This week, you were assigned an article to read titled Holistic Self-Care: Strategies for Initiating a Self-Assessment (Riley, 2003).
In the PowerPoint lecture you were instructed to take two self-assessments embedded within that article: one on the top of page 440, and the other on page 441.
For this first reflective journaling question:
Reflect on the personal assessment of current self-care practices (from page 440), in regard to how you care for your body, mind, and spirit. What insights did you gain from this mini self-assessment?
This week, you were assigned an article to read titled Holistic Self-Care: Strategies for Initiating a Self-Assessment (Riley, 2003).
In the PowerPoint lecture you were instructed to take two self-assessments embedded within that article: one on the top of page 440, and the other on page 441.
For this second reflective journaling question:
Reflect on the holistic modalities self-assessment/checklist (from page 441), in regard to different holistic/integrative self-care modalities. What were some of the items that you checked in the “willing to try it” column? Which of these would you be willing to try before the end of this year?
In regard to the topics covered this week, what surprised, interested, or challenged you the most, and why
As an RN you are certain to encounter death. It may be a patient that you know is dying, giving you time to prepare; it may be sudden and unexpected; it may be a routine part of your role (if you specialize in certain areas) or it may be really rare.
- How prepared do you feel, right now, to deal with the death of a patient?
- How prepared do you feel, right now, to deal with a dying patient’s family?
- How will you stay tuned in to the effects that encounters with death and the dying, have on you personally, in order to maintain your own personal health (physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually)
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This week your prep work consisted of watching a selection of TED Talks focused on the care of the dying. You heard from people working with patients at end-of-life and how doing so transformed their world views. A few key takeaways from these TED Talks include:Acknowledgment that at end-of-life, physical wounds cannot be cured, but spiritual wounds CAN be attended to.The value of self-reflection, self-knowing, and striving to create a legacy through living a life of meaning and purpose.The power of listening, and of letting go, in finding spiritual peace.(1) How can you take the lessons that these practitioners shared, and use them to refine your approach to the spiritual care of patients?(2) How can you take the lessons that these three practitioners shared, and use them to guide your approach to spiritual self-care?(3) How do you believe it changes your approach to spiritual care, to know that a patient’s death is near?
- https://www.ted.com/talks/bj_miller_what_really_matters_at_the_end_of_life/transcript
- https://youtu.be/OhgeZlaU7rY
- https://www.ted.com/talks/amy_green_a_video_game_to_cope_with_grief
- https://youtu.be/xfmhPd8jROM
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