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The concept of a spiritual worldview incorporates religion and spiritually, as well as many other philosophical or popular beliefs and reference point that make assumptions about the larger context of human existence. To many people, their worldview is the most important thing in their lives with seceding role in directing behavior, guiding attitude to health, work and relationship; and strongly influencing how they regard themselves and others. As a professional nurse, I put aside my personal religious views and not to apply them to the patient’s life. In life, it is not a must to agree on either religious views, political or taste of music to come into terms.

Thinking about religion and spirituality, as dimensions of a person’s spiritual worldview helps us to be responsive to the complex and diverse ways in which people personalize their beliefs. This means we are less likely to make assumptions about their needs, wishes, and practices based on a generalized term on their admission paperwork (Park, Currier, Harris, & Slattery, 2017).Furthermore, understanding the patient’s worldview helps us to develop a better understanding the patient’s worldview helps us to develop a better understanding of the patient and their complex; assists in the collaborative dialogue that encourages patients to commit to treatment regimens and healthy-living practices; lets patients know that we are concerned with the whole person; lastly, helps us support spiritual patients to tap into resources that they contribute to improved coping and wellbeing. If I were in a position that I couldn’t make my own decision and the individual that I have designated as my health proxy was not present to make decisions on my behalf. 

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When it comes to facilitating spiritual care with worldviews that are different from my own, my strengths are that I have discussed spirituality and religiosity with my patients in my initial assessment so I am already aware of any needs or desires they may have.  If they have a different perspective than mine, I discuss the specifics of what they expect if the situation arises where spirituality needs to be considered.  If I am unfamiliar with their desires, I research it at the earliest opportunity and then revisit it to be sure that we are on the same page.  Over the years, my patients have educated me more than any other source and that education of different spirituality, religions, and cultures is something I pack away in my tool box for use again.

My weakness, in regards to spiritual care, is that I want to do everything I can to save or preserve a life, and at times, patients do not agree, so I have to respect their wishes. 
It’s truly difficult to accept the desires of a Jehovah witness new mom who is hemorrhaging and refusing blood.  My belief is that God wants me to do everything I can to ensure survival of both mom and baby.  When a mother is clearly in danger of losing her life but stands firm in her decision to refuse blood, I struggle with holding my tongue and pray for a quick intervention.  I have seen this situation go both ways and I will never understand a person who chooses to accept death that easily when life is so easily maintained, however, I continue to respect that is a part of their belief system.

 There are so many aspects of being “healthy”. It can be challenging to give attention to every area of health that needs care. For example some people might be in good physical health but be lacking in the area of mental health, which consequently can have negative impacts on your physical wellbeing. I have always been pretty healthy in terms of getting enough exercise and eating healthy. Nursing school has definitely taken a tole on my health. My body does not handle stress well at all and I can feel the negative impact the stress of school, work and being a single mom has taken on me. I was able to manage much better in the beginning, I was going to yoga a lot and eating really healthy. The last 6 months I have been going to the gym less and less and the stress has robbed me of my appetite which has caused me to lose weight and lose energy. I have been working to get a handle on my mental health so that I can push through the rest of the program in a health way and not be so stressed out. I have been doing research into burnout and how to combat it. I have started doing more meditation to try and clear my head and taking my life one day at a time in order to not get overwhelmed. It is so important to focus on every aspect of health so that we can be well enough to take care of our families and our patients.  

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Choose a family in your community and conduct a family health assessment using the following questions below. 

TURNITIN ASSIGNMENT! PLEASE, NO PLAGIARISM. 

1. Family composition.    Type of family, age, gender and racial/ethnic composition of the family. 

2.  Roles of each family member.  Who is the leader in the family?  Who is the primary provider?  Is there any other provider? 

3.  Do family members have any existing physical or psychological conditions that are affecting family function? 

4.  Home (physical condition) and external environment; living situation (this must include financial information).  How the family support itself.         For example; working parents, children or any other member 

5.  How adequately have individual family members accomplished age-appropriate developmental tasks? 

6.   Do individual family member’s developmental states create stress in the family? 

7.  What developmental stage is the family in?  How well has the family achieve the task of this and previous developmental stages?   

8.  Any family history of genetic predisposition to disease? 

9.  Immunization status of the family? 

10.  Any child or adolescent experiencing problems 

11.  Hospital admission of any family member and how it is handle by the other members? 

12.  What are the typical modes of family communication?  It is affective?  Why? 13.  How are decision make in the family? 

14.  Is there evidence of violence within the family?  What forms of discipline are use? 

15.  How well the family deals with crisis? 

16.  What cultural and religious factors influence the family health and social status? 

17.  What are the family goals? 

18.  Identify any external or internal sources of support that are available? 

19.  Is there evidence of role conflict?  Role overload? 

20.  Does the family have an emergency plan to deal with family crisis, disasters?

Identify 3 nursing diagnosis and develop a short plan of care using the nursing process.  Please present a summary of your assessment in an APA format on a 12 Arial font, word document attached to the forum in the discussion tab of the blackboard title “family assessment” Please use at least 3 scholarly evidence-based practice references to sustain your assessment.  

A minimum of 1000 words are required, excluding the first and reference page (Websites can be used but will not count toward grading). 

– Discuss the similarities and differences in how each nursing theorist (my group’s theorist Myra Levine’s Conservational Theory compared to the following groups’ theorists: 1. Sister Callista Roy -The Roy Adaptation Model (RAM), and 2. Jean Watson’s theory of Human Caring/carimng Science.

– Also, defined metaparadigm concepts (that is, patient, health, environment, and nursing). 

Use a minimum of two scholarly references in APA style to support your replies.

See the attached examples of other Group posts presentation.

Turnitin Assignment.

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