NF 111 Unit 5 - Discussion Board Week

Unit 5 Introduction: Cultural
and Spiritual Assessment
Advanced practice nurses need to be equipped with knowledge and tools on
how to conduct cultural and spiritual assessments. Presented in the unit is
an overview of key concepts central to performing cultural assessments to
ensure delivery of culturally appropriate care and performing spiritual
assessments to assist with care decision making.

Unit Learning Objectives
 Examine key information encompassed in cultural and spiritual
assessments
 Explore and evaluate approaches for collecting cultural and spiritual
data for decision making
 Assess and critique illustrative examples of cultural and spiritual
assessments


Discussion: Unit 5, Due Wednesday by
11:59 pm CT
 Cultural and Spiritual Assessment
 Instructions:
 Conduct a comprehensive cultural and spiritual assessment on a
patient that you see in your clinical experience in NU 610 this week. If
you were are not in clinical this week conduct this assessment on a
professional colleague, friend or family member.
 Document the assessment in the context of a subjective data set that
you will use as your discussion post. Use one of mnemonics presented
in this week’s lecture materials to guide your spiritual assessment.
 Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and
references in APA format where appropriate.
 The post and responses are valued at 20 points. Please review post
and response expectations. Please review the rubric to ensure that
your response meets criteria.
 Estimated time to complete: 2 hours
Table 2. HOPE Questions for Spiritual Assessment
Category Sample questions
H: sources of hope