Action Plan

Action Plan

Spiritual Assessment Questionnaire

In order for the clinicians to be able to assess spirituality, it is considered to be essential for them to possess some awareness of the spirituuality they possess themselves. This is said because of the fact that it is only possible for them to care about the patient in consideration with the spirituality of the patient when the clinicians themselve are aware of their own spirituality. This will allow them to have stronger relationships with their patient. Different authors have stated in their readings that spiritual pain assessment depends on the caregiver's spirituality, and on their ability for reflection, for narrative, close listening, dicernment and intuition (Blanch, 2007). Following are the questions that can be asked in the assessment of the spirituality of the people:

What kind of things do you like to do? Are you currently involved in doing those things?

This question is important for the care providers, as through the answers they get, the care providers will be able to identify the activities that the individual like to do. This can help the care providers in motivating the individual for the treatment or therapy by asking them to get indulged into those activities, in times when he is feeling down or even during the period of providing treatment and therpeutic intervention (Blanch, 2007).

Where and how do you get the sense of the things you want to do?

This question will help the care providers in the process of giving therapeutic intervention to the individual, as the answer of this question will enable the care providers to identify the beliefs of the individual and will allow them to deal with the individual accordingly (Blanch, 2007).

Is there someone you communicate to for [religious/spiritual] assistance [matters]?

The answer of this question will enable the care providers to identify the people that the individual seeks assistance from in any kind of matter. The identification of the people and identity would allow the care providers to deal with the patient in a smilar manner, in which he is assisted by those people. In this manner, the care providers will be able to provide the patient with a comfort zone and the individual will in turn be motivated and at ease during the pariod of the intervention (Blanch, 2007).

Where do you get the meaning of your life from?

Again this question is important as this will identify to the care providers, the source that the patient seeks the meaning of life from. This will allow the care providers to use the source that the patient seeks the meaning of life from to keep the individual involved and motivated regarding his life (Russinova, Blanch, 2007).

Where do you get the required support from in your difficult times?

The identification of the answer of this question will provide the care providers the source that the patient identifies to take support from in difficult times and use it for providing support to the patient in the procedure of the intervention, as this might as well be a difficult time for ...