The nurse is caring for a patient with a chronic illness who is ...

[javeds]

The nurse is caring for a patient with a chronic illness who is having conflicts with beliefs. Which health care team member will the nurse ask to see this patient?
 
  a. The clergy
  b. A psychiatrist
  c. A social worker
  d. An occupational therapist

Question 2

The nurse is caring for a patient with a terminal disease. The nurse sits down and lightly touches the patient's hand. Which technique is the nurse using?
 
  a. Doing for
  b. Establishing presence
  c. Offering transcendence
  d. Providing health promotion

[underwood14]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Other important resources to patients are spiritual advisors and members of the clergy. Spiritual care helps people identify meaning and purpose in life, look beyond the present, and maintain personal relationships, as well as a relationship with a higher being or life force. A psychiatrist is for emotional health. A social worker focuses on social, financial, and community resources. An occupational therapist provides care with vocational issues and functioning within physical limitations.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Establishing presence by sitting with a patient to attentively listen to his or her feelings and situation, talking with the patient, crying with the patient, and simply offering time are powerful spiritual care approaches. Benner explains that presence involves being with a patient versus doing for a patient. Transcendence is the belief that a force outside of and greater than the person exists beyond the material world. In settings where health promotion activities occur, patients often need information, counseling, and guidance to make the necessary choices to remain healthy.

[javeds]

TYSM

[debra928]

Excellent