ATI PN COMPREHENSIVE PREDICTOR EXAM (Detail Solutions)

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A co-worker asks the nurse to explain spirituality. What is the nurse’s best response? a. It has a minor effect on health. b. It is awareness of one’s inner self. c. It is not as essential as physical needs. d. It refers to fire or giving of life to a person. ANS: B Spirituality is often defined as an awareness of one’s inner self and a sense of connection to a higher being, to nature, or to some purpose greater than oneself. Spirituality is an important factor that helps individuals achieve the balance needed to maintain health and well-being and to cope with illness. Florence Nightingale believed that spirituality was a force that provided energy needed to promote a healthy hospital environment and that caring for a person’s spiritual needs was just as essential as caring for his or her physical needs. The word spiritualitycomes from the Latin word spiritus, which refers to breath or wind. The spirit gives life to a person. 2. The nurse is caring for a patient who is an agnostic. Which information should the nurse consider when planning care for this patient? a. The patient is devoid of spirituality. b. The patient does not believe in God. c. The patient believes there is no known ultimate reality. d. The patient finds no meaning through relationship with others. ANS: C Some people do not believe in the existence of God (atheist), or they believe that there is no known ultimate reality (agnostic). Nonetheless, spirituality is important regardless of a person’s religious beliefs. Agnostics discover meaning in what they do or how they live because they find no ultimate meaning for the way things are. They believe that people bring meaning to what they do.