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Chaplain & Spiritual Care
Spiritual Care Services/Chaplaincy, a component of Patient Care Services, exists to provide easily accessible, sensitive and high quality spiritual care to patients, families and staff and to represent the human spiritual dimension in the hospital’s activities.
Spiritual care supports persons in their search to find meaning in their health crisis or other experiences of loss or challenge. Skillful and sensitive responses to the emotional needs and spiritual values of persons can help them to experience again their own strength and personal faith, a key dimension in the recovery of well-being.
All Stevens chaplains are professionally trained, have an advanced theological degree, and are experienced in the care of persons. A chaplain is available by pager 16 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days per year. If a chaplain is needed or desired, please call the hospital operator at 425.640.4000 and the available chaplain will be paged.
In offering spiritual care, the chaplains are aware of and sensitive to the principles and practice of major faiths, cultural beliefs and needs of patients. The chaplains acknowledge the diversity of those receiving the care, and respect the right and appropriateness of individuality in belief and practice. The chaplains never proselytize. They encourage each person in his/her own belief system, if any, and do religious teaching only in response to the request of the one receiving care.
In lieu of a chapel, the Peter Kruger Quiet Room on the 3rd floor is provided as a space for all who want a space for meditation and prayer. Religious materials from some faiths are available in the Quiet Room and others are available from the chaplains’ office, which is immediately adjacent to the open portion of the Quiet Room.
