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This 4 page paper discusses techniques for making a “spiritual assessment” of a patient and how a nurse might intervene to meet the patient’s needs. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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which suggests that physicians and healers who want to make a real difference need to pay attention to more than just their patients physical symptoms. This paper explores the necessity
for medical professionals to attend to a patients spiritual needs in addition to mitigating his physical condition. Discussion Discussing and evaluating a patients spiritual needs may seem strange to some
caregivers, but they are not obscure concepts. There is a model that caregivers can use to assess a patients spiritual wellbeing. That tool is called a BELIEF model, and comprises
the following components: "B = Belief or faith; E = Ethics; L = Lifestyle; I = involvement; E = Education; and F = Future events" (McEvoy, 2000, p. 216). McEvoy
suggests that there are suitable questions that a caregiver can ask a patient in each of these areas that will help determine that persons spiritual well-being (McEvoy, 2000). Questions include
whether the person "practices a formal religion" (belief); if they have any spiritual beliefs "that might affect the way they live their life or raise their children" (ethics); and if
they have some sort of routine, or something they do every day with regard to their religion or spirituality (lifestyle) (McEvoy, 2000). The caregiver can also ask if they belong
to a spiritual, community or religious group (involvement); if the children attend religious schools or receive religious instruction (education) and if the patient has spoken to anyone about their wishes
for the future (future events) (McEvoy, 2000). All of these questions should are appropriate and will help the caregiver determine the spiritual wellbeing of the patient. Such an assessment is
necessary because people who are experiencing problems "in the area of spiritual well-being" can be considered to be in "spiritual distress," a nursing diagnosis which "is included in the North
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