Personal Wellness Inventory and Reflection
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Personal Wellness Inventory and Reflection
Introduction
Our personal relationship with other people may be associated with our personal relationship with ourselves. As a popular saying goes, “you cannot love another without loving yourself”. This operates on the argument that one cannot give another person something that you do not have within you. In the nursing profession, nurses are expected to embody certain qualities that are typically expected of a job that has very minimal social interaction. With this being said, it can be said that nurses are expected to have a certain level of maturity while at the same time possessing the ability to cope and adjust to the level of stress that comes with the profession. This paper considers two assessments—“Inventory of Spiritual/Emotional Maturity”, and the “Are You Heading for Caregiver Burnout?”. The purpose of this paper is to understand one’s ability to fight compassion fatigue and burnout while at the same time render ways on how one can promote personal spiritual growth.
Part A: Inventory
Inventory of Spiritual/Emotional Maturity
The Inventory of Spiritual/Emotional Maturity’s structure was easy to follow. The personal assessment on one’s general formation and readiness for the calling for discipleship in Part A and the biblical passages in Part B allows a clear connection of the spiritual vocation that comes along with the nursing profession. I believe the assumptions of the results were fully justified based on how the author interpreted every result, giving due consideration of the individual answers.
The “Are You Heading for Caregiver Burnout?” was easier to complete than the other questionnaire simply because there were lesser items in this particular survey. Nevertheless, the use of the choices “sometimes” and “often” may be a little confusing considering the overlapping definition for the two words. On the other hand, the result assumption was properly described and identified. Although the author could explain it more profoundly, the provided interpretation can easily be related and connected to the individual questions.
Part B: Reflection
After summing the results of the test on spiritual/emotional maturity, I was able to generate the result of being classified under the “emotional adult” category. I felt proud of the result I generated considering that I tried to be very honest in assessing myself. I have always seen myself as someone who respects everyone regardless of who they are or what they do for a living. I never look down on anyone because I believe that we are all equal in the eyes of our creator. While I show respect for everyone, I make sure that I still maintain my own personal beliefs and I do not lose myself in the process of accepting other people’s values beliefs and values. I have always stood up for myself but I do not do this in a manner that I will insist what I believe in other people. We are who we are and I recognize that this makes each one of us unique and special.
As far as emotional fatigue and being burned out is a concern, I think I faired well. I always believed that people may get physically exhausted for all the physical activities that they do but if they love what they are doing then they will not see it as a job but more as a vocation. Not a day in my life in this role do I feel that I am emotional-stressed. Rather, I feel energized if I am able to help out other people.
