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robinn137 · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

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

reelove4eva · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

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.