Spirituality paper

Running head: NURSING
Spirituality paper
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1NURSING
Introduction- Although providing an accurate definition for spirituality is difficult,
providing support to the individual spiritual needs and preferences of patients often assist the
nurses in enhancing client health outcomes, and increasing their overall wellbeing.
Spirituality in healthcare encompasses the part of an individual that provides meaning and
objective to the life of a person (Rogers & Wattis, 2015). This essay will contain a reflective
account of the thoughts, ideas and feelings after reading the chapter 17 titled, “The Use of
Remedies”.
Reflection- The chapter highlights on the fact that diseases never occur without
specific cause and greater number of people are subjected to sufferings, owing to their own
misdeeds. The authors also suggested that transgression of people against laws of nature often
produces indisputable results, and under circumstances when people fall sick, most of them
fail to acclaim their suffering to root cause (White, 2011). However, they are found to hold
God responsible for their condition. This idea presented in the chapter was congruent with
my thoughts and philosophy as I have often encountered patients who require spiritual
support and/or attention in order to deal with their sufferings. It is typically easy on the part
of individuals to blame God for the onset of any chronic illness, without taking into
consideration the fact that failure in maintaining a healthy lifestyle might also have led to the
condition (Mauk, & Schmidt, 2004). I have also come across several people who resort to
different activities for getting healed, namely, appeals for mercy, lamentations, declarations,
and bargaining.
The authors placed a due focus on a plethora of rational remedies, which should be
implemented following conducting a comprehensive assessment of the true nature of the
illness, and removal of the cause. They also acknowledged intemperate eating as a major risk
factor for illness and suggested that adherence to a strict fruit diet often provides relief.
(White, 2011) Adequate explanation was provided on the benefits of taking rest and drinking