Then nurse is caring for a female client today. As the nurse is ...

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Then nurse is caring for a female client today. As the nurse is giving the client her morning medications, she begins a conversation about her belief in a higher power. The nurse knows that this can be interpreted as which of the following? Choose all tha
 
  A) Faith
  B) Spirituality
  C) Religion
  D) God
  E) Atheism

Question 2

Then nurse is caring for a hospice client who tells the nurse that she is worried about how she has treated a younger sister. She asks the nurse how to make things right. The nurse recognizes this as which of the following spiritual needs?
 
  A) Meaning
  B) Forgiveness
  C) Purpose
  D) Love

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Answer to Question 1

Ans: A, B, C, D
Spirituality is anything that pertains to a person's relationship with a nonmaterial life force or higher power. An atheist is a person who denies the existence of a higher power. Faith generally refers to a confident belief in something for which there is no proof or material evidence, such as a higher power. God is defined as a higher power. Religion refers to an organized system of beliefs about a higher power.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: B
According to Shelly and Fish (1988), there are three spiritual needs underlying all religious traditions and common to all people: (1) the need for meaning and purpose, (2) the need for love and relatedness, and (3) the need for forgiveness.

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