Unit SummaryUnit One SummaryUnit Objectives1) Understanding the dignity of all human persons, created in the Image of God. 2) Gaining a sense of the role and history of spirituality in nursing and health care.3) Becoming familiar with the fundamental concepts needed in looking at health care from a transcultural perspective.4) Jumping into the importance of spirituality in healthcare by looking at one of the special cases of our times: spiritual needs in mass casualty disasters.Assignment Summary [Please do these assignments in the order given below. You will be using these assignments for the Discussion Board Forum]1) Watch Videos #1 and #2, to the right within this unit material, on the dignity of each and every human life and the importance of caring for the whole patient, including their spiritual and religious needs. Re-read chapter 1 in our course text, Spirituality of Nursing, pgs 1 – 16, in light of these 2 videos. 2) Read in our course text, Spirituality in Nursing, by Mary Elizabeth O’Brien, chapter 2, pages 21 – 44.3) Read in our course text, Guide to Culturally Competent Health Care, 2nd edition, pages 1 – 20. If you are using the 3rd edition, read pages 1 – 21. Familiarize yourself with the material in the various charts in these pages. It is not necessary to memorize any of this material in all these charts! These charts are to help you become acquainted with key concepts in transcultural healthcare.4) Read in Spirituality in Nursing, by Mary Elizabeth O’Brien, chapter 14, pages 289 – 319. We are jumping to this chapter, due to the times in which we are living!5) Watch Video #3, to the right within this unit material, on how to practice Spiritual Care and Attentiveness during the Covid healthcare crisis.6) For Unit 1, Discussion Board, make your original discussion board post no later than Friday night, May 22, at 11:55 pm and your reply post for Unit 1, no later than Monday, May 25, at 11:55 pm. Questions are found in the Discussion Board Portlet on this Unit 1 page. The actual forum for posting your original post for Unit 1 Discussion Board questions will not become available for posting until Monday, May 18. Why is this? By keeping all forums from appearing at once in the discussion board, this helps students to post in the correct forum for a unit. We will discuss this more during our online meeting on May 19! So, go ahead and compose your answers to the questions as a WORD document to work ahead – then you can make your post when the forum opens!7) Remember that late discussion board posts are subject to point penalties, usually 1 point per late day. Be sure and follow the discussion board guidelines for good posts as found under the Discussion Board Guidelines and Competencies button. All forums can be reached by choosing the Collaboration Button, then choose Forums.You must also show support for your response from the assigned reading and viewing material. It is insufficient merely to answer discussion board questions from your own personal experience and opinions. Discussion Board Questions Unit OneYou are required to answer all parts of all the questions below. Also, you must label and set up your Original Discussion Board post according to the way the questions below are numbered and labelled. Allow each separately numbered part below to be one paragraph in your overall post. Just make one overall post. Do not enter separate original posts for each sections below. It is not necessary to repeat the question in giving our answer. However, do label your answers to match the numbering of the question to insure proper grading!Question 1: From your re-reading of chapter 1 of Spirituality in Nursing, coupled with your consideration of assigned videos #1 and #2, what would you say is meant when we say that the basic spiritual posture of nursing & healthcare is “standing on holy ground?” What does chapter 1 in our course text, coupled with video #2, help you understand about holistic nursing of the body, mind-spirit connection? Why is this important? Is there some aspect of the various dimensions of “caring” for the patient, as talked about in chapter 1, that stands out for you as particularly key for your view of nursing? Why or why not?Question 2: After reading chapter 2 of Spirituality in Nursing, what particular stage of the development of the Nursing vocation, from the perspective of its spiritual history, stood out as particularly interesting and important for your own self-understanding as a nurse or healthcare practitioner? Why? Give us some “beef” regarding why you chose a particular stage.Question 3: Having read and reflected upon the assigned material this week from our course text, Guide to Culturally Competent Health Care, how would you answer the following questions? Be sure and number the answers to your questions to match the numbering of the following questions themselves: A) Name 3 key aspects of what we mean by the term ‘culture’ B) What is the difference between primary and secondary characteristics of culture? What role does Religion play in this? C) Look at the list of attitudes that those working in health care should develop to become “culturally competent” in their dealing with patients, found on page 5. Choose one that you sense you have already developed and explain why you think this is the case. D) Looking at this same list on page 5, choose one that you would like to develop more thoroughly as a result of our study this term – and explain why that is the case. E) In considering the charts that depict the various domains and concepts that we will be using to gain a window into the various cultural groups we will study, take a close look at the charts numbered Box 2-9; 2-10; 2-11 and 2-12, on pages 18 -20 of our course text in the 2nd edition or pages 19 – 21, in the 3rd edition. These charts provide the categories that we will be most interested in as we progress through the various cultures we will study in this course: namely the domains of death rituals, spirituality and spiritual practices, health care practices and health care practitioners. As you look at these 4 domains, put yourself in the shoes of the patient, for practice. Choose two of these that are most important about YOURSELF, i.e., domains that you would want a health-care provider to be aware of in treating you. Name these two domains and briefly discuss why these are important to you. Question 4: In this course, we will be looking at both various real human situations and different religious traditions to see how we might minister to the spiritual and physical needs of our patients. Our course text, Spirituality in Nursing, 6th edition, has added a significant chapter, chapter 14, on a set of special conditions for our times – namely – mass disasters – as a test case – wherein the special skills of those of us in healthcare will be called forth in unusual ways. Sometimes, crisis situations help us see things in sharp relief, which are beneficial for us, all the time. After reading chapter 14, name and discuss 3 key insights that you learned and want to be aware of and sensitive to – regarding caring for patients – in both their physical and their spiritual needs – not only during mass disasters but all the time! Is there any particular reason why you chose these insights? If so, please share that with the class.Question 5: Since the current Covid-19 pandemic is a type of mass disaster, what further insight did you gain from Video #3 on providing Spiritual Care during the current Covid epidemic?
