For many‚ health is not just about the body‚ but it is about the mind‚ body‚ and soul combined. Even when one is out of balance‚ the person is unable to have full body wellness and health. I am a firm believer in the balance of the mind‚ body and soul. As nurses‚ our main focus is the health and wellness of they body but what many may not realize is by using spiritual care for the mind and soul it can positively benefit the body. For me‚ I find the whole concept and practice of spiritual care to
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research · education Spiritual care in nursing: a systematic approach Govier I (2000) Spiritual care in nursing: a systematic approach. Nursing Standard. 14‚ 17‚ 32-36. Date of acceptance: November 11 1999. Ian Govier MSc‚ BN‚ DipN‚ RGN‚ PGCE‚ RNT‚ is Charge Nurse/Ward Manager‚ Powys Ward‚ Welsh Regional Burns Unit‚ Morriston Hospital‚ Swansea NHS Trust. Summary Ian Govier suggests that patients will benefit if nurses adopt a systematic approach to assessing spiritual needs. However‚ it may
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This assignment is about how to plan and conduct a health promotion advice on an individual patient to improve patient’s quality of healthy life. In this essay‚ the author will first of all outline how the government policies‚ which are the National Service Framework (NSF) for Long-term Conditions and the NSF for Diabetes‚ were developed. The author will outline briefly all benefits are for her particular patient – Mr Smith (pseudonym name) in compliance with the NMC (2008) on confidentiality‚ is
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Definition of health The definition of health means staying healthy. To have good health practises you need to be doing healthy things regularly. This means making good choices‚ such as a good and nutritious diet (what you eat and drink) and making good friends‚ as they influence you emotionally and spiritually. Lifestyle decisions are also included in the definition of health. For example you will need good physical health‚ to help burn off the calories that you eat. You might be in a sporting team
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An prize winning essay detailing the many negative physical and emotional effects of abortion on the mother‚ by Alyssa Endres. Abortion is the knowing destruction of the life of an unborn child. But this is only part of the story as abortion also hurts the woman involved. Abortion affects women physically‚ emotionally‚ and spiritually. When an abortion is performed on a woman‚ she becomes subject to many physical complications. Blood loss during the procedure causes diversion of blood flow to various
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Health Promotion In this reflection essay I will discuss about health promotion activity which took place during my placement in St’Clare Centre ‚Glassnevin‚ Ballymun. Health promotion allows one to empower and educate individuals to make lifestyle choices and changes to promote their health and help prevent disease (Naidoo and Wills 2000). This can be challenging when individual health beliefs differ. According to Whitehead (2004) the concept changes with demands‚ it is delivered by health workers
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The word health means such different things to different people that it is difficult to define. It is used to explain not only a feeling of wellness‚ but a lack of illness. For example‚ the feeling of well-being for a teenage may be different to the feeling of a 50-year-old diabetic. When we suffer from a cold or headache we think we are ill but a cancer patient recovering from chemotherapy wouldn’t consider a headache as being ill. Today health is explained not only in physical terms but also
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Running head: THE SPIRITUAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT TOOL The Spiritual Needs Assessment Tool Grand Canyon University Spirituality in Health Care HLT-310V September 06‚ 2011 The Spiritual Needs Assessment Tool For health care providers to deliver the best holistic care that patients deserve‚ a thorough spiritual assessment must be included during their care. With more research showing a relationship between supporting a patient’s spirituality with their health and ability to cope with illness
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Spiritual Needs Assessment What provides you with strength and hope? God does provides me with strenght and hope. Through the bible his promises provide me with knowledge‚ strength and hope which is solidified through my prayers. My husband is very knowledgable when it comes to the bible and he can always help me to understand and bring me comfort. Do you have prayer in your life? Attend church? I usually prayer alone at night. I pray for others who are having problems in life or with
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Unity and Diversity in Spiritual Care We are told that the very essence of good nursing is to help a person attain or maintain wholeness in every dimension of their being. ’Holism’ has become the buzz word of the nineties‚ and nurses are frequently exhorted to care for the whole person. A new wave of terminology has evolved around this concept‚ and now in nursing theory you’ll sometimes find a person described as a biopsychosocial unit! Is this a new direction or focus for nursing‚ or are we
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