Practices
7) Health Beliefs and Practices
8) Health Care Systems
1)
2)
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6)
7)
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9)
Environmental Context
Language and Ethnohistory
Technology
Religious/Philosophical
Social Factors
Cultural Values
Political/Legal
Economic
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