What spiritual need is believed to underlie all religious traditions and is common to all people?

Nurses provide care to meet needs in all the human dimensions. What is one intervention nurses can implement to meet spiritual needs?

A client expresses confidence in his traditional healer to relieve symptoms of an illness. What is the client demonstrating?

A client tells the nurse, “I am an atheist. I do not believe in God.” What would be an appropriate response by the nurse?

A client states that his life has meaning and purpose, he feels loved, and has experienced forgiveness in his life. What is the term that describes this state of spirituality?

What factor is necessary to express and experience spirituality?

While reviewing the chart for an assigned client before beginning care, a student notes that the client does not belong to a specific religion. Based on this information, what should the student interpret about the client?

Which of the following health care practices may be influenced by a young woman’s religion?

How can religious, life-affirming influences be compared with basic human needs?

Some religious beliefs may conflict with prevalent health care practices. For example, what type of treatment is prohibited by the doctrine of Jehovah’s Witnesses?

Each of the major religions has several characteristics in common. What is one of those characteristics?

A nurse fills the following roles in the community: health educator, personal health counselor, referral agent, trainer of volunteers, developer of support groups, integrator of faith and health, and health advocate. What is the term for this type of nurse?

A nurse is caring for a hospitalized child. What would the nurse consider to meet the spiritual needs of the child?

The parents of an infant are members of a faith-healing group. They refuse to give the baby antibiotics for meningitis. What does the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend for cases such as this?

A nurse is using Anandarajah and Hight’s (2001) HOPE acronym to assess a client’s spirituality and religious beliefs. Which of the following is a component of this acronym?

A client scheduled for complex heart surgery has been reading the Bible for hours each day, cries often, and is not sleeping well. What might these observations cue the nurse about the client?

A client verbalizes to a mental health counselor that his life is meaningless since his wife divorced him and that he no longer wants to live. What nursing diagnosis, resulting from his spiritual distress, would be appropriate?

A nurse is caring for a hospitalized client. What intervention can the nurse use to help the client continue normal spiritual practices?

Which of the following statements by a nurse would nurture spirituality by promoting love and relatedness?

What statement or question is useful for a nurse if a client asks the nurse to pray with him or her?

A nurse is preparing a client’s room to accommodate a visit from a spiritual counselor. Which of the following is a recommended practice?

A client tells a nurse that he does not think he can have the recommended heart surgery because transfusions are against his religion. What is the best response of the nurse in this situation?

The nurse’s role is to assist the client in obtaining the information needed to make an informed decision and to support the client’s decision making. Because what the nurse says, and the way it is said, may powerfully influence the client’s decision, it is important to maintain objectivity. Conflicts that resist resolution may be referred to an ethics committee or consult team.

A nurse has developed a plan of care to meet the needs of a client with the nursing diagnosis of Spiritual Distress. What would be an expected outcome?

The U.S. Religious Landscape Survey of 35,000 Americans by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life (2008) finds that most Americans are religious and they have a nondogmatic approach to faith. Which of the following statements accurately describes religion in America? Select all that apply.

While admitting a clilent who is having elective surgery tomorrow, the nurse asks if he has a preferred religion or faith. The client indicates that he does not believe in a higher power and therefore has no preferred religion. The nurse knows that which of the following terms describes the client’s feelings about religion?

This is the nurse’s third day of caring for a client who recently underwent a colectomy that resulted in a colostomy. As the nurse goes about the physical assessment, a discussion about spirituality develops. The client tells the nurse that his

religion believes in a basic harmony between religion and science. You interpret this as which of the following groups?

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 that apply.

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?

The nurse’s client today informs her that he receives regular visits from a parish nurse, who helps him with his diet-controlled diabetes. The nurse is aware that parish nurses do which of the following? Choose all that apply.

The nurse is caring for a client today who asks to have the coffee removed from his tray. The client informs the nurse that his religion precludes the intake of caffeine. The nurse is aware that religions often guide daily living habits in which of the following ways? Choose all that apply.

A client informs the nurse that her physician has planned a procedure that may be in conflict with the client’s personal spiritual belief. The client asks the nurse for assistance. The nurse is aware that her role should include assisting the client to do which of the following?

A client requests the nurse not touch his lips when administering his oral medications. Based on the nurse’s understanding of the major religions, the nurse identifies this request as reflecting which of the following?

The nurse caring for a Native American client should inquire if the client utilizes which of the following?