1. Describe the spiritual practices you would use to prepare yourself to begin a spiritual care conversation with this patient. Tell us how these spiritual practices relate to important aspects of your spiritual journey and formation. The spiritual practices I would use to prepare myself with a spiritual care conversation with Mr. Yu who is dying would require be vulnerable and willing to make some mistakes to begin a spiritual care conversation. First like Steve in the example I would approach the oldest son or whoever seems to be willing to talk to me about Mr. Yu. It would depend upon who was willing to engage me in conversation when I walked in the room and introduced myself. There are stages in dying. Some people who are dying …show more content…
List the values (at least 3) and beliefs (at least 3) about intercultural spiritual care you would want to put into practice in a conversation with this patient and his family. Beside each value and beliefs, provide quotations from either Bidwell (Julie) or Grefe’s chapters that help you describe why this value or belief is part of your intentional theology. Please make sure you provide at least one quote from each: Bidwell, Grefe’s chapter 6 and Grefe’s chapter …show more content…
Therefore, I would use deep listening in my intercultural spiritual care conversation. “Deep listening, as a relational practice, is the ongoing dripline “of suspending self-orientated, reactive thinking and opening one’s awareness to the unknown and unexpected” (Bidwell, p.5) I believe it is important to pay attention to nonverbal cues. Therefore, I would use mindfulness in my intercultural spiritual care conversation. “Mindfulness and deep listening each evoke a “peaceful abiding” that facilitates awareness of subtleties of body, speech, and mind”. (Bidwell, p.5) I believe it is important to meet people right where they are. Therefore, I would try chanting in my intercultural spiritual care conversation. “Chanting certain sutras is believed to have a calming effect on the mind of the dying person.” (Grefe, p.122) I value self-awareness as it relates my intercultural spiritual care conversation. Therefore, I would be aware of my personal feelings and assumptions. “When I am providing spiritual care to a person of a different culture, my effectiveness is directly related to my awareness of my personal feelings and assumptions”. (Grefe, p.128) I believe we need to nurture relationships. As a result, in my intercultural spiritual care conversations “we need to develop ways to understand and nurture relationships, not just to exchange beliefs.” (Grefe, p.188). I value the difference between what some call their relationship with God and for others
Douglas, Rosenkoetter, Pacquiao, Callister, Hattar-Pollara, Lauderdale, Milstead, Nardi, & Purnell (2014) outline ten guidelines for implementing culturally competent care; knowledge of cultures, education and training in culturally competent care, critical reflection, cross-cultural communication, culturally competent practice, cultural competence in health care systems and organizations, patient advocacy and empowerment, multicultural workforce, cross-cultural leadership, and evidence-based practice and research. One specific suggestion I will incorporate is to engage in critical reflection. This is mentioned both by Douglas, et al. (2014) and Trentham, et al. (2007) as an important part of cultural competency. I will do this by looking at my own culture, beliefs, and values and examining how they affect my actions. I will use this information to better inform my day to day practice when working with patients with a different culture than my
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down has challenged me to start thinking about different ways to approach cultural barriers. Using the Lee family and Lia as an example, the book identifies the challenges that the family faced over the years and the challenges that the providers experienced as well. As a result, the book highlights the need for cross-cultural communication in medicine, in an attempt to eliminate the barriers faced by both parties.
Treating all patients with dignity, respect, and understanding to their cultural values and autonomy. Each patient comes with their own religious belief. With patient-centered care as health care providers, we have to have ways to work around a patient with different beliefs. Catering to their culture differences and needs is a must in order to fulfill their needs.
Cultural Competence is important for many reasons. First, it can help develop culturally sensitive practices which can in turn help reduce barriers that affect treatment in health care settings. Second, it can help build understanding, which is critical in competence, in order wards knowing whom the person recognizes as a health care professional and whom they views as traditional healer, can aid the development of trust and improve the individual’s investment and participation in treatment. Third, our population in the United States is not only growing quickly but also changing, cultural competence will allow us as educators and healthcare workers keep up wi...
An individual’s culture and belief may significantly impact the type of services they require. In addition, it may affect the time, place, and method in the delivery of health care
By every individual accepting and acknowledging that we are all different then there will be mutual respect for each other’s cultural difference. When these differences are explored in a safe, positive, and nurturing environment, they are more than simply tolerating others but that through these differences are instead commended and embraced. People become aware of each other’s difference and uniqueness such as religion, sexual orientation, race, gender, age and beliefs. When this is embraced by the health care providers then there will be improved care.
My personal experience with a special client was when a baby needed to have an IV place in head and this was a life or death situation. The Hmong family did not want to let the medical staff place an IV in the baby’s head because of their beliefs cultural belief that head sacred because the soul of the individual lives there and placing an IV could startle the soul out of the body. We had a Hmong interpreter but she was not getting anywhere with the family. I observed the family and noticed that two of the teenagers (ages 16 and 17) spoke English, I asked them to step outside in the hall and explained to them that if the baby did not get the IV that the baby would die, I know that your beliefs are very important to your family, but I feel in this situation that the baby’s soul will be ok, the baby needs this IV to be placed to keep him alive. Could you explain this to your parents, I will get everyone out of the room so you can discuss this with your family. Just come out and let me know what your family has decided. The teenagers were able to convince their parents to let the medical staff place the IV. The baby was then transferred to UC Davis Medical
Death is also part of life cannot be avoided or disregarded. Vietnamese Buddhists believe that a person's life is determined to prolong the life being meaningless. The family wants pray in order to have a peaceful trip to the next life. Maori spiritual healers have belief, which is connected with their culture, land and genealogy to repair the sense of identity and sense of belonging while they have serious sickness. In order to heal the person’s spirit, the person need to relearn the culture as part of a ritual health way. For Filipino Catholics, a priest is required to offer the ritual of the patient to invitation forgiveness for their sins to get the power and peace to the people goes through the way of dying. For many African-Americans have a strong faith, prayer and the power of God would heal their patients. Compared to non-Hispanic whites, African Americans are tending to reflect religion as a handling approach of progressive planning issues with end-of-life treatment. It is important to consider the role of spiritual leader and a spiritual care provider and partner of end-of-life care discussions. There is a strong faith and prayer, songs, music for the higher spiritual God to restore mental and physical balance in Native Hawaiian. To expression respect for a dying elderly, Hawaii family, including family expanded and
In healthcare organizations, medical staff must conform to their hospital and their country’s code of conduct. Not only do they have to meet set standards, they must also take their patient into consideration. When making a decision upon a patient, medical staff must recognize religious backgrounds and spiritual beliefs. By understanding a patients’ beliefs and their belief system, a medical worker can give the patient their deserved medical assistance without overstepping boundaries or coming off as offensive. The practices and beliefs of four religions will be articulated throughout this essay to fully understand how religion can either help or hinder the healing process.
Religion is a significant aspect of culture that must be understood and respected. Through understanding the differences in peoples cultures, a nurse who is tending to a patient who’s beliefs differ from his or her own can appropriately adjust care to respect the patient’s beliefs and
Throughout the healthcare field there is so much diversity in each client, which can be attributed to different backgrounds and spirituality of the patient. Spirituality in nursing is significant because many clients based their healthcare views off of spirituality and to provide them with the best care as possible. Spirituality and religion have different denotations and personal meanings to an individual person. The connotation of spirituality is a personal faith that is based off of one’s experiences and own beliefs. According to Jarvis (2012), “religion is the belief in a diving or superhuman power… to be obeyed and worshiped as the creator(s) and ruler(s) of the universe (p. 15). Personally, my view of spirituality coincides with religion, due to my spirituality being based off of the religion that I practice. I interviewed a 19-year-old Caucasian female, M.M., about her spirituality and how that attributes to her healthcare views. The focus of the client’s spirituality is directed towards being healthy in the mind, body, and spirit. The client’s spirituality will be discussed, as well as a teaching plan that is attributed to the client’s own spirituality.
Understanding one’s own culture is an important aspect of cross-cultural and intercultural communication, by allowing people to adapt and relate to different cultures. Culture can be defined as, “…a learned meaning system that consists of patterns of traditions, beliefs, values, norms, meanings, and symbols that are passed on from one generation to the next and are shared to varying degrees by interacting members of a community” (Ting-Toomey & Chung, 2012, pg. 16). Culture impacts how people communicate. Western countries, such as the United State and France, communicate differently than eastern countries, like China and Japan. High versus low context culture, and the iceberg metaphor of culture consisting of surface, intermediate and deep
Hamid, a student at State University has received his Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree and is currently in the final year of completion of his PhD. During his attendance at State University Hamid utilized the Foreign Student Advisors Office where he developed a close relationship with the advisor of that particular time. During the following years the student advisor was replaced by another student and the relationship between the advisor and Hamid was in its early phases. While not being a close friend, they were in fact friends. Hamid assumed that the role of a friend was to employ favors for one another. The ideal of doing nice things for each other in return for friendship was assumed on the part of Hamid.
Intercultural communication has many challenges that can be dissected by applying the concepts of communication to everyday interactions. Intercultural interaction is at an all time high due to progressive social advances and the widespread use of the internet. Now more than ever, individuals from different backgrounds are interacting with one another. This newfound cultural melting pot has shone a light on the cultural diversity in local communities and around the world. In order to analyse the interactions between these cultural backgrounds key concepts of intercultural communication must be applied. Through the analysis of intercultural communication different cultures can find better appreciations of each other 's practices, challenges,
Interactions between individuals with different cultural background are vital in the international business environment. As a result, intercultural communication has developed significantly within this globalised world (Jonasson and Lauring, 2012). However, due to different cultural issues and differences, intercultural communication challenges often arise, which renders the negotiation process between organisations difficult. Several methods by management can be adopted to overcome or minimise these challenges. In particular, the aim of this essay illustrates the main intercultural communication issues that surround European MNE managers when partaking into sales negotiations with potential Chinese customers (e.g. Chinese distributors, agents). In additions the management approaches that may be adopted to overcome these challenges will be discussed.