GCU HLT302 Full Course: Spirituality and Christian Values in Health Care and Wellness
GCU HLT302 Full Course: Spirituality and Christian Values in Health Care and Wellness
GCU HLT302 Full Course: Spirituality and Christian Values in Health Care and Wellness
Week 1 Discussion
DQ1 What personal assumptions or beliefs
have shaped your worldview? What has shaped your philosophy of health care?
What reservations do you have about spirituality in health care and wellness?
DQ2 Based on your readings, what is the
main difference between the modern Western worldview and the current postmodern
worldview? Which parts, if any, do you identify with? Explain. Cite references
from your reading to support your answer.
HLT302
Spirituality and Christian Values in Health Care and Wellness
Week 2 Discussion
DQ1 The ethos of scientism and
postmodernism has exacerbated the perceived philosophical and cultural tension
between science and religion. What is your perception of this tension?
DQ2 Review the Worldviews in Nursing
Theories section of Chapter 3 in Called to Care: A Christian Worldview for
Nursing. Select two of the definitions
of “health” provided in the text.
Within the context of the broader worldview, describe the two selected
definitions of “health” of the (six) worldview concepts and nursing
theories described in your textbook. How
would you define health?
HLT302
Spirituality and Christian Values in Health Care and Wellness
Week 3 Discussion
DQ1 What do you believe makes us human?
Cite references from your reading to support your answer.
DQ2 What is the Christian concept of the
imago dei? How might it be relevant to health care and why is it important?
HLT302
Spirituality and Christian Values in Health Care and Wellness
Week 4 Discussion
DQ1 What is your earliest memory of being
sick? Similarly, what is your first memory of some sort of medical care? Was it
positive? Looking back on it from the vantage point of your current knowledge
and experience, was your care back then good and adequate?
DQ2 On first glance, how would you define
what it means for something to be “natural”? According to Called to
Care: A Christian Worldview for Nursing, the textbook, what does the Bible tell
us about natural creation or the “natural” world? Base your response
from the GCU introduction and the textbooks. Cite references from your reading
to support your answer.
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Spirituality and Christian Values in Health Care and Wellness
Week 5 Discussion
DQ1 Review Colossians 1 in the Bible.
Define the concepts of “God,” “person,”
“environment,” and “health” according to Colossians 1.
DQ2 What tensions do you think you might
experience arising from the differing worldviews of administrators, health care
providers, and patients? Cite references from your reading to support your
answer.
HLT302
Spirituality and Christian Values in Health Care and Wellness
Week 6 Discussion
DQ1 Give a brief summary of your
“Health Care and Wellness Provider and Faith Diversity” assignment.
How will your understanding of this faith expressions inform your philosophy of
health care and wellness?
DQ2 Give a brief summary of your
“Suffering and Grief” assignment. How did your assigned religion
differ from Christianity? What are the implications of diverse beliefs on
health care and wellness?
HLT302
Spirituality and Christian Values in Health Care and Wellness
Week 7 Discussion
DQ1 What is a strategy that you use to help
you relax and focus before starting your work day? Would you consider this practice
a waste of time or essential to promote successful work? Explain.
DQ2 How realistic is it to expect health
care workers to model mental, physical, and spiritual health? If Americans tend
to be overweight, underactive workaholics who experience burnout, why should
health care workers be any different? Base your response from the topic study
materials. Cite references from your reading to support your answer.
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Spirituality and Christian Values in Health Care and Wellness
Week 8 Discussion
DQ1 How would your practices contribute to
your success as a caregiver? What could you do to improve the care you give
yourself?
DQ2 Compare one of your spiritual
traditions with that in another faith tradition. How will understanding one’s
own spiritual traditions help you to provide care for others?
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Spirituality and Christian Values in Health Care and Wellness
Week 1 Quiz
• Scientism
is:
A.
The belief that science is good for society.
B. The view that science is a good way of
knowing facts about the world.
C. The view that science is the best or
only way to have knowledge of the world.
D. Scientism just is science.
The attempt to derive an ought from an is,
best describes:
A.The fact-value distinction
B.Objectivism
C.A fallacy
D.Moral realism
•The fact-value distinction is:
A. The fact that there are values in the
real world.
B. The fact that there is a distinction
between “facts” and “values” such that moral judgments are
the evaluating of facts.
C. The problem of deriving a value from a
fact
D. The distinction between statements of
etiquette and statements of true morality.
•In his 1962 book The Structure of
Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn argued that:
A. Science is the only purely objective
field that is not tainted by the bias of culture, religion, or philosophy.
B. Scientific revolutions have largely
taken place in secular or nonreligious societies.
C. Science is not value-free or purely
objective, and our perceptions and values shape our understanding of reality.
D. Science is the best or only way to have
any knowledge of the world.
•According to conceptualism, the world
exists “out there,” independent of the knower.
True
False
•Relativism holds that all truth is
relative such that it is in some way invented and determined by either individuals
or cultures.
•True
False
•A fundamental thesis of this course is
that:
o Religion and spirituality have too much
influence upon the field of health care.
o Science is always opposed to and damaging
to religion.
o Scientism and relativism are at the heart
of the perceived tension between science and religion/spirituality.
o All of the above
•Nursing and medicine are synonyms or the
same thing.
True
False
•According to empiricism:
A. Science is controlled by power
structures or empires.
B. All knowledge is derived from
experience.
C. All knowledge is derived from religious
authority
D. a and c
According to the Called to Care text, the
philosophical and theological underpinnings of nursing do not really matter, as
long as the actual practice of nursing remains caring and respectful.
True
False
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Week 2 Assignment
Spirituality in Health Care and Wellness
After completing the “Cultural Ethos
Quiz,” complete this assignment that will help you form your philosophy
about spirituality in health care. It will set the stage for you to learn what
your worldview is and what the challenges are to that worldview, including
beliefs and assumptions.
In 800-1,000 words, complete the three
parts for this assignment.
Part One
Based on the topic study materials, in
300-400 words, respond to the following prompts:
Briefly describe the cultural,
sociological, philosophical, and religious aspects of the term spirituality.
Describe the relevance of spirituality in
the context of health care and wellness.
Briefly describe the concepts of scientism
and postmodernism.
Describe relevance of scientism and
postmodernism in the context of health care and wellness.
Part Two
Based on your responses to the Part One
prompts and according to what you believe, in 250-300 words, answer the basic
worldview questions:
What is prime reality?
What is the nature of the world around us?
What is a human being?
What happens to a person at death?
Why is it possible to know anything at all
(epistemology)?
How do we know what is right or wrong?
What is the meaning of human history?
Part Three
Finally, evaluate how all these concepts
impact and form your philosophy about spirituality in health care and wellness.
How will this personal philosophy about spirituality in health care and
wellness practically impact your interactions with those to whom you provide
care?
Remember to support your responses with the
topic study materials.
While APA style is not required for the
body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation
of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be
found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please
review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the
expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment
to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for
assistance.
HLT302
Spirituality and Christian Values in Health Care and Wellness
Week 3 Assignment
Personhood, Human Dignity, and Moral Status
Part One: What It Means to Be Human
Based on the topic study material, complete
the “Personhood Chart” about personhood, human dignity, and moral
status according to the Christian worldview and another worldview.
Part Two: Case Study on Moral Status
Based on the topic study material, write a
500-750-word analysis of “Case Study: Fetal Abnormality.” Be sure to
address the following questions:
Which theory or theories are being used by
Jessica, Marco, Maria, and Dr. Wilson to determine the moral status of the
fetus? Explain.
How does the theory influence each of their
recommendation for action?
What theory do you agree with? How would
that theory influence your recommendation for action?
How will the concepts of personhood, human
dignity, and moral status inform your philosophy of health care and wellness?
Remember to support your responses with the
topic study materials.
Submit both Part One and Part Two at the
same time in LoudCloud.
Prepare this assignment according to the
APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success
Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please
review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the
expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment
to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for
assistance.
Personhood Chart
Based on the topic study material, complete
the chart about personhood, human dignity, and moral status according to the
Christian worldview and another worldview.
| What is believed… | Christian Worldview | Another Worldview
Choose and Atheism, |
| Relationally | ||
| Multidimensionally | ||
| Sexually | ||
| Morally | ||
| Mortality | ||
| Eternal Destiny |
References:
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Spirituality and Christian Values in Health Care and Wellness
Week 4 Assignment
Benchmark – Healing Environments: A Daring
Paradigm
Based on the topic study materials,
consider how the paradigm of a healing environment influences your philosophy
of care, and write an essay of 500-750 words that addresses the following:
Describe the components of a healing
environment and their relationship to spirituality. Include the perspectives of
medicalization and the patient’s worldview.
What are the challenges of creating a
healing environment in light of the barriers (spiritual, physical, emotional)
and complexities of providing health care and wellness?
What aspects of the Christian worldview
support the concept of a healing environment?
How will the concepts of a healing
environment inform your philosophy of health care and wellness?
Remember to support your responses with the
topic study materials.
Prepare this assignment according to the
APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success
Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please
review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the
expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment
to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for
assistance.
This benchmark assignment assesses the
following competency:
CSET Bachelor of Science in Biology (All
Emphases)
2.4: Explore barriers to meeting the
spiritual needs of others.
HLT302
Spirituality and Christian Values in Health Care and Wellness
Week 4 Assignment
Human Experience of Illness
Based on The Death of Ivan Ilych by Tolstoy
and other topic study materials, write a 750-1,000-word paper that considers
the experience of illness and does the following:
Analyzes the story of Ivan Ilych in terms
of concepts of the “healing environment” found in Chapters 7-9 of
Called to Care: A Christian Worldview for Nursing.
Describes the phenomenology of illness and
disease (i.e., the personal “what it is like” of illness and
disease).
Analyzes your own experience with illness
and disease, what impacted that experience, and how it impacted your life.
Remember to support your responses wiht the
topic study materials.
Prepare this assignment according to the
APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success
Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please
review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the
expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment
to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for
assistance.
HLT302
Spirituality and Christian Values in Health Care and Wellness
Week 5 Assignment
Health Care Provider and Faith Diversity:
First Draft
The practice of health care and wellness
providers at all levels brings you into contact with people from a variety of
faiths. This calls for knowledge and understanding of a diversity of faiths.
The purpose of this paper is to complete a
comparative analysis of two faiths towards providing health care and wellness:
the first being the Christian perspective, and the second a faith perspective
that is unfamiliar to you.
This first draft assignment will be graded
for completion. Review the Topic 6 “Health Care and Wellness Provider and
Faith Diversity: Final Draft” assignment for full instructions and rubric.
For the final draft, you will implement
feedback from this first draft and revise the final draft based on insight from
experience gained in the course.
Prepare this assignment according to the
APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success
Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment does not use a rubric.
Review the Topic 6 “Health Care and Wellness Provider and Faith Diversity:
Final Draft” rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar
with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment
to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for
assistance..
HLT302
Spirituality and Christian Values in Health Care and Wellness
Week 6 Assignment
Suffering and Grief
Select one of the following religions to
research. Select a religion that reflects the population that you may serve.
What you select should be different from what you did in Topic 4:
Buddhism
Bahá’í Faith
Islam
Judaism
Atheism
New Thought
Mormon
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Native American (pantheism)
Zoroastrianism
Hinduism
Sikhism
Your research should focus on views of
suffering and grief from the selected religion.
In 500-750 words, address the following:
Describe the view of suffering for your
selected religion (source and cause of suffering).
Explain the grieving process for your
selected religion. If one is not prescribed by the religion, do your best to
explain how that religion might deal with the grieving process.
Identify the customs practiced by your
selected religion to deal with suffering and grief.
Compare the similarities and differences
between your selected religion and Christianity’s approaches to suffering and
grief.
Support your position by referencing three
to five academic sources (preferably from the GCU Library).
Prepare this assignment according to the
APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success
Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please
review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the
expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment
to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for
assistance.
HLT302
Spirituality and Christian Values in Health Care and Wellness
Week 6 Assignment
Death and Stages of Grief
Based on the topic study materials, write a
750-1,000-word paper analyzing Wolterstorff’s reflections in Lament for a Son.
In addition, address Kubler-Ross’s five stages of grief, as they are expressed
throughout Lament for a Son, and respond to the following questions:
Explain the medical and philosophical
meaning of death.
Explain the five stages of grief and
identify them in Wolterstorff’s experiences.
How does Wolterstorff find joy after his
loss? How does the hope of the resurrection play a role in comforting
Wolterstorff?
What is the meaning and significance of
death in light of the Christian narrative?
What is the importance of understanding the
grieving process, approaches, and practices in various faith traditions
different than one’s own?
Remember to support your responses wiht the
topic study materials.
Prepare this assignment according to the
APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success
Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please
review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the
expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment
to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for
assistance.
HLT302
Spirituality and Christian Values in Health Care and Wellness
Week 7 Assignment
Benchmark – Spiritual Needs Assessment
This assignment has two parts: the first
requires you to interview one person within your field of study, and the second
requires an analysis of your interview experience.
Part I: Spiritual Assessment Survey and Interview
First create a spiritual assessment survey.
Based on the spiritual assessment resources in the topic study materials and
any other guidelines from your field of study, create a spiritual assessment
survey that includes at least five questions about how a stressful health or
wellness experience amplified spiritual concerns or needs. In addition, include
demographic questions such as sex, age, ethnicity, and religion. Do not include
specific names and other personal information.
Second, select one person to interview,
based on the following criteria:
Able to meet in-person
Has had a stressful health or wellness
experience (positive or negative) related to your field study
Agrees to a spiritual needs assessment
interview
Third, use the spiritual assessment survey
you created to interview the selected person. During the interview, record the
interviewee’s responses. The transcript should include the questions asked and
the answers provided.
Part II: Analysis
Write a 500-750-word analysis of your
interview experience. Include the following in your response:
The spiritual assessment survey questions
that you asked and summary of responses.
In what ways did the interviewee’s
experience amplify his or her spiritual concerns or needs? Explain your answer
with examples.
What is the importance of understanding
various diverse cultures, values, beliefs, and experiences when assessing
spiritual concerns and needs? How does this inform communication between
healthcare professionals, caregivers, and those to whom you provide care?
Provide examples.
Based on the interview process, answer the
following:
What went well? Provide examples.
Were there any barriers or challenges that
inhibited your ability to complete the spiritual assessment survey? How would
you address these in the future or change your assessment to better address
these challenges?
How does the spiritual assessment survey
allow you to better meet the needs of your patient?
What other insights do you have about
providing spiritual care in your field of study?
Submit both the transcript of the interview
and the analysis of your results as one document.
APA style is not required, but solid
academic writing is expected.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please
review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the
expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment
to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for
assistance.
This benchmark assignment assesses the
following competencies:
CSET Bachelor of Science in Biology (All
Emphases)
2.3: Explain how illness and stress can
amplify spiritual concerns and needs of others.
CoNHCP Bachelor of Science in Healthcare
Administration
4.3: Recognize the diverse cultures,
values, beliefs, and experiences among cross-functional teams, patients,
families and populations.
HLT302
Spirituality and Christian Values in Health Care and Wellness
Week 7 Assignment
Health Care and Wellness Provider and Faith
Diversity: Final Draft
Implement feedback from the previous draft
and revise the final draft based on insight from experience gained in the
course.
The practice of health care and wellness
providers at all levels brings you into contact with people from a variety of
faiths. This calls for knowledge and understanding of a diversity of faiths.
The purpose of this paper is to complete a
comparative analysis of two faiths towards providing health care and wellness:
the first being the Christian perspective, and the second a faith perspective
that is unfamiliar to you.
In 1,250-1,500 words, provide a comparative
analysis of the two different faiths, reinforcing major themes with insights
gained from your research.
Answer the following basic worldview
questions for Christianity and the faith you selected: (a) What is prime
reality? (b) What is the nature of the world around us? (c) What is a human
being? (d)What happens to a person at death? (e) Why is it possible to know
anything at all? (f) How do we know what is right or wrong? (g) What is the
meaning of human history?
Analyze the overall focus of the two
different faith perspectives and their importance to the followers of that
faith.
What are critical common components of the
other faith and Christian practices (such as prayer and worship) that are part
of the healing process? Explain.
For the person receiving care, explain the
connection between each faith’s spiritual perspectives in the overall
experience of healing.
Describe your own spiritual perspective on
healing.
How will your understanding of the diversity
of faith expressions inform your philosophy of health care and wellness?
Support your position with five to six
references. Those references are to include the following:
Primary source for each faith expression.
Three academic resources (preferably from
the GCU Library)
Prepare this assignment according to the
APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success
Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please
review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the
expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment
to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for
assistance.
HLT302
Spirituality and Christian Values in Health Care and Wellness
Week 8 Assignment
Personal Wellness Reflection
Based on the spiritual, emotional, and
burnout assessment resources in the topic study materials and any other
guidelines from your field of study, write a 350-500-word self-care plan that
includes the following:
How to deal with compassion fatigue and
burnout.
How to promote your own mental, physical,
and spiritual health.
How your self-care impacts your ability to
care for others.
APA style is not required, but solid
academic writing is expected.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please
review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the
expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment
to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for
assistance.
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