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A 3 page research paper that discusses the difference between religious and spiritual considerations with a hospital setting. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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question caused his wife emotionally distress and Ufema responded by saying that the question was highly unprofessional and that the nursing supervisor should be immediately informed. This incident underscores the
difference between spirituality and religion as these factors apply within a hospital setting. Nurses should incorporate spirituality into their care practices and are, in fact, professionally and ethically obligated
to do so. However, professional ethics also demand that they do this in a manner that does not impose their own religious beliefs onto patients. As this suggests, there
is a distinct difference between religion and spirituality. Religion encompasses spirituality, but also refers to a distinct system of belief or dogma. Spirituality, on the other hand, is not
"confined to a belief system or practice of worship" (Furman, 2004, p. 50). Spirituality is informal in context; religion is formal. Within a hospital setting, principles of spirituality are primary
concern as this encompasses nurses empathically responding to their patients holistic needs. This does not mean that a patients religion should be ignored. Certainly, every patient should be asked
if he or she would like to speak to a spiritual counselor, such as rabbi, minister, etc. and the hospital chaplain should be notified of the request (Ufema, 2004). Also,
the dietary restrictions of Jewish and Moslem patients should be honored and other tenets of these faiths should influence nursing practice as well. For example, a nurse attending a patient
who is Orthodox Jewish should realize that these patients are forbidden to use their call buttons or even turn on a light on the Sabbath (i.e., from sundown Friday through
Saturday). Also, Orthodox Jews must wash their hands prior to every meal. Therefore, an attending nurse should be sure a basin for this purpose is available to bedridden patients.
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