Patient’s Spiritual Needs
In addition to the topic study materials, use the chart you completed and questions you answered in the Topic 3 about “Case Study: Healing and Autonomy” as the basis for your responses in this assignment.
Answer the following questions about a patient’s spiritual needs in light of the Christian worldview.
- In 200-250 words, respond to the following: Should the physician allow Mike to continue making decisions that seem to him to be irrational and harmful to James, or would that mean a disrespect of a patient’s autonomy? Explain your rationale.
- In 400-500 words, respond to the following: How ought the Christian think about sickness and health? How should a Christian think about medical intervention? What should Mike as a Christian do? How should he reason about trusting God and treating James in relation to what is truly honoring the principles of beneficence and nonmaleficence in James’s care?
- In 200-250 words, respond to the following: How would a spiritual needs assessment help the physician assist Mike determine appropriate interventions for James and for his family or others involved in his care?
Remember to support your responses with the topic study materials.
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This benchmark assignment assesses the following competencies:
BS Nursing (RN to BSN)
5.2: Assess for the spiritual needs and provide appropriate interventions for individuals, families, and groups.
So this is my previews assignment Topic 3 about “Case Study: Healing and Autonomy” as the basis for your responses in this assignment.
My professor put this comment for me on this assignment.
Jessica, Medical Indications: this box should have information about the patient’s condition — his illness, diagnosis, etc. Yours does not possess this information. Patient Preferences: Good. Quality of LIfe: You do not actually discuss the quality of life for the boys based on what is happening and what might happen. How will they live? etc. Contextual Features: You provide a theoretical description of what Justice and Fairness are, but you do not apply it to this case. Your answers to the evaluation questions are quite good. Please keep this chart (and update it based on my comments above); you will use it in an upcoming assignment. Best, Dr. Bogue
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Healthcare providers take care of patients who belong to diverse culture and religion; hence, they uphold different values and beliefs when it comes to matters of their health. Therefore, there is a need to conduct spiritual needs assessment so as to determine the role that spirituality will play in the healthcare of a patient. Also, it will provide physicians with a deeper insight into understanding the religious beliefs of their patients. Spiritual health is as important as physical health to most patients hence comprehending the role of religion in health is essential in administering quality care. However, the patients’ family should maintain their spiritual beliefs, and they need to allow doctors to intervene in situations that impact the health of loved ones by also maintaining their religious beliefs.
- The Actions the Physician Should
The physician should not allow Mike to continue making decisions concerning James treatment. This is because those decisions are harmful and irrational to James since they had already been made before, but James condition…
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