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Questions:

1. 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?
2. 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.
3. 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?
4. 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?
5. What do you believe makes us human? Cite references from your reading to support your answer.
6. What is the Christian concept of the imago Dei? How might it be relevant to health care, and why is it important?
7. What is your earliest memory of being sick? Similarly, what is your first memory of receiving 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?
8. 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? Cite references from your reading to support your answer.
9. Review Colossians 1 in the Bible. Define the concepts of "God," "person," "environment," and "health" according to Colossians 1.
10. 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.
11. 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?
12. 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?
13. 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.
14. 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 Resources. Cite references from your reading to support your answer.
15. How would your practices contribute to your success as a caregiver? What could you do to improve the care you give yourself?
16. 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?