A Practical Guide to Hospital Ministry

A Practical Guide to Hospital Ministry: Healing Ways is a comprehensive resource that examines the roles and responsibilities of hospital chaplains. It will help you make a shift toward a knowledge- and skill-based ministry that both incorporates and goes beyond current training approaches. It also provides vital resources for hospital ministry, including job descriptions, discussions of various types of hospital ministries, scope-of-practice statements, sample pastoral care brochures and request forms, orientation checklists, sample religious preference codes, and a list of typical counseling problems.

Harold G Koenig, Junietta B Mccall

* Acknowledgments * Introduction * A Chaplain's Story * Beginning Assumptions * Hospital Ministry As Health Care Resource * Taking the Temperature of Hospital Ministry * Growing Needs in the Field of Hospital Ministry * Current Strengths of Hospital Ministry * The Interactive Format of This Book * An Overview * Chapter 1. Introduction to Ministry in Hospital Settings * Traditional Ministries * Newer Traditions * Recent Directions * Challenges and Changes in the Field * In Summary * Chapter 2. Understanding the Hospitalization Process and Patient Needs * Martha's Experience * The Health Care Service Wheel * Changes in Hospitalization and Care * What Do Patients Want? * Research on What Patients Want * What Patients Want in the Area of Spiritual Care * What Do Patients Need from You? * Chapter 3. Health, Healing, Illness, and Recovery * The Gift of a 100 Percent Cure * Themes of Health, Healing, Illness, and Recovery * Questions About Health and Illness * Questions About Health and Recovery * Questions About Healing and Hope * The Role of Beliefs * The Development of Core-Images of Health and Illness * Images of Health and Illness * Types of Images Encountered in Treatment of Patients * Effects of Images on Health and Illness * Chapter 4. Establishing a Vision and a Mission for Hospital Ministry * Assumptions and Values * Value Awareness Exercises * The Development of A Hospital Ministry Vision Statement * Areas of Growing Concern * Putting Vision and Mission into Practice * Chapter 5. Integrating Professional Needs into the Practice of Hospital Ministry * A Student's Experience * What Does a Person New to Hospital Ministry Need? * Needs of Persons Engaged in Hospital Ministry * Identifying Professional Ministry Needs * Chapter 6. Developing Caring Contexts for Health and Healing * Caring Contexts for Spiritual Healing * The Self As Patient and Healer * The Spiritual Care Provider * Care-Based Processes * Spaces and Places for Caring * Relationship As Context * Chapter 7. Focusing on Skill Development * The Art and Skill of Hospital Ministry * Using Common Sense * Making Initial Contacts * Providing Practical Help * Supportive Strategies * Brief Counseling * Crisis Ministry * Chapter 8. Going Beyond the Basics * Making Use of This Chapter * Administrative Skills and Functions * Consultation * Biomedical and Professional Ethics * Advanced Pastoral Care * Advanced Pastoral Counseling * Training Programs, Teaching, and Supervision * Contributions to the Field-Research and Writing * Interpretation and Advocacy Within the Wider Community * Developing a Professional Plan for Growth and Development * Chapter 9. Making Connections * The Large Picture of Service * Hospital-Wide Spiritual Care Efforts * Community Clergy Involvement * The Use of Clergy Consultants * Church and Faith Community Bridge Building * The Rewards of Hospital Ministry * Appendix A. Categorization of Hospital Ministry Form * Appendix B. Pastoral Services Spiritual Care and Chaplain Request Form * Appendix C. What Patients Request on Chaplain Request Forms * Appendix D. Sample Pastoral Services Policy Statement * Appendix E. Sample Pastoral Services Scope of Practice Statement * Appendix F. Chaplain I: Job Description * Appendix G. Chaplain II: Clinical Education Coordinator/Director Job Description * Appendix H. Chaplain IV: Administrator/Director Job Description * Appendix I. Sample Brochure * Appendix J. Identifying Professional Needs * Appendix K. Department of Pastoral Services Sample Orientation Checklist * Appendix L. Spiritual Needs Assessment * Appendix M. Care Readiness Questionnaire * Appendix N. Religious Preference Codes * Appendix O. Typical Presenting Problems: Brief Coun