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TE SOLUTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS (FCA0A)
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QUESTION 1 zm
A patient recently diagnosed with cancer informs the nurse that she values faith and f
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inds comfort in her faith. The nurse is aware that faith is best defined as which of the
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mfollowing?
ANSWER
A: Practice associated with all aspects of a person Iife. B: An organized belief system about a higher
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mpower C: I believe in something for which there is no proof or material of evidence D: a positive o
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utlook even in the bleakest moment C: a belief in something for which there is no more material ev
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idence. Rationale Faith is a belief in something for which there is no proof or material evidence. Ho
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pe is a positive outlook even in the bleakest moments. Religion is an organized belief system about
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a higher power. Spiritual beliefs are practices associated with all aspects of a person's life.
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QUESTION 2 zm
Upon assessment, the nurse is addressing the beliefs of a newly admitted man who re
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ports practicing the Adventist religion. Based on the nurses familiarity with his religio
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n, she appropriately asks the patient:
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ANSWER
AA: what are your beliefs about the use of narcotics for pain? B: is that acceptable for the healthcar
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e team to remove undergarments in an emergency? C: what are your beliefs about blood transfusion
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s? D: do you receive care from a medicine man or woman? A: what are your beliefs about the use o
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f narcotics for pain? Rationale the Adventist religion prohibits the taking of narcotics and stimulant
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because the body the Temple. Jehovah witnesses prohibits blood transfusions because it violates God
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's law. Native American religions incorporate medicine men or women healthcare needs. Members of
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the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints are required to wear special undergarments that sh
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ould be removed only an emergency.
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QUESTION 3 zm
, The parents of a three children ages four, seven, and 11 years are interested in foster
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ing spiritual development in their children. A nurse informs the parents that the deve
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lopment of the child spirituality is best accomplished by:
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ANSWER
A: teaching through parental behaviors B: teaching the child about religion C: teaching through religi
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ous based schools D: teaching the child about God A: teaching through parental behaviors rationale
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a child's parents play a key role in the development of the child's spirituality. What is important is
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not so much what parents teach a child about God and religion, but rather what the child learned a
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bout God, life, and self from the parents behavior.
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QUESTION 4 zm
The nurse caring for a patient with Parkinson's disease. The patient informs the nurs
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e that he has been angry with God because of his worsening health, but after talking t
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o the hospital chaplain, he is ready to return to church choir and become active again
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min the men's group at the church. Why is an appropriate nursing diagnosis for this pa
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tient?
ANSWER
A: spiritual distress B: impaired religiosity C: readiness for enhanced spiritual well-
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being D; risk for loneliness C: readiness for enhanced spiritual well-
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being Rationale The most appropriate diagnosis for this patient is readiness for enhanced spiritual
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well-
being. The patient's desire to experience and integrate meaning and purpose in life through connect
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esness with self , others, art, music, literature, nature, or a power greater than himself.
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QUESTION 5 zm
A college foreign-
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exchange student is living with a family in England and is confused about the daily Ca
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tholic prayers and rituals of the family. The student longs for the comfort of her fund
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amentalist Protestant practices and reports to the campus nurse the direction. The nu
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rse recognizes the student is experiencing which type of spiritual distress?
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ANSWER
A: spiritual anger B; spiritual alienation C: spiritual guilt D: spiritual loss B: spiritual alienation ratio
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nale spiritual alienation occurs when an individual is separated from his/her a community. Spiritual
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guilt is the failure to live according to religious rules. Their anger is the inability to accept illness. S
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piritual loss occurs when one is not able to find comfort in religion.
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QUESTION 6 zm
Exam Solution zm
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TE SOLUTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS (FCA0A)
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QUESTION 1 zm
A patient recently diagnosed with cancer informs the nurse that she values faith and f
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inds comfort in her faith. The nurse is aware that faith is best defined as which of the
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mfollowing?
ANSWER
A: Practice associated with all aspects of a person Iife. B: An organized belief system about a higher
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mpower C: I believe in something for which there is no proof or material of evidence D: a positive o
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utlook even in the bleakest moment C: a belief in something for which there is no more material ev
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idence. Rationale Faith is a belief in something for which there is no proof or material evidence. Ho
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pe is a positive outlook even in the bleakest moments. Religion is an organized belief system about
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a higher power. Spiritual beliefs are practices associated with all aspects of a person's life.
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QUESTION 2 zm
Upon assessment, the nurse is addressing the beliefs of a newly admitted man who re
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ports practicing the Adventist religion. Based on the nurses familiarity with his religio
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n, she appropriately asks the patient:
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ANSWER
AA: what are your beliefs about the use of narcotics for pain? B: is that acceptable for the healthcar
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e team to remove undergarments in an emergency? C: what are your beliefs about blood transfusion
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s? D: do you receive care from a medicine man or woman? A: what are your beliefs about the use o
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f narcotics for pain? Rationale the Adventist religion prohibits the taking of narcotics and stimulant
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because the body the Temple. Jehovah witnesses prohibits blood transfusions because it violates God
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's law. Native American religions incorporate medicine men or women healthcare needs. Members of
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the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints are required to wear special undergarments that sh
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ould be removed only an emergency.
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QUESTION 3 zm
, The parents of a three children ages four, seven, and 11 years are interested in foster
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ing spiritual development in their children. A nurse informs the parents that the deve
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lopment of the child spirituality is best accomplished by:
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ANSWER
A: teaching through parental behaviors B: teaching the child about religion C: teaching through religi
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ous based schools D: teaching the child about God A: teaching through parental behaviors rationale
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a child's parents play a key role in the development of the child's spirituality. What is important is
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not so much what parents teach a child about God and religion, but rather what the child learned a
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bout God, life, and self from the parents behavior.
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QUESTION 4 zm
The nurse caring for a patient with Parkinson's disease. The patient informs the nurs
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e that he has been angry with God because of his worsening health, but after talking t
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o the hospital chaplain, he is ready to return to church choir and become active again
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min the men's group at the church. Why is an appropriate nursing diagnosis for this pa
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tient?
ANSWER
A: spiritual distress B: impaired religiosity C: readiness for enhanced spiritual well-
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being D; risk for loneliness C: readiness for enhanced spiritual well-
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being Rationale The most appropriate diagnosis for this patient is readiness for enhanced spiritual
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well-
being. The patient's desire to experience and integrate meaning and purpose in life through connect
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esness with self , others, art, music, literature, nature, or a power greater than himself.
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QUESTION 5 zm
A college foreign-
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exchange student is living with a family in England and is confused about the daily Ca
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tholic prayers and rituals of the family. The student longs for the comfort of her fund
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amentalist Protestant practices and reports to the campus nurse the direction. The nu
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rse recognizes the student is experiencing which type of spiritual distress?
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ANSWER
A: spiritual anger B; spiritual alienation C: spiritual guilt D: spiritual loss B: spiritual alienation ratio
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nale spiritual alienation occurs when an individual is separated from his/her a community. Spiritual
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guilt is the failure to live according to religious rules. Their anger is the inability to accept illness. S
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piritual loss occurs when one is not able to find comfort in religion.
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QUESTION 6 zm
