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The nurse is assessing a patient's spirituality and observes the patient meditating
before any treatments. What is the nurse's best action?
1. Arrange for quiet time for the patient as needed
2. Limit the time patient can meditate before procedures
3. Offer the patient a copy of the bible to read
4. Document that the patient is not religious - correct answer ✔✔arrange a quiet
time for the patient as needed
When completing the FICA tool for spiritual assessment, which questions should
the nurse ask the patient? (Select all that apply.)
How has your illness affected your personal beliefs?
When was the last time you have been to church?
What can I do for you?
Are you connected with a faith center in your community?
What things do you believe in that give meaning to life? - correct answer ✔✔How
has your illness affected your personal beliefs?
What can I do for you?
Are you connected with a faith center in your community?
What things do you believe in that give meaning to life?
When conducting a spiritual assessment of a hospitalized patient, the nurse
should remain aware of which potential barrier to effective communication?
,Multi-tasking while talking to the patient
Listening to patients' complete statements
Clarifying the meaning of a patient's statement
Discussing patient's feelings while hospitalized - correct answer ✔✔Multi-tasking
while talking to the patient
The nurse recognizes that which life events can be spiritually life changing? (Select
all that apply.)
Medical diagnoses
Career day to day job duties
Births
Loss of independence
Weddings - correct answer ✔✔Medical diagnoses, births, loss of independence,
weddings
When developing a plan of care, the nurse should consider which attribute of the
concept of spirituality?
Chronic versus acute illnesses affect spirituality
Convincing patients to pray is a priority intervention
Referrals may be needed to spiritual counselors
Spirituality is not a well-known universal concept - correct answer ✔✔Referrals
may be needed to spiritual counselors
, A patient uses rosary beads and attends mass once a week. This expression of
spirituality is best described with which term?
Faith
Authenticity
Belief
Religiosity - correct answer ✔✔religiosity
Which are true statements about the definition of spirituality in nursing? (Select
all that apply.)
Encompasses principle, an experience, attitudes, and belief regarding God
Mind, body, spirit, love, and caring are interconnected
Patient's quality of life, health, and sense of wholeness are affected by spirituality
An exact definition was developed and adopted in the late 1980s
Head knowledge affects spirituality more than heart knowledge - correct answer
✔✔Encompasses principle, an experience, attitudes, and belief regarding God
Mind, body, spirit, love, and caring are interconnected
Patient's quality of life, health, and sense of wholeness are affected by spirituality
Understanding cultural differences in health care is important because it will help
the nurse to understand the manner in which people decide on obtaining
treatments and medical care. In independent cultures an individual will - correct
answer ✔✔put himself first
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The nurse is assessing a patient's spirituality and observes the patient meditating
before any treatments. What is the nurse's best action?
1. Arrange for quiet time for the patient as needed
2. Limit the time patient can meditate before procedures
3. Offer the patient a copy of the bible to read
4. Document that the patient is not religious - correct answer ✔✔arrange a quiet
time for the patient as needed
When completing the FICA tool for spiritual assessment, which questions should
the nurse ask the patient? (Select all that apply.)
How has your illness affected your personal beliefs?
When was the last time you have been to church?
What can I do for you?
Are you connected with a faith center in your community?
What things do you believe in that give meaning to life? - correct answer ✔✔How
has your illness affected your personal beliefs?
What can I do for you?
Are you connected with a faith center in your community?
What things do you believe in that give meaning to life?
When conducting a spiritual assessment of a hospitalized patient, the nurse
should remain aware of which potential barrier to effective communication?
,Multi-tasking while talking to the patient
Listening to patients' complete statements
Clarifying the meaning of a patient's statement
Discussing patient's feelings while hospitalized - correct answer ✔✔Multi-tasking
while talking to the patient
The nurse recognizes that which life events can be spiritually life changing? (Select
all that apply.)
Medical diagnoses
Career day to day job duties
Births
Loss of independence
Weddings - correct answer ✔✔Medical diagnoses, births, loss of independence,
weddings
When developing a plan of care, the nurse should consider which attribute of the
concept of spirituality?
Chronic versus acute illnesses affect spirituality
Convincing patients to pray is a priority intervention
Referrals may be needed to spiritual counselors
Spirituality is not a well-known universal concept - correct answer ✔✔Referrals
may be needed to spiritual counselors
, A patient uses rosary beads and attends mass once a week. This expression of
spirituality is best described with which term?
Faith
Authenticity
Belief
Religiosity - correct answer ✔✔religiosity
Which are true statements about the definition of spirituality in nursing? (Select
all that apply.)
Encompasses principle, an experience, attitudes, and belief regarding God
Mind, body, spirit, love, and caring are interconnected
Patient's quality of life, health, and sense of wholeness are affected by spirituality
An exact definition was developed and adopted in the late 1980s
Head knowledge affects spirituality more than heart knowledge - correct answer
✔✔Encompasses principle, an experience, attitudes, and belief regarding God
Mind, body, spirit, love, and caring are interconnected
Patient's quality of life, health, and sense of wholeness are affected by spirituality
Understanding cultural differences in health care is important because it will help
the nurse to understand the manner in which people decide on obtaining
treatments and medical care. In independent cultures an individual will - correct
answer ✔✔put himself first
