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Discussion Board 1
Our Deepest Fear by Marianne Williamson
Please listen and or read the poem linked above.
Discussion Topic: Embracing Our Power: Unveiling the Wounded Healer Within
In this discussion, let’s explore the powerful message embedded in Marianne Williamson’s quote about our deepest fear being our own greatness and the concept of the wounded healer. The quote challenges us to embrace our inherent power and acknowledge that playing small does not serve the world. It suggests that as we let our light shine, we empower others to do the same.
Now, let’s delve into the idea of the wounded healer. The wounded healer (O’Brien, 2022, p.10), is a concept in psychology and mythology that suggests individuals who have experienced significant pain, trauma, or challenges in their lives can use their wounds to help others heal.
Self-Reflection: Share your thoughts on the quote and whether you resonate with the idea that our deepest fear is our own greatness. Have you ever found yourself holding back from embracing your full potential due to fear or insecurity?
Wounded Healer: Consider instances in your life where you or someone you know has transformed personal wounds into sources of healing for others. How can our own struggles become tools for empathy and understanding in helping others navigate their challenges?
Encouraging Others: Discuss ways in which we can actively encourage and support others to embrace their power and overcome their fears. How can we create environments that foster empowerment rather than insecurity?
Feel free to draw from personal experiences, philosophical perspectives, or psychological insights to contribute to the discussion.
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CASE STUDY PAPER
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Case Study Assignment
Purpose:
The purpose of this assignment is for the student to show understanding of the ANA professional guidelines
and apply their understanding to their learning about ethical and spiritual care for persons identified in a
specific case study.
Program Outcome:
• Practice empathetic caring within the framework of the Catholic health ministry.
Course Objective:
• Explain concepts of spirituality and ministry as essential components of holistic nursing care
• Identify opportunities for knowing and caring for self, and the relationship to knowing and caring for
others
• Compare and contrast the spiritual needs and spiritual care of different patient populations
Module Objective:
• Explore the nurses’ role in ethical and holistic care of persons through the interpretation and
application of the ANA Code of Ethics and Social Policy Statement
Instructions:
1. Review the rubric for the case study assignment
a. It is helpful to have the rubric open as you are working on the assignment to ensure you
are addressing all expectations
2. Select one of the case studies provided in Blackboard
a. Thoroughly read and understand the case study
3. Review the ANA professional authoritative guidelines again
4. Consider what recommendations you have for the nurse in the ethical/spiritual care for the persons
in your case study
5. Write a two-page response on your recommendations and be sure to reference the ANA
professional authoritative guidelines
6. Submit your response to the Blackboard submission portal
a. You may submit a draft prior to the deadline in order to check your SafeAssign originality
report
See Blackboard for grading rubric.
APA Requirements:
• This paper should be written in APA format (7th edition).
• First person is acceptable in this paper
• No abstract required
• The paper should include title page with honor code, according to APA format, no more than two
pages of content; and a reference page (should at least reference the ANA professional
authoritative guidelines)
•
Please take note of your Safe Assign report. Remember, you can submit a draft early to review
your Safe Assign feedback before submitting a final draft.
NUR4330C-DL1-Spirituality in Nursing: The Cultivation of Nursing as Ministry
Discussion Board 1
Our Deepest Fear by Marianne Williamson
Please listen and or read the poem linked above.
Discussion Topic: Embracing Our Power: Unveiling the Wounded Healer Within
In this discussion, let’s explore the powerful message embedded in Marianne Williamson’s
quote about our deepest fear being our own greatness and the concept of the wounded healer.
The quote challenges us to embrace our inherent power and acknowledge that playing small
does not serve the world. It suggests that as we let our light shine, we empower others to do
the same.
Now, let’s delve into the idea of the wounded healer. The wounded healer (O’Brien, 2022,
p.10), is a concept in psychology and mythology that suggests individuals who have
experienced significant pain, trauma, or challenges in their lives can use their wounds to help
others heal.
The Wounded Healer Chapter
The Nurse as Wounded Healer
When a nurse is described as a healer, one tends to focus on his or her ability to
relieve suffering. The label healer evokes the concept of a strong and gifted
individual whose ministry is directed by care and compassion; this is an appropriate
image. What may be forgotten in such a description is the fact that sometimes the
gift of healing has emerged from, and indeed has been honed by, the healer’s own
experiences of suffering and pain. In exploring the nurse’s healing role as an “anonymous minister,” a gerontologic nurse practitioner, Sharon, describes using her own
pain in counseling patients: “I may not talk about my pain .. [but] I understand
where they’re coming from if they’re hurting.” Sharon, who imagined this
experience as being “united in suffering” with those she cared for, reflected Henri
Nou-wen’s (1979) classic conceptualization of the wounded healer. Nouwen
described the wounded healer as one who must look after personal wounds while at
the same time must have the ability to heal others. The wounded healer concept is
derived from a Talmudic identification of the awaited Messiah:
He is sitting among the poor covered with wounds. The others unbind all their
wounds at the same time and bind them up again, but he unbinds one at a time and
binds it up again, saying to himself: “Perhaps I shall be needed; if so, I must always
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be ready so as not to delay for a moment.” (Tractate Sandhedren, as cited in
Nouwen, 1979, p. 82)
The nurse, as any person who undertakes ministry, brings into the interaction
personal and unique wounds. Rather than hindering the therapeutic process, the
caregiver’s wounds, when not unbound all at once, can become a source of strength,
understanding, and empathy when addressing the suffering of others. The nurse as
a wounded healer caring for a wounded patient can relate his or her own painful
experiences to those of the ill person, thus providing a common ground of
experience on which to base the initiation of spiritual care
Two discussions that validate the meaning and importance of the wounded healer
concept in nursing And health care are those presented by Niven (2008) on the
meaning of the wounded healer concept for nurses (2008) and by Graves
(2008) on teaching the concept of the wounded healer.
Self-Reflection: Share your thoughts on the quote and whether you resonate with the idea that
our deepest fear is our own greatness. Have you ever found yourself holding back from
embracing your full potential due to fear or insecurity?
Wounded Healer: Consider instances in your life where you or someone you know has
transformed personal wounds into sources of healing for others. How can our own struggles
become tools for empathy and understanding in helping others navigate their challenges?
Encouraging Others: Discuss ways in which we can actively encourage and support others to
embrace their power and overcome their fears. How can we create environments that foster
empowerment rather than insecurity?
Feel free to draw from personal experiences, philosophical perspectives, or psychological
insights to contribute to the discussion.
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