Spiritual Assessment The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization (JCAHO, 2008; JCAHO, n.d.) recognizes the importance of the spiritual component of a patient's evaluation. It covers his ways of coping, prayer life and religious practices, which make his life meaningful. This component, therefore, becomes an indispensable aspect of his total health care (JCAHO, JCAHO). Part of the chosen spiritual assessment of the sample patient is composed of the following questions: How does

Clinical Spiritual Assessment Instrument Spiritual Assessment Developing a Spiritual Assessment Instrument for Clinical Use Developing a Spiritual Assessment Instrument for Clinical Use The Joint Commission (2005) requires all healthcare organizations seeking accreditation to implement a patient spiritual needs assessment policy and recommends spiritual assessment training for all medical staff. The design and content of the spiritual assessment is left up to the organization, but an effective assessment strategy would be both respectful of the

Social Work: Spiritual Assessment Instruments for Spiritual Assessment One of the five instruments for spiritual assessment is the spiritual history. This is the only verbal instrument. A practitioner using spiritual history obtains a client’s spiritual information using two sets of questions. The first set of questions seeks to help the client tell their story from childhood to the present. The second set helps the practitioner elicit spiritual information from the client by

While intervention may not make a difference in their actual physical disease, it can make a patient more comfortable, more satisfied, and more at peace with themselves and their circumstances. Patient satisfaction is extremely important for overall patient health and in return visits for continued health care. Studies indicate if patients are dissatisfied or unhappy with their care, they may forego visits or visit another practitioner (Wrench & Booth-Butterfield,

Spiritual Needs Assessment of a Patient For the recovery of any patient, especially those with terminal illnesses, there is a need to have a wholesome recovery which does not only dwell on the medicinal administration but also of the soul through spiritual nourishment. This will ensure they get out of the hospital with renewed strength and faith and hope for a better life in the future. This can only be achieved

Spirituality is often equated with religiosity and then fundamentally neglected in medical care, as a result of the perceived need to limit potential sensitive and personal discussion, especially with regard to differences of opinion regarding beliefs and practices between all individuals involved. (Tanyi, 2006) Yet, religion and religious beliefs are only a very small part of spirituality and there are a number of nursing interventions that have little if nothing