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RUNNING HEAD: SPIRITUAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND REFLECTION

Spiritual needs assessment and reflection
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SPIRITUAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND REFLECTION

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Answer 1
Death is the cessation of social, spiritual and physical life here on earth. As a clinical
specialty, I witnessed death utmost twice a day in different wards during my internship. Deaths
of patients are seen through their transition, dying and imminent phase (Hawkins, 2011). This
can be during giving birth, patients suffering from diseases such as Cholera, diabetes and
respiratory diseases. Each patient dies in their own unique process. This means that death is an
individualized experience. Sometimes, patients who know they are dying usually get a chance to
write their will or even make their last wishes. As a clinical specialty, it is always important for
one to be there for the patient and act like an advocate for their wishes as they make their death
will. As a trained specialty, it is always important to regard care and preference for the patient’s
wishes and care. Different interventions for patients dying are needed from one patient to
another. Through engaging in the death of a patient, the most important thing to do is to provide
care and support to the families of the involved sick person as the dying process continues. The
care that one provides as a specialty can determine the phase that the affected family goes
through in their mourning process. For clinical specialty, it is painful to know that one of your
patients did not survive. One tends to feel helpless as the patient dies in their watch. This
sometimes leads to chronic burnout for the specialty ...