Difference between Spirituality and Religion

This assignment includes writing a 4-5 page paper addressing the differences between spirituality and religion as well as your personal thoughts about spirituality and the role of spirituality in providing holistic nursing care. You are asked to discuss how you have addressed the spiritual needs of patients and how spirituality and spiritual needs can be addressed with people who are not of a Judeo-Christian background. Upon successful completion of the course material, you will be able to: Analyze the differences between spirituality and religion. Evaluate personal and agency effectiveness in assessing and utilizing data about clients’ spiritual and sociocultural needs. Describe effective ways to deliver appropriate nursing interventions to address spiritual needs. Resources Textbook: Professional Nursing: Concepts and Challenges File: Partial List of References for the Textbook by Black – 7th edition APA File: Resources for Workshop 4: Cultural Considerations and Spirituality Website: Grammarly Background Information Nurses often focus on the physical needs of their patients and avoid discussing other potential areas of need, i.e. sociocultural needs, psychological needs, and spiritual needs. In particular, spirituality and religion often seems to be a “taboo” topic. It may be addressed on an impersonal level by simply noting the answer to a question that is asked on the admission history: “Are there any religious or cultural considerations the staff needs to be aware of? ” Beyond this, often the subject of spirituality or evaluation of spiritual needs may not come up for the remainder of time you care for the patient. The purpose of this assignment is to assist you in evaluating your own views of spirituality and religion and to open your eyes to the spiritual needs of your patients. As you reflect on this paper, you will become more comfortable with the idea of providing spiritual care to your patients as well as attending to spirituality within yourself. Instructions Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for earning your grade. In your textbook, Professional Nursing: Concepts and Challenges, review the section about spirituality in Chapter 13, “Nurses, Patients, and Families: Caring at the Intersection of Health, Illness, and Culture.” Review the Resources for Workshop 4: Cultural Considerations and Spirituality. Write a 4-5 page paper using APA 7 format and address the following areas: Define the concepts of religion and spirituality supporting these definitions with citations from professional literature that you have read. Describe the difference between religion and spirituality. Discuss your personal definition of spirituality. Describe the role of spirituality in providing holistic nursing care. Describe a spiritual assessment tool that you have found through your research. Several tools are known by their acronyms, such as CSI-MEMO, FICA, HOPE, SPIRIT, and FAITH. Describe your personal comfort level with assessing and providing spiritual care. Would you ever consider using one of these assessment tools? Describe effective ways to deliver appropriate nursing interventions to address spiritual needs. Discuss ways to provide spiritual care to patients who are not of the Christian perspective. Describe a personal clinical experience of providing spiritual care. A minimum of three references should be cited within this paper. These references must be from professional literature and must support the definitions for religion and spirituality included in your paper. There are some excellent articles on religion and healthcare written over five years ago, so the requirement for an article that is current within the last five years does not apply to this paper. This paper is to be written in FIRST person.