Part I: Interview
Select a patient, a
family member, or a friend to interview. Be sure to focus on the interviewee’s
experience as a patient, regardless of whom you choose to interview.
Review The Joint
Commission resource which provides some guidelines for creating spiritual
assessment tools for evaluating the spiritual needs of patients. Using this
resource and any other guidelines/examples that you can find, create your own
tool for assessing the spiritual needs of patients.
Create a survey to assess
the subject’s spiritual need during the interview. The spiritual needs
assessment survey needs a minimum of five questions that can be answered during
the interview. During the interview, document the interviewee’s
responses.
Submit the transcript of
the interview. The transcript should include the questions asked and the
answers provided. Be sure record the responses during the interview by
taking detailed notes. Omit specific names and other personal information from
the interview.
Part II: Analysis
Write a 250-500 word
analysis of your interview experience. Be sure to exclude specific names and
other personal information from the interview. Instead provide demographics
such as sex, age, ethnicity, and religion. Include the following in your
response:
- What
went well? - What
would you do differently in the future? - Were
there any barriers or challenges that inhibited your ability to complete
the assessment tool? How would you address these in the future or change
your assessment to better address these challenges? - Describe
the spiritual experience you had with your patient, family member, or
friend using this tool. How does this tool allow you to better meet the
needs of your patient? - Did
you discover that illness and stress amplified the spiritual concern and
needs of your interviewee? Explain your answer with examples.
Submit both the
transcript of the interview and the analysis of your results.
Prepare this assignment
according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the
Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a
rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become
familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to
submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the
Student Success Center.
Spiritual Assessment
Revised | November 24, 2008
Q: Does the Joint Commission specify what needs to be
included in a spiritual assessment?
A:
No. Your organization would define the content and scope of
spiritual and other assessments and the qualifications of the individual(s)
performing the assessment.
Examples
of elements that could be but are not required in a spiritual assessment include
the following questions directed to the patient or his/her family:
·
Who or what provides the patient with strength and hope?
·
Does the patient use prayer in their life?
·
How does the patient express their spirituality?
·
How would the patient describe their philosophy of life?
·
What type of spiritual/religious support does the patient
desire?
·
What is the name of the patient’s clergy, ministers,
chaplains, pastor, rabbi?
·
What does suffering mean to the patient?
·
What does dying mean to the patient?
·
What are the patient’s spiritual goals?
·
Is there a role of church/synagogue in the patient’s
life?
·
How does your faith help the patient cope with illness?
·
How does the patient keep going day after day?
·
What helps the patient get through this health care
experience?
·
How has illness affected the patient and his/her family?
Rubric
1. Tool
for assessing the spiritual needs of patients is present and focuses on
experiences of patients. The tool uses effective methods for gathering data
that produces the results intended.
2. An
analysis of the interview experience is included and addresses all of the
points included in the assignment instructions. The analysis shows a deep
understanding of the connections.
3. Thesis
and/or main claim are comprehensive. The essence of the paper is contained
within the thesis. Thesis statement makes the purpose of the paper clear.
4. Clear
and convincing argument presents a persuasive claim in a distinctive and
compelling manner. All sources are authoritative.
5. Writer
is clearly in command of standard, written, academic English.
6. All
format elements are correct
