How can a community health nurse assist in the spiritual care of the individual, community, self, and colleagues?

A disaster is a sudden calamity that occurs in an environment and causes huge destruction and loss (Falkner, 2018). The cause of a disaster can be natural or man-made. Either ways the impact of disasters can last a lifetime, and these includes the spiritual, physical and mental health aspects of victims and their family. Public health nurses must learn to assess and identify the strength and weakness of coping mechanism of victims experiencing or suffering from impact of a disaster. During assessment it is important to acknowledge the need for spiritual support, notify the family and victim that arrangement can always be made for a chaplain to visit, comfort and pray with the victims as required and requested (Falkner, 2018). Cultural diversities need to be acknowledged too because people express their pain and grieve differently. Nurses should take time to be there to listen to victims because sometimes they just need a listening ear and someone by them, since they might not have the opportunity to a support system.