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Spiritual care and patient management

As a nurse, I practice spirituality every time I am providing care to a sick human being whether I am at work or at some other places. In my profession, I don’t have to go too far to look for God for I believe that every human being is an image of God. If Jesus said “I was sick and you look after me…”(Matthew 25:36), therefore I feel like I find him in every one of my patients. Consequently, providing care to a sick person becomes my personal way to practice my faith and my spirituality.

By nature, we are all spiritual beings with physical embodiment. Our ability to understand and to create a vibrant relationship with that other aspect of oneself is important to establish equilibrium. Any type of disconnection between the spirit and the body will cause “dis-ease” which should be considered as negative feedbacks sent by nature alerting us on our disequilibrium and the urgent need to quickly solve the matter in order to bring about ease again. As a Nurse Practitioner, my job is to put that broken being together but to do so I must be able to dig deep into the soul of the patient in order to find the missing link and put it back to its proper place. The bible states, “God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth” (John 4: 24). Every time I look at my anxious patient in the eyes and tell him or her to keep the faith and continue to pray while medical and nursing care are been implemented, I still feel like I am inviting the patient to tap into his/her spirituality to speed up homeostasis. As an NP, the practice of yoga, prayer, spiritual songs, and other forms of spirituality practices will be incorporated in my plan of care.

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The bible

Jean Claudel Charles

MPH, MSN, RN

Doctor in Nursing Practice student at PBA