Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Colleen Labonte
Kaplan University
Prof. Maule
3/21/17
UNIT 9 ASSIGMENT: STATE OF WELLNESS 2
State of Wellness
Introduction
questions allow patients to explain their own viewpoint of spirituality and how it relates to their
everyday life. This information can be used to help improve the often-neglected side of health;
spiritual health.
1. What does spirituality mean to you and why do you believe it is important to your overall
health?
what it means to them. In regards to health, this question explores whether the
2. Would you define yourself as an optimist or a pessimist and what factors led you to this
conclusion?
a. Understanding how a person views the world is useful in helping them better
spiritual health can be impacted. Although most people will define themselves as
a. Walsh (2000) alludes to the teachings of Buddha and how desire leads to
suffering. As a result, people endure trials trying to achieve what they want. This
is important to spiritual health because patients may not realize that they are
4. Have you had a moment where you have felt at peace, if so please describe what
contributed to this feeling? If you have not felt at peace, please explain what you believe
is a difficult state of mind to accomplish. The rush of everyday life can make it
if the individual appreciates the small things happening around them. Someone
who is not thankful may not be bitter but rather too busy to take notice of the
6. What type of boundaries do you have in place regarding technology? If you do not have
any, what boundaries do you believe would improve your spiritual health?
a. There is a time and place for everything. Technology seems to have no off switch
these days but it is vital to know if patients are unplugging long enough to
experience a time where they are not constantly bombarded with information. As
UNIT 9 ASSIGMENT: STATE OF WELLNESS 4
7. How often do you have moments of solitude and how would you describe them?
a. Being alone is just as important as being around other people. However, these
times of solitude allow for self-reflection and growth. This information would
reveal to a practitioner if the person is taking the time to understand who they are
and how they feel. Solitude contributes to spirituality by helping to discover the
a. Just as the answer for the first question is unique to every person so is this answer.
Strengths will vary based off of how a person defines spirituality. This is
important for a practitioner to know because it reveals aspects that are going well
in the patients life. In addition, this information can also reveal what weaknesses
9. When having a conflict with others how do you resolve the issue?
a. It is important to spiritual health to resolve conflict and move on. However, this is
often more difficult than it sounds. Holding a grudge is damaging because the
individual is carrying around negative emotions and impacting other areas of their
a. It is vital for patients to take part in their own health. It shows that they care and
that they want to get better. This information shows what activities are already in
UNIT 9 ASSIGMENT: STATE OF WELLNESS 5
place, how they can be improved, and what other activities can be added to the
patients routine.
Conclusion
Questionnaires are great for developing a baseline. The information can provide the
practitioner with the patients view of spirituality and allow them to develop a spiritual plan from
there. Everyone is different and the open-ended questions allow for comments that cannot be
gained from one-word answers. Improvements can be made but overall, I feel that my
References
Seaward, B. L. (2013). Health of the Human Spirit, 2nd Edition. [Kaplan]. Retrieved from
https://kaplan.vitalsource.com/#/books/9781284090444/
Seligman, M. E. (2011). Learned optimism: How to change your mind and your life. Vintage.
Walsh, R. (2000). Essential spirituality: The 7 central practices to awaken heart and mind.
Wiley.