Patient Education

Patient Education

Interestingly, our society is richly influenced by religion, cultural and ethical practices. To provide individualized and patient-centered care as a nurse, you must be culturally rooted to diversify your knowledge base. Besides knowing the religious and cultural beliefs of the patients, nurses need to understand the rationale for supporting these beliefs, as they can influence the care plan. This will help reduce the incidences of poor treatment outcomes, improve the quality of care, and boost overall patient satisfaction. Religion as a belief poses a lot of effects on healthcare as it affects the health beliefs of patients. However, despite the impact that it poses to healthcare, people continue to engage in religious practices daily as it can link an individual or community to the greater. Through this link, an individual can establish psychological stability, which may go a long way in aiding the healing process (Timmins and Caldeira, 2017).

In this case, it means that Mary is a strong believer in the Roman Catholic denomination, and the ideal cores of nursing care and education should be guided by the beliefs of the Roman Catholic church about the role of spirituality in healthcare. The focus of the healthcare education to the patient as she transits from one department to another should be based on explaining the expected procedure, how it will be done, its benefits, and the desired side effects of the process. In every department, the healthcare providers must show the competency to promote a healthy lifestyle regardless of the religious practice of the patient (Guiahi, 2018). This is only possible when the caregivers will show consciousness to the catholic religious principles of healthcare, including the social and spiritual support and sanctity of human life. During patient education, you must respect the patient’s decision to carry a rosary to the treatment room. In case the patient or the family members request to do a sacrament during the procedures, as a nurse, you will be required to educate the patient and the caregiver on an effective way to process without interfering with the hospital procedures. Another consideration that you should educate Mary on is the use of family planning since the Roman Catholic Church supports the use of contraceptives (Zainab et al., 2021).

References

Guiahi, M. (2018). Catholic health care and women’s health. Obstetrics & Gynecology, 131(3), 534-537. https://journals.lww.com/greenjournal/FullText/2018/03000/Catholic_Health_Care_and_Women_s_Health.18.aspx

Timmins, F., & Caldeira, S. (2017). Understanding spirituality and spiritual care in nursing. Nursing Standard, 31(22). https://journals.rcni.com/doi/pdfplus/10.7748/ns.2017.e10311

Zainab, S., Zulfiqar, Z., Ishfaq, K., & Shah, I. (2021). Socio-Cultural Issues of Religious Practice Journal of Languages, Culture and Civilization, 3(1), 45-54. http://jlcc.spcrd.org/index.php/jlcc/article/view/41

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Patient Education

Sister Mary is a patient in the Level 2 Emergency Department. She must have a neural examination, physical assessment, radiographs of her facial bones, and a computed tomography scan of the head. Considering that she is a Roman Catholic nun, what would be the ideal patient education course as this woman progresses from department to department?