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HLT310 Spirituality in Health Care

Week 1 Discussion

DQ1 In preparation for the Personal Worldview Inventory assignment, identify the key components that make up a worldview.

DQ2 Based on your reading of the GCU Introduction and the textbooks, what is the main difference between the modern Western worldview and the postmodern worldview? Which parts, if any, do you identify with?  Explain. Cite references from your reading to support your answer.

HLT310 Spirituality in Health Care

Week 2 Discussion

DQ1 Refer to the GCU Introduction, The Death of Ivan Ilych by Tolstoy and the three concepts of the “healing environment” found in chapters 7-9 of Called to Care: A Christian Worldview for Nursing.  What is the phenomenology of illness and disease (i.e. the personal “what it is like”)? Cite references from your reading to support your answer.

What is a personal analysis of your own experience with illness and disease and how several factors colored that experience?  How can you relate to The Death of Ivan Ilych?

DQ2 What is the Christian concept of the imago dei? How might it be relevant to our unique approach in health care and why is it important?

HLT310 Spirituality in Health Care

Week 3 Discussion

DQ1 Read Colossians 1 in the Bible. Compare ways in which the concepts of “God,” “Person,” “Environment,” “Health,” and “Nursing” would be defined 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? Base your response from the GCU introduction and the textbooks. Cite references from your reading to support your answer.

HLT310 Spirituality in Health Care

Week 4 Discussion

DQ1 How would you respond if you were diagnosed with HIV? Address hope and fear in your response. Be sure to refer to the GCU introduction and the textbooks. Cite references from your reading to support your answer.

DQ2 Describe the first time you were present with someone who died. What were you thinking and feeling? If you have not had that experience what do you imagine you would be thinking and feeling?

HLT310 Spirituality in Health Care

Week 5 Discussion

DQ1 Some health care professionals recommend a 3-minute reading to help caregivers relax and focus before starting their work. Some consider this a waste of time, but others consider it an essential ritual to promote successful work. How do you respond to this idea?

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 GCU introduction and the textbooks. Cite references from your reading to support your answer.