I have learned a lot about assessment tools as it is the first time to hear about them but my interest is on the Spiritual assessment tool (FICA)
The spiritual journey involves healing and affirming. Spirituality is the belief that keeps family and patient hope. At times there are barriers to spiritual assessment as healthcare workers don’t have time to do the assessment and lack of experience taking spiritual history and that becomes difficult to identify patients who want to discuss their spiritual issues and they believe that addressing spiritual concerns is not part of the health care worker. Hospitalized patients and patients who are terminally ill often wish to share their beliefs and to hear those of the health care worker and to have them to pray for or with them
