NUR 217 (Trends/Issues - Test 4) Study Notes Questions with Correct
Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: Holistic nursing perspective
Answer: Requires nurses to view each person as a biopsychosocial being with a spiritual core
Question 2: Human life cycle
Answer: A rhythmic set of stages of human development that each present different challenges to be met or
skills to be acquired
Question 3: Developmental crisis
Answer: A specific conflict whose resolution prepares the way for the next stage of their human life cycle
Question 4: Phenomenology
Answer: The study of individuals' own unique, first-person, conscious experiences
Question 5: Spirituality
Answer: Anything that pertains to a person's relationship with a nonmaterial life force or higher power
Question 6: T/F: A person can have spirituality beliefs but not be religious
Answer: TRUE
Question 7: Secular humanism
Answer: The belief that moral standards do not require religious justification **separates religion from
government
Question 8: Stage 1 of human spirituality
Answer: The chaotic (antisocial) stage, with its superficial belief system
Question 9: Stage 2 of human spirituality
Answer: The formal (institutional) stage, with its adherence to the law
Question 10: Stage 3 of human spirituality
Answer: The skeptic (individual) stage, with its emphasis on rationality, materialism, and humaneness
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, Question 11: Stage 4 of human spirituality
Answer: The mystical (communal) stage, with its "unseen order of things"
Question 12: T/F: In 1978, the NANDA-I recognized the nursing diagnosis of spiritual distress
Answer: TRUE
Question 13: The Soul
Answer: Seen as the invisible spiritual reality that makes each of us human and that will never die
Question 14: Chakras
Answer: Traditions of India and other Eastern cultures that involve concentrated areas of energy aligned
vertically in the body that relate to each other as well as to specific areas of the body, mind, and spirit
Question 15: Near-death experience (NDE)
Answer: An experience reported by people who've nearly died or thought they were going to die in which
there is a sensation of floating in the air while visualizing their body lying below on a hospital bed, at the
scene of the accident, or where the near death occurred
Question 16: How do children generally express their spirituality?
Answer: Imaginative play **usually imitate rituals and use symbols during this time
Question 17: Mystics
Answer: People who seek direct communion with divine forces
Question 18: What are some examples of questions that can be used to assess someone's spirituality?
Answer: 1. "What is strength for you?" 2. "Where can you get your strength?" 3. "Who gives you strength?"
4. "How can you increase your inner strength?" 5. "What does peace mean to you?" 6. "Where do you feel at
peace?" 7. "Who makes you feel more peaceful?" 8. "What situations will increase your sense of power?" 9.
"When do you feel most secure?" 10. "Where do you get your security from?" 11. "Who makes you feel
secure?" 12. "How can you increase your security?"
Question 19: Imagery
Answer: Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)
Question 20: Relaxation response
Answer: A state of calm that can be reached if one or more relaxation techniques are practiced regularly
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Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: Holistic nursing perspective
Answer: Requires nurses to view each person as a biopsychosocial being with a spiritual core
Question 2: Human life cycle
Answer: A rhythmic set of stages of human development that each present different challenges to be met or
skills to be acquired
Question 3: Developmental crisis
Answer: A specific conflict whose resolution prepares the way for the next stage of their human life cycle
Question 4: Phenomenology
Answer: The study of individuals' own unique, first-person, conscious experiences
Question 5: Spirituality
Answer: Anything that pertains to a person's relationship with a nonmaterial life force or higher power
Question 6: T/F: A person can have spirituality beliefs but not be religious
Answer: TRUE
Question 7: Secular humanism
Answer: The belief that moral standards do not require religious justification **separates religion from
government
Question 8: Stage 1 of human spirituality
Answer: The chaotic (antisocial) stage, with its superficial belief system
Question 9: Stage 2 of human spirituality
Answer: The formal (institutional) stage, with its adherence to the law
Question 10: Stage 3 of human spirituality
Answer: The skeptic (individual) stage, with its emphasis on rationality, materialism, and humaneness
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, Question 11: Stage 4 of human spirituality
Answer: The mystical (communal) stage, with its "unseen order of things"
Question 12: T/F: In 1978, the NANDA-I recognized the nursing diagnosis of spiritual distress
Answer: TRUE
Question 13: The Soul
Answer: Seen as the invisible spiritual reality that makes each of us human and that will never die
Question 14: Chakras
Answer: Traditions of India and other Eastern cultures that involve concentrated areas of energy aligned
vertically in the body that relate to each other as well as to specific areas of the body, mind, and spirit
Question 15: Near-death experience (NDE)
Answer: An experience reported by people who've nearly died or thought they were going to die in which
there is a sensation of floating in the air while visualizing their body lying below on a hospital bed, at the
scene of the accident, or where the near death occurred
Question 16: How do children generally express their spirituality?
Answer: Imaginative play **usually imitate rituals and use symbols during this time
Question 17: Mystics
Answer: People who seek direct communion with divine forces
Question 18: What are some examples of questions that can be used to assess someone's spirituality?
Answer: 1. "What is strength for you?" 2. "Where can you get your strength?" 3. "Who gives you strength?"
4. "How can you increase your inner strength?" 5. "What does peace mean to you?" 6. "Where do you feel at
peace?" 7. "Who makes you feel more peaceful?" 8. "What situations will increase your sense of power?" 9.
"When do you feel most secure?" 10. "Where do you get your security from?" 11. "Who makes you feel
secure?" 12. "How can you increase your security?"
Question 19: Imagery
Answer: Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)
Question 20: Relaxation response
Answer: A state of calm that can be reached if one or more relaxation techniques are practiced regularly
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