HLT302 All Week Discussions Latest 2019 February Question # 00598636 Course Code : HLT302 Subject: Health Care Due on: 02/28/2019 Posted On: 02/28/2019 09:53 AM Tutorials: 1 Rating: 4.8/5

HLT302
Spirituality and Christian Values in Health Care and Wellness

Week 1
Discussion

DQ1 What personal assumptions or beliefs have shaped your
worldview? What has shaped your philosophy of health care? What reservations do
you have about spirituality in health care and wellness?

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

HLT302
Spirituality and Christian Values in Health Care and Wellness

Week 2
Discussion

DQ1 The ethos of scientism and postmodernism has exacerbated
the perceived philosophical and cultural tension between science and religion.
What is your perception of this tension?

DQ2 Review the Worldviews in Nursing Theories section of
Chapter 3 in Called to Care: A Christian Worldview for Nursing. Select two of the definitions of
“health” provided in the text.
Within the context of the broader worldview, describe the two selected
definitions of “health” of the (six) worldview concepts and nursing
theories described in your textbook. How
would you define health?

HLT302
Spirituality and Christian Values in Health Care and Wellness

Week 3
Discussion

DQ1 What do you believe makes us human? Cite references from
your reading to support your answer.

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

HLT302
Spirituality and Christian Values in Health Care and Wellness

Week 4
Discussion

DQ1 What is your earliest memory of being sick? Similarly,
what is your first memory of some sort of medical care? Was it positive?
Looking back on it from the vantage point of your current knowledge and
experience, was your care back then good and adequate?

DQ2 On first glance, how would you define what it means for
something to be “natural”? According to Called to Care: A Christian
Worldview for Nursing, the textbook, what does the Bible tell us about natural
creation or the “natural” world? Base your response from the GCU
introduction and the textbooks. Cite references from your reading to support
your answer.

HLT302
Spirituality and Christian Values in Health Care and Wellness

Week 5
Discussion

DQ1 Review Colossians 1 in the Bible. Define the concepts of
“God,” “person,” “environment,” and
“health” 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? Cite references from your reading to support your answer.

HLT302
Spirituality and Christian Values in Health Care and Wellness

Week 6
Discussion

DQ1 Give a brief summary of your “Health Care and
Wellness Provider and Faith Diversity” assignment. How will your
understanding of this faith expressions inform your philosophy of health care
and wellness?

DQ2 Give a brief summary of your “Suffering and
Grief” assignment. How did your assigned religion differ from
Christianity? What are the implications of diverse beliefs on health care and
wellness?

HLT302
Spirituality and Christian Values in Health Care and Wellness

Week 7
Discussion

DQ1 What is a strategy that you use to help you relax and
focus before starting your work day? Would you consider this practice a waste
of time or essential to promote successful work? Explain.

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 topic study
materials. Cite references from your reading to support your answer.

HLT302
Spirituality and Christian Values in Health Care and Wellness

Week 8
Discussion

DQ1 How would your practices contribute to your success as a
caregiver? What could you do to improve the care you give yourself?

DQ2 Compare one of your spiritual traditions with that in
another faith tradition. How will understanding one’s own spiritual traditions
help you to provide care for others?