Intended effects | Methods | Interventions | |
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Aligning care plan with patient’s values | Accompany someone in their spiritual/religious practice outside your faith tradition | Acknowledge current situation | Facilitate closure |
Build relationship of care and support | Assist with finding purpose | Acknowledge response to difficult experience | Facilitate communication |
Convey a calming presence | Assist with spiritual/religious practices | Active listening | Facilitate communication between patient and/or family member and care team |
De-escalate emotionally charged situations | Collaborate with care team member | Ask guided questions | Facilitate communication between patient/family member(s) |
Demonstrate caring and concern | Demonstrate acceptance | Ask guided questions about cultural and religious values | Facilitate decision making |
Establish rapport and connectedness | Educate care team about cultural and religious values | Ask guided questions about faith | Facilitate grief recovery groups |
Faith affirmation | Encourage end of life review | Ask guided questions about purpose | Facilitate life review |
Helping someone feel comforted | Encourage self care | Ask guided questions about the nature and presence of God | Facilitate preparing for end of life |
Journeying with someone in the grief process | Encourage self reflection | Ask questions to bring forth feelings | Facilitate spirituality groups |
Lessen anxiety | Encourage sharing of feelings | Assist patient with documenting choices | Facilitate understanding of limitations |
Lessen someone’s feelings of isolation | Encourage someone to recognize their strengths | Assist patient with documenting values | Identify supportive relationship(s) |
Meaning-Making | Encourage story-telling | Assist someone with Advance Directives | Incorporate cultural and religious needs in plan of care |
Mending broken relationships | Encouraging spiritual/religious practices | Assist with determining decision maker | Invite someone to reminisce |
Preserve dignity and respect | Explore cultural values | Assist with identifying strengths | Perform a blessing |
Promote a sense of peace | Explore ethical dilemmas | Bless religious item(s) | Perform a religious rite or ritual |
 | Explore faith and values | Blessing for care team member(s) | Pray |
 | Explore nature of God | Communicate patient’s needs/concerns to others | Prayer for healing |
 | Explore presence of God | Conduct a memorial service | Provide a religious item(s) |
 | Explore quality of life | Conduct a religious service | Provide access to a quiet place |
 | Explore spiritual/religious beliefs | Connect someone with their faith community/clergy | Provide compassionate touch |
 | Explore values conflict | Crisis intervention | Provide Grief Processing Session |
 | Exploring hope | Discuss concerns | Provide grief resources |
 | Offer emotional support | Discuss coping mechanism with someone | Provide hospitality |
 | Offer spiritual/religious support | Discuss frustrations with someone | Provide religious music |
 | Offer support | Discuss plan of care | Provide sacred reading(s) |
 | Setting boundaries | Discuss spirituality/religion with someone | Provide spiritual/religious resources |
 |  | Ethical consultation | Respond as chaplain to a defined crisis event |
 |  | Explain chaplain role | Share words of hope and inspiration |
 |  | Facilitate advance care planning | Share written prayer |
 |  |  | Silent prayer |