Michael T Hayden Medical Center - 1024 Words

Simon J Castro Grand Canyon University: HLT 302 10/05/2014 During the last week I have been observing spiritual needs of patients in the Carl T Hayden Medical center in Phoenix Arizona. A majority of the assessment was observation based and one patient was open to some questions. The assessment tool I used is a set of five questions and the tool is always preceded by observation. The assessment is based on the observation period involves looking for obvious signs of religious or spiritual activity. These signs could be religious literature in the patient possession, wearing religious insignia; such a necklace with a cross or Star of David, and noticing the activity of the chaplain rounds. My assessment is based off of the F.I.C.A†¦show more content†¦I felt that was probably a common theme, that the patients felt that they were a burden on the staff. The assessment does not ask what a patient specific beliefs are and this was designed to prevent patients that might possess diverse faiths as from feeling uncomfortable. Dameron (2005) states that is is important when assessing spiritual needs of a patient to no impart a religious belief or spiritual system onto the patient. The patient stated that his beliefs were important to him and he already did have religious literature or visits from the chaplain. This was to be expected and I realized that the patients selected for the assessment mostly already had signs or spiritual or religious belief, in the future I might attempt to assess a patient that do not show any outward signs of religious affiliation. The patient expressed that his spiritual needs already had been met, but they also enjoyed the opportunity to talk about the subject. I asked if there was anything I could do to help them spiritually, the patient asked to pray together while I took him to an appointment in his gurney. He asked for another Bible, her couldn’t find his. I also found it awkward to interact with the student nursing staff when I told them that a patient wanted a Bible to read, a student on rotation seemed confused. The desk nurse knew who to contact, so it would appear that the regular