Spiritual Needs Assessment and Reflection Grand Canyon University: PHI-413V January 29, 2017. Spiritual Assessment Tool The spiritual assessment tool should be a part of assessment in hospital settings. This allows expanding physician patient relationship and build trust and rapport. It helps patients to find out spiritual beliefs and practices that may have positive impact on their health and healing. Spiritual assessment may also help patients to make spiritual and emotional challenges that are effecting their physical and mental health. There are different assessment tools that are used to perform spiritual assessment. Writer used FICA tool to assess my patient. Acronym FICA is the tool that helps...