JCN October-December 2008 - Self-Injury Behavior

Volume 25, Number 4 October-December 2008

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Personal or group study ideas.
Read the articles, choose your questions!

small box Self-Injury Behavior:
Read Lesniak, pp. 186-193.
a. Explore Psalms that express internal pain and anguish, such as 6, 22, 28, 88-89, 116, 130, or 142. Which ones were helpful to you? Why? How might these Psalms help someone who is self-injuring?
b. What might you say to a patient or friend you discover is self-injuring?
c. Have you had patients who cut? Describe your experience. How did you show support? What could you have said or done differently?

small box In-Service Education for Spiritual Care:
Read Cerra and Fitzpatrick, pp. 204-209.
a. What training in spiritual care have you received? How comfortable or uncomfortable are you in providing spiritual care?
b. Are you aware of others in your work setting who provide spiritual care? If so, what do they do?
c. Share a story of a time when spiritual care resulted in a positive patient outcome. If there isn't a story to share, discuss why that may be the case.
d. Read Matthew 11:28-30. Pray alone or with other nurses about what God wants to teach you regarding spiritual care.Ask him to help you see the spiritual needs of patients and show you how to respond.

small box Documentation:
Read Makey, pp. 210-212.
a. What mishandled or poor documentation have you seen?
b. Read Romans 12:1-3. In what ways does the transformation Christians are to undergo impact your documentation as a nurse?
c. How might you handle a situation in which you find the documentation is inaccurate? What is the policy of the institution where you work?
d. What factors lead to an increase in documentation errors? What might help decrease errors? Is the system to blame? Why or why not?

183 A Confession - Editorial

186 Self-Injury Behavior: How Can Nurses Help?
Rhonda Lynn Goodman Lesniak

It's hard to understand why someone would deliberately hurt him or herself. Yet 12% to 13% of teens self-injure. To facilitate healing, nurses need to know how - and how not to help.

196 A Christian Response to Suicide: Lessons From Zimbabwe
Ross G. Cooper

Over-the-counter medications are used worldwide for suicide attempt. Learn about chloroquine overdose in Zimbabwe and a Christian response.

MISSIONS

200 Unexpected Lessons From Short-Term Missions
Linda S. Johanson

"Everything you need to know for a successful mission trip isn't necessarily printed in a 'mission manual.'"

202 Reflections, Confessions, & Lessons from a First Year Educator
Lori J. Greer

Lifelong lessons can be gained one's first year of teaching.

204 RESEARCH Can In-Service Education Help Prepare Nurses for Spiritual Care?
Anna Cerra and Joyce J. Fitzpatrick

This pilot study testing the effect of a 2-hour class on staff nurses' spiritual perspectives yielded promising results.

210 Is Your Documentation Like a Bunch of Cows?
Gloria E. Makey

"The documentation looked as if the resident had gone all month without a bath."

213 How Nursing Intersects With Disaster Relief Planning
Steven Busby, Susan Speraw, and Elizabeth Young

Some nurses feel theory is good for ivory tower academics but not the real world. Discover how nursing theory is useful for disaster management.

219 A Special Thank You
JCN thanks our editorial advisors and reviewers who assisted in the preparation of the journal this past year.

Departments

184 Etc.

Your Letters, Looking Ahead

STUDENT TXT

221 Prayers of Blessing, Wireless Healthcare
Maureen Juarez, Pamela Friesen, and Bernita Missal

Christian Ethics

222 Secularizing Spiritual Care
Susan A. Salladay

Called to Teach

224 Feeling Lost?
Sandra L. Jamison

Practicing

225 The Rest of the Story
Michelle Dellaria Doas

FAQs in Spiritual Care

227 How Do I Recognize Spiritual Needs?
Mary T. Sweat

230 Resources - Self-Injury, Caregiving, Leadership, Personal Growth

236 PulseBeats - Evaluating Online Health Information, Sexual Assault Training, Ask for Help