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    Outcomes of Faith During Hospitalization: A Case Study Method
    Outcomes of Faith During Hospitalization: A Case Study Method
    Outcomes of Faith During Hospitalization: A Case Study Method
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    Outcomes of Faith During Hospitalization: A Case Study Method

    By Reverend Dr. Hiltrude Nusser-Telfer

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    Chapter III presents eight case studies that identify and support the need for Professional Spiritual Care to undergird the work and healing methods of physicians and allied health professionals.The case study method was the result of the encouragement of many patients and medical professionals over the course of fifteen years of ministry.We are spiritual beings in a human body. The spiritual assessment looks at a patient's medical condition, social support system and religious affiliation including spiritual commitment to a belief in God. In dealing with a devastating illness, it is possible for patients to submit in trust and faith to believe in the God of Jesus Christ. Prayer and faith are our protection from evil. Due to our inherent insecurity, we open ourselves up to fear, which projects the wrong issues into our lives and encourages us to cop out from our intentions of protecting our soul and submitting to the will of God.
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    Release dateMar 23, 2011
    ISBN9781456741594
    Outcomes of Faith During Hospitalization: A Case Study Method
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    Reverend Dr. Hiltrude Nusser-Telfer

    Hiltrude writes from the heart and shares her experience working as a board certified chaplain in Hospice, Trauma I Hospital and currently Acute Care Hospital. She graduated in 1994 from Katholieke Universiteit,TeLeuven, Belgium with a BA and MA in Religious Studies. After graduation she moved back to the United States and continued her studies with two residencies, six semesters of Clinical Pastoral Education and became a board certified chaplain. In her ministry she became aware that sick and dying patients needed an opportunity to unburden themselves. Having started as a laywoman she continued her studies and was ordained to the priesthood in the Episcopal Church. In addition, she received her Doctor of Ministry in Pastoral Care from the Graduate Theological Foundation in South Bend, IN.

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      Outcomes of Faith During Hospitalization - Reverend Dr. Hiltrude Nusser-Telfer

      Dedication

      Dr. Mary Mather

      Mounir Elkhatib, MD

      Dr. William Bischoff

      Dr. George Shirk

      Prof. Dr. Karl Heinz Nusser

      Fr. James Bacik

      Dr. John Morgan

      My family: my sons

      Mark A. Telfer

      Michael J. Telfer

      Kevin P. Telfer

      Their spouses

      Jane S. Telfer

      Margaret K. Telfer

      Maria M. Telfer

      My Grandchildren

      Matthew Swift Telfer

      Claire McCarthy Telfer

      Alexander Jon Telfer

      Maximillian Karl Telfer

      Acknowledgments

      A diverse group of people have influenced my life and journey into ministry, the priesthood and chaplaincy. I wish to acknowledge the support of my family: my parents, Karl and Margarete Nusser, my Grandmother Margarete Roettinger, my brothers, Prof. Dr. Karl Heinz Nusser, Wolfgang Nusser, and my aunt Maria Pabst. My brother Karl Heinz Nusser inspired me early on to read philosophy and become acquainted with the great thinkers of the world.

      My undergraduate and graduate studies at Catholic University Louvain, in Belgium, grew out of the desire to explore the boundless world of theology and get to know more about the mystery of God. I am indebted to my Thesis Promoter, Dr. Matthew Lamberights and his patient guidance. On many occasions The American College provided a prayerful and stimulating oasis during four stressful years. Most of all there stands out the memory of a very dedicated teacher: Reverend Professor Raymond F. Collins.

      During two Clinical Pastoral Education residencies I felt challenged and supported by The Reverend Reuben Drefs, CPE Supervisor. The certification process was rigorous and aptly supported by the National Association of Catholic Chaplains in 1999 and by the Association of Professional Chaplains in 2005.

      After graduation from my second residency, I began my ministry at Flower Hospital, a member of the ProMedica Health System in 1997 in Toledo, OH. I benefited from the support of my nursing friends: Barb Conover, Sabrina Hunt Sanchez, Linda Ramallo and many others. The former Director of Pastoral Care, The Reverend Dr.Chuck Parker was instrumental in guiding me during challenging times. My Social Worker friend Nancy Elzinga never wavered in her encouragement for me. A special thank you goes to my late friend Barb Shirk; she never tired in her support of my writing.

      In January of 2000 the Episcopal Church welcomed me to enter the ordination track for the priesthood. Instrumental were the Right Reverend J. Clark Grew, The Right Reverend Arthur Williams and the The Reverend Gregory P. Sammons. During my educational year of absence from Flower Hospital I encountered many helpful teachers at the General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church in New York City. Two teachers stand out: Dr. Elizabeth Koenig and Dr. Judy Newman. The Reverend Evelynn Manzella prayerfully supported me in negotiating the hurdles of the 9/11 year 2001. Last but not least my Junior class friends (2004), led by the Reverend Kevin M. Goodman interceded with ample humorous intermissions to keep me on track.

      After my ordination to the transitional Diaconate I served on weekends in the Shared Ministry of Northwest Ohio, comprising three churches: Grace Episcopal Church Defiance, Trinity Episcopal Church, Bryan, and St. John’s Episcopal Church, Napoleon. Members of the three churches presented me for ordination to the priesthood at St. Michael’s in the Hills Episcopal Church on December 19. 2002 in Toledo, OH.

      During all those years my Spiritual Director, Sr. Justine Apfeld SMR, kept me focused with wisdom and prayers. Likewise my friends John and Ann Lieswyn, and Georgianne Torchia supported me through faithful intercessory prayers.

      Last, but not least, I wish to thank the Graduate Theological Foundation, Mishawaka, Indiana, for their support. I extend a special thank you to the President, Dr. John Morgan for his encouragement and guidance.

      Table of Contents

      Dedication

      Acknowledgments

      Chapter I

      Need for a Study of Outcomes of Faith During Hospitalization

      Chapter II

      Review of Literature

      Chapter III

      Case I

      Chapter IV

      Discussion and Conclusion

      References

      Chapter I

      Need for a Study of Outcomes of Faith During Hospitalization

      Introduction

      Many books and publications in circulation deal with healing through prayer in all its forms. There is an abundance of literature on healing through divine intervention, through intercessory prayers, and there are many supportive stories of miraculous healings.

      However, I am not so much interested in the results of prayer as I am in the results of faith.

      Perhaps I need to step back in time a bit. In asking what is the problem, I am attempting to explore the aspects of faith that bring a person from sickness to health, in other words, to have that kind of faith that moves mountains.

      Faith and Healing

      Is it faith that becomes the motivation to risk, to ask questions? What dynamism incites a person to venture into reflection, inquiry and pursuing a truth that is at best vague and totally uncertain? Migliore, adds the quote from Marcel, (1960, cited in Migliore, 1991): While a problem can be solved a mystery is inexhaustible. A problem can be held at arm’s length; a mystery encompasses us and will not let us keep a safe distance, (p.260-261). So, in reality, faith is a mystery and we will never be able to solve that mystery.

      When Jesus asks the man at the pool of Beth-zatha if he wants to be healed, he responds in the affirmative. He does what Jesus asks him to do, get up from his mat and walk (John 5:8 New Revised Standard Version). It took this man 38 years to accomplish this healing, which indicates that he survived on hope. St. Paul declares that we live by hope. Which means that hope compels people to move forward, not to cease from exploration. As T.S Eliot: Four Quartets (1971)explains, in the end is the beginning and the beginning is in the end. Also in Moltmann, (2004), In the End---The Beginning: The Life of Hope, The Christian Doctrine talks about Jesus Christ and his future. It is only in his name that hope is Christian (p.88). In the Great Thanksgiving Prayer in the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer we pray: We remember his death, We proclaim his resurrection, We await his coming in glory (p. 368 Prayer B) which represents a total affirmation that Christian hope is once and for all based on the remembrance of Christ; his ministry, passion, death and resurrection.

      Faith and hope are the magnets that propel us to a new life. The man at the pool of Beth-zatha had hope and waited patiently for the moment of his healing. The minute Jesus came into focus his feelings of hope took on a new dimension. Listening and focusing on Jesus and his loving presence gave birth to a new reality, the ability to walk. Forthwith the man was involved in a new life, a new environment: In the world of the ordinary people, his status had instantly changed from that of an outcast to one who is rehabilitated.

      When we live by hope, as St. Paul declares, we are stretching the boundaries of possibilities. We become possibility thinkers! Living in hope says to us: There is a way out ;( Grey, M.C., 2001 p. 10). Many passages in Isaiah deal with the auspices of hope and many deal with the disastrous impacts that bring on despair and hopelessness. The Christian faith does not always allow for the darkness that is created when the absence of God is felt in time of a disaster. Even Jesus felt totally abandoned and without hope on the Mount of Olives and on the Cross and expressed himself with passages from Psalm 22: My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

      The Aramean, Naaman, (2 Kings 5:14), follows the instruction of Elisha, the man of God, and went reluctantly into the water and was instantly healed. Was he following faith or was it more a case of obedience that made him well? Was the great warrior who was so highly favored by the king of Aram willing to humble himself and follow a strange but simple order? Was it hope that compelled him to travel the distance and submit himself to a foreign prophet?

      The Bible tells us that throughout the course of human history God has been actively and deliberately directing people to him and has firmly assured his faithfulness through various Covenants with his chosen people. There were the Covenants with Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses and David. The Aramean, Naaman, desperately seeking healing from a deadly and contagious disease, was guided and inspired through an Israeli maid to seek out the Prophet Elisha.

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