What spiritual issues surrounding a disaster can arise for individuals, communities, and health care providers? Explain your answer in the context of a natural or manmade disaster. How can a community health nurse assist in the spiritual care of the individual, community, self, and colleagues?
Problem Statement:
After a natural disaster, for example, the Haiti earthquake of 2010 or a manmade disaster like global warming leads to the emergence of individual, community and health care provider spiritual concerns. These spiritual issues include anger, sadness, fear, anxiety, and irritability. Apart from tackling medical conditions, nurses should also be prepared to tackle nonmedical conditions such as the above spiritual issues. The research has shown that nurses are the most prepared health professionals to manage disasters in the community because they provide emergency treatment and triage which help people to cope (Lundy and Jane's, 2011).
