HLT 302 Grand Canyon Entire Course

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HLT 302 Grand Canyon Topic 1 Discussion 1

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

HLT 302 Grand Canyon Topic 1 Discussion 2

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.

HLT 302 Grand Canyon Topic 2 Discussion 1

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?

HLT 302 Grand Canyon Topic 2 Discussion 2

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?

HLT 302 Grand Canyon Topic 3 Discussion 1

What do you believe makes us human? Base your response from the GCU introduction and the textbooks. Cite references from your reading to support your answer.

HLT 302 Grand Canyon Topic 3 Discussion 2

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

HLT 302 Grand Canyon Topic 4 Discussion 1

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?

HLT 302 Grand Canyon Topic 4 Discussion 2

On first glance, how would you define what it means for something to be “natural”? According to Called to Care, 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.

HLT 302 Grand Canyon Topic 5 Discussion 1

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.

HLT 302 Grand Canyon Topic 5 Discussion 2

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.

HLT 302 Grand Canyon Topic 6 Discussion 1

How would you define health? What might be some of the cultural influences on your understanding of health?

HLT 302 Grand Canyon Topic 6 Discussion 2

Given the narrative of creation, fall, redemption, and restoration, how would one begin to define concepts such as health and disease? Do you think that health ought to be this broadly defined?

HLT 302 Grand Canyon Topic 7 Discussion 1

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.

HLT 302 Grand Canyon Topic 7 Discussion 2

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?

HLT 302 Grand Canyon Topic 8 Discussion 1

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?

HLT 302 Grand Canyon Topic 8 Discussion 2

How realistic is it to expect health care workers to model mental, physical, and spiritual health? If Americans tend to be overweight, underactive, and 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.

HLT 302 Grand Canyon Week 2 Personal Worldview Inventory

Write an 800-1,000-word essay on your personal worldview. Briefly discuss the various possible meanings of the term “spirituality,” and your understanding of the concepts of pluralism, scientism, and postmodernism. Primarily, address the following seven basic worldview questions:

1- What is prime reality?

2- What is the nature of the world around us?

3- What is a human being?

4- What happens to a person at death?

5- Why is it possible to know anything at all?

6- How do we know what is right or wrong?

7- What is the meaning of human history?

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

HLT 302 Grand Canyon Week 3 Case Study on Moral Status

Write a 500-750 word analysis of “Case Study: Fetal Abnormality.” Be sure to address the following questions:

1- Which theory or theories are being used by Jessica, Marco, Maria, and Dr. Wilson to determine the moral status of the fetus? Explain.

2- How does the theory determine or influence each of their recommendation for action?

3- What theory do you agree with? How would the theory determine or influence the recommendation for action?

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

HLT 302 Grand Canyon Week 3 Personhood Chart

Complete the “Personhood Chart.”

HLT 302 Grand Canyon Week 4 Assignment

Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm

Consider how the paradigm of a healing hospital might influence your philosophy of caregiving and write an essay of 750-1,000 words that addresses the following:

1- Describe the components of a healing hospital and their relationship to spirituality.

2- What are the challenges of creating a healing environment in light of the barriers and complexities of the hospital environment?

3- Include biblical aspects that support the concept of a healing hospital.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

HLT 302 Grand Canyon Week 4 Assignment 2

Human Experience of Illness

Refer to The Death of Ivan Ilych by Tolstoy. Write a 750-1,000 word paper that analyzes the story of Ivan Illych in terms of concepts of the “healing environment” found in chapter 7-9 of Called to Care: A Christian Worldview for Nursing. Be sure to address the phenomenology of illness and disease (i.e. the personal “what it is like” of illness and disease) in the paper.

In conclusion, provide a personal analysis of your own experience with illness and disease and how several factors colored that experience.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

HLT 302 Grand Canyon Week 5 Assignment

Health Care Provider and Faith Diversity Peer Review

Your instructor will assign and send you a peer’s paper from the Health Care Provider and Faith Diversity: First Draft assignment. Your job is to critically read the assignment and make corrections/comments using track changes in Microsoft Word.

Be sure to assess the paper on the following content:

Does the paper provide sufficient evidence for its hypothesis or claim?
Does the flow of the paper and sentence structure make sense?
Should it be organized in a different way?
This assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment.

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

HLT 302 Grand Canyon Week 5 Intercessory Prayer

After reviewing Jaroff’s article which was about a research study of the effects of intercessory

prayer, on woman who wanted to conceive children and who had underwent in-vitro

fertilization in order to do so.

The study was conducted to see if having the woman prayed for along with the in-vitro

fertilization process, would prayer impact the success rate. According to the research some

were successful, but when the research was viewed by other researchers the finding were

found to be invalid and that the researchers themselves, unqualified to conduct such studies.

From the patients point if view their main goal was to have a child, and not being able to do

so by natural means opted to undergo in-vitro fertilization,…

HLT 302 Grand Canyon Week 6 Assignment

Health Care Provider and Faith Diversity: First Draft

The practice of health care providers at all levels brings you into contact with people from a variety of faiths. This calls for knowledge and acceptance of a diversity of faith expressions.

The purpose of this paper is to complete a comparative analysis of two faith philosophies towards providing health care, one being the Christian perspective. For the second faith, choose a faith that is unfamiliar to you. Examples of faiths to choose from: Sikh, Baha’i, Buddhism, Shintoism, etc.

In a minimum of 1,500-2,000 words, provide a comparative analysis of the different belief systems, reinforcing major themes with insights gained from your research.

In your comparative analysis, address all of the worldview questions in detail for Christianity and your selected faith. Refer to chapter 2 of the Called to Care: A Christian Worldview for Nursing for the list of questions. Be sure to address the implications of these beliefs for health care.

In addition answer the following questions that address the practical and healthcare implications based on the research:

1-What are critical common components to all religions/beliefs in regards to healing, such as prayer, meditation, belief, etc.? Explain.

2-What is important to patients of the faiths when cared for by health care providers whose spiritual beliefs differ from their own?

In your conclusion, describe your own spiritual perspective on healing, what you have learned from the research and how this learning can be applied to a health care provider.

Support your position by referencing at least three academic resources (preferably from the GCU Library) in addition to the course readings, the Bible, and the textbooks for each religion. Each religion must have a primary source included. A total of six references are required according to the specifications listed above. Incorporate the research into your writing in an appropriate, scholarly manner.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

HLT 302 Grand Canyon Week 7 Assignment Stages of Grief Paper

Write a 750-1,000 word paper analyzing Woterstorff’s reflections in Lament For a Son. In addition, address Kubler-Ross’ five stages of grief, as they are expressed throughout Lament for a Son, and respond to the following questions:

1- How does Wolterstorff find joy after his loss?

2- What is the meaning and significance of death in light of the Christian narrative?

3- How does the hope of the resurrection play a role in comforting Wolterstorff?

Include three sources including the textbooks, bible, and other reliable/academic sources.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

HLT 302 Grand Canyon Week 7 CLC

Suffering and Evil Presentation

This is a Collaborative Learning Community assignment.

The instructor will divide the class into groups and assign a religion other than Christianity to research.

Create a 5-7 slide presentation with speaker notes that focuses on views of evil and suffering from a religion other than Christianity. Your instructor will assign a religion to each group.

After researching information on your assigned religion, address the following:

1- Describe the view of suffering (source and cause of suffering and solution).

2- Explain grieving process.

3- Identify approaches to dealing with grief (solution to deal with suffering).

Include a comparison of assigned religion to Christianity. How does your assigned religion differ from Christianity?

Support your position by referencing at least three to five academic resources (preferably from the GCU Library) in addition to the Bible and the textbook. Incorporate the research into your writing in an appropriate, scholarly manner.

Select one team member to post the presentation to the “Suffering and Evil” thread in the Main Forum. Respond to at least one other presentation.

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

HLT 302 Grand Canyon Week 8 Combating Compassion Fatigue

Using the Internet and/or the GCU eLibrary, research the topic of compassion fatigue, caregiver burnout, and related issues. Evaluate your sources to make sure they are academically sound and useful to your study. Compile concepts and resources to share with people who are facing burnout as they care for patients.

Write a training guide to assist people in combating compassion fatigue. Determine whether your audience is a group of professional health care workers or individuals caring for loved ones needing ongoing medical care. Present your training guide as a pamphlet, a PowerPoint presentation with lecture notes, or some other visual aid with notes.

Present the nature of the problem and its causes.
Explain the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the caregiver.
Finally, give examples of coping strategies and resources for help and hope for the caregiver.
While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment.

HLT 302 Grand Canyon Week 8 Benchmark

Spiritual Needs Assessment

This assignment requires you to interview one person and requires an analysis of your interview experience.

Part I: Interview

Select a patient, a family member, or a friend to interview. Be sure to focus on the interviewee’s experience as a patient, regardless of whom you choose to interview.

Review The Joint Commission resource which provides some guidelines for creating spiritual assessment tools for evaluating the spiritual needs of patients. Using this resource and any other guidelines/examples that you can find, create your own tool for assessing the spiritual needs of patients.

Create a survey to assess the subject’s spiritual need during the interview. The spiritual needs assessment survey needs a minimum of five questions that can be answered during the interview. During the interview, document the interviewee’s responses.

Submit the transcript of the interview. The transcript should include the questions asked and the answers provided. Be sure record the responses during the interview by taking detailed notes. Omit specific names and other personal information from the interview.

Part II: Analysis

Write a 500-750 word analysis of your interview experience. Be sure to exclude specific names and other personal information from the interview. Instead provide demographics such as sex, age, ethnicity, and religion. Include the following in your response:

1- What went well?

2- What would you do differently in the future?

3- Were there any barriers or challenges that inhibited your ability to complete the assessment tool? How would you address these in the future or change your assessment to better address these challenges?

4- Describe the spiritual experience you had with your patient, family member, or friend using this tool. How does this tool allow you to better meet the needs of your patient?

5- Did you discover that illness and stress amplified the spiritual concern and needs of your interviewee? Explain your answer with examples.

Submit both the transcript of the interview and the analysis of your results.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

HLT 302 Grand Canyon Week 9 Assignment

Collaborative Learning Community Meeting The Spiritual Needs Of The Acutely And Or Chronically Ill

Details:

This is a CLC assignment.

Select one of the following special populations of patients who suffer with:

Cancer
HIV
Renal failure
Mental illness
Cognitive impairment
Another acute or chronic condition
Research the patient group and select at least three research articles to be used in the presentation.

As a group, prepare an overview describing how to employ the health care provider process in analyzing the spiritual dimensions of the provider-patient relationship.

Pay attention to patient needs in your chosen population (adults or children). What interventions can be used to meet the spiritual needs of a patient in your chosen population in the following areas

Hope
Trust
Courage
Faith
Peace
Love
Each group will determine the most effective manner in which to present the information that engages the entire class.

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

This assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment.

HLT 302 Grand Canyon Week 10 Assignment

Health Care Provider and Faith Diversity Final Draft

Your instructor will send you your peer-reviewed assignment from Module 4.

Use the comments from the peer review to revise your document and turn it into a final draft. Not all comments need to be followed. Use your best judgment in revising your first draft to an assignment that better meets the requirements of the original assignment, found in Module 3.

This assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment.