A psychiatricmental health nurse with decades of practice ...

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A psychiatricmental health nurse with decades of practice experience has noted that there has been an increased interest in the spiritual aspects of health. To which of the following reasons has this increased interest been attributed?
 
  A) Research findings suggesting that a spiritual life benefits health
  B) A decrease in the use of complementary and alternative medicine
  C) Research findings indicating that lack of religion contributes to mental illness
  D) The belief that health and spirituality are independent

Question 2

A female psychiatricmental health nurse has asked whether the client has a deep faith.
 
  The nurse states that people with strong religious beliefs have better health outcomes and suggests that the client return to the religious practices of his childhood. Are the nurse's comments a cause for ethical concern?
  A) No, because she has not tried to force her own religious views on the client
  B) No, because her suggestions are within the scope of nursing practice
  C) Yes, because she is not an expert in the area, yet her professional status implies that her advice is expert
  D) Yes, because her views are paternalistic

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Answer to Question 1

Ans: A
Feedback:
Over the past few decades, however, interest in the spiritual aspects of health has resurged. Reasons for this reawakening range from research findings that suggest benefits of a spiritual life to health, acknowledgment of the limits of medical care, and a sense that something is missing. Multiculturalism and heightened awareness of complementary and alternative medicine are additional influences.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: C
Feedback:
All mental health professionals have a privileged status by virtue of the specialized knowledge they have attained through years of study and practice. Thus, they are in positions of great influence with respect to clients. When they depart from areas of established expertise to promote a personal agenda or enter an area in which they are not expert, they abuse their professional status. Inquiries into a client's spiritual life with the intent of making recommendations that link religious practice with better health outcomes may represent such a departure.