Spiritual Assessment Directions After reading about the tool below…

Spiritual Assessment Directions After reading about the tool below… Spiritual Assessment DirectionsAfter reading about the tool below (FICA Spiritual History Tool (Puchalski, 1996), type answers in the table below. FICA Spiritual History Tool (Puchalski, 1996)WHY: Older adults often need to find a way to cope with serious illnesses and end of life issues while re-evaluating life and spirituality. Research has shown that patients rely on their religion to help them cope with their illnesses and want their clinicians to ask about their spiritual concerns. The National Quality Forum (2006) and The National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care (2013) include spiritual care as one of eight clinical practice guidelines. Hence, clinicians need to incorporate a spiritual history into routine patient care. BEST TOOL: The FICA Spiritual History Tool (FICA) (Puchalski, 1996) was developed in collaboration with primary care providers as a guide for clinicians to incorporate open-ended questions regarding spirituality into a standard comprehensive history.  FICA pocket cards and a demonstration on how to perform a spiritual history may be found at The George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health website, www.gwish.org.  TARGET POPULATION:  Any older adult facing illness.  As people age, they often reflect on the past.  Spirituality, however defined by the patient, is often a component of reminiscing that may reinforce meaning and value to a person’s life.  VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY:  Preliminary clinical evaluation (n=76; mean age 57) of the feasibility and usefulness of the FICA was conducted as part of a larger National Cancer Institute funded study (B. Ferrell, P.I).  Content analysis was used to capture themes from FICA open-ended questions along with descriptive data from the single item FICA quantitative measure that asked patients to rate the importance of faith/belief in their life on a 0 (not important) to 5 (very important) scale.  The mean score of 8.40 indicated that spirituality was important to patients, and data confirmed that the FICA was effective for assessing several dimensions of spirituality based on correlation with spirituality indicators in the Quality of Life (QOL) Tool – Spiritual Domain (Borneman, et al., 2010).  Bremault-Phillips and colleagues (2015) used the FICA tool to integrate spirituality into routine patient care in three inpatient units (hospice, tertiary palliative care, and geriatric assessment) within a hospital setting.  Nurses became more aware of the need to recognize and respond to spiritual needs.  They also found that providing spiritual care facilitated connection with their patients, improved patient-centered care, and improved job satisfaction through meeting patient needs. A systematic review of instruments used to take a spiritual history was performed by Luchetti and colleagues (2013).  They looked at over 2000 articles and after excluding those not meeting criteria, 25 instruments for taking a spiritual history were selected.  Results revealed that the FICA tool was one of five that scored the highest in the final analysis.  STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS:  The FICA provides clinicians with a quick and easy means to conduct a spiritual history. Preliminary data from one hospital and one setting found the FICA to be clinically useful.  Further research is still needed. FOLLOW UP: Follow up assessment involves addressing all the issues in the FICA at every regularly scheduled visit.  This enables the clinician to make the appropriate referrals (e.g. to pastoral counseling) depending on the findings. QUESTIONSAssume you are a client answering a healthcare provider Faith and BeliefDo you consider yourself spiritual or religious? Do you have spiritual beliefs that help you cope with stress?  If the patient answers “No,” the healthcare provider might ask,What gives your life meaning?   ImportanceWhat importance does your faith or belief have in your life? Have your beliefs influenced how you take care of yourself in this illness? What is the role of your beliefs in regaining your health?  CommunityAre you part of a spiritual or religious community? Is this of support to you and how?  Is there a group of people you really love or who are important to you?  Address in CareHow would you like me, your healthcare professional, to address these issues in your healthcare?     Health Science Science Nursing NRS 520 Share QuestionEmailCopy linkComments (0)

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