Pattern of commitment of oneself to faith-based beliefs, principles and activities, which can be strengthened

• Age, gender, marital status
• Health history
• Support systems (family, clergy)
• Communication skills
• Cultural factors
• Religious affiliation
• Spiritual beliefs and practices that are important to patient
• Perceptions of faith, life, death, and suffering

• Desires to enhance connection with a religious leader
• Desires to enhance forgiveness
• Desires to enhance participation in religious experiences
• Desires to enhance participation in religious practices
• Desires to enhance religious options
• Desires to enhance use of religious material
• Desires to reconnect with belief pattern
• Desires to reconnect with customs
• Desires to reestablish belief patterns
• Desires to reestablish religious customs

• Patient will articulate all that infuses strength and hope.
• Patient will discuss aspects of religion that are important to the patient.
• Patient will list how staff can facilitate patient's participation in religious practices.
• Patient will request or agree to talk to a spiritual professional.
• Patient will express a feeling of peace with provided religious opportunities.

Suggested NOC Outcomes

• Perform a thorough spiritual assessment to develop a holistic home care plan.
• Help patient list the religious practices most important to patient to determine what's possible to provide in the home.
• Acquire simple-to-obtain items, such as a Bible, to comfort patient while planning more complex support.
• Encourage guided imagery, prayer, and meditations as methods of enhancing spiritual experiences.
• Suggest a referral to clergy so patient may discuss deeper spiritual issues.
• Consider having a congregational nurse or faith community nurse visit weekly to provide ongoing spiritual care.
• Confirm that patient's spiritual needs are being satisfied if modifications are made to the plan.

Suggested NIC Interventions

• Patient describes sources of strength and hope.
• Patient discusses aspects of religion that are of deep personal importance.
• Patient receives the assistance needed to participate in religious practices.
• Patient talks to a spiritual professional.
• Patient expresses peace with the ongoing attention to personal spiritual needs.

• Assessment of spiritual needs
• Religious practices to enjoy at home
• Efforts to obtain resources to satisfy patient's needs
• Visits by spiritual professional
• Patient's responses to interventions
• Evaluations for expected outcomes

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