NURS 2000 EXAM 4 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2025/2026
faith - Answers relationship with a higher power, the makeup of a person
religion - Answers practices that will help support a belief system; often used interchangeably
with faith, but is not the same thing
Spiritual Health - Answers balance between values, goals, beliefs, & relationships
Goal and Timing of spiritual assessment - Answers -Through the entire hospitalization
-Goal: decrease stress
FICA - Answers Faith- belief, meaning, coping; Do you have spiritual beliefs that helps you cope
with stress?
Importance- & influence; What is the importance of your faith in your life?
Community- Are you a part of a spiritual or religious community?
Address in care- How would you like us to best support your spirituality?
Spiritual Distress - Answers a disruption/barrier in the individual's spiritual activities that causes
them distress and manifests as physical, mental, or spiritual symptoms
Necessary Loss - Answers anticipated loss related to life changes; can be intensely felt
Maturational Necessary Loss - Answers expected life changes across the life span
Situational Loss - Answers any unanticipated loss caused by an external event
Actual Loss - Answers any loss of a valued person, item, or status recognized by others
Perceived Loss - Answers any loss not obvious or verifiable to others
Grief - Answers the anguish experienced after significant loss; sorrow caused by loss
Bereavement - Answers grief period (time)
Normal Grief - Answers caused by death of a loved one or the end of a relationship
anticipatory grief - Answers grief before the loss occurs
Prolonged Grief Disorder - Answers -inability to accept the death of a loved one
-Formerly known as Complicated Grief
-6+ months for adolescents; 12+ months for adults
Disenfranchised Grief - Answers grief related to a loss that society doesn't recognize or justify
, as loss
Kubler-Ross Stages of Loss and Grief - Answers Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
Acceptance
Denial (Kubler-Ross Stages of Loss and Grief) - Answers stage 1
client refuses to accept reality; questioning how life will go on; numbness and shock
Anger (Kubler-Ross Stages of Loss and Grief) - Answers stage 2
severe emotional distress against God, other people, or the situation; 'why me?' 'It's not fair?'
Bargaining (Kubler-Ross Stages of Loss and Grief) - Answers stage 3
negotiating for more time or a cure; postponing the loss by dreaming of it not happening;
promises, guilt
Depression (Kubler-Ross Stages of Loss and Grief) - Answers stage 4
overwhelming sadness due to the inability to change the situation; reality sets in;
disengagement, fatigue, less motivation and energy
Acceptance (Kubler-Ross Stages of Loss and Grief) - Answers stage 5
client acknowledges past and plans for the future
Palliative Care - Answers -Chronic or life-threatening symptom management while maintaining
the highest QOF
-Begins at diagnosis
-Continues, regardless of whether or not the patient is receiving disease-directed treatment
Hospice Care - Answers -care, comfort, and QOF of a person with a serious illness who is
approaching EOF
-Key: 6 months or less
-symptom management (comfort, pain management, and emotional support)
EOL Neurological Assessment findings - Answers Restless, confusion, disorientation
faith - Answers relationship with a higher power, the makeup of a person
religion - Answers practices that will help support a belief system; often used interchangeably
with faith, but is not the same thing
Spiritual Health - Answers balance between values, goals, beliefs, & relationships
Goal and Timing of spiritual assessment - Answers -Through the entire hospitalization
-Goal: decrease stress
FICA - Answers Faith- belief, meaning, coping; Do you have spiritual beliefs that helps you cope
with stress?
Importance- & influence; What is the importance of your faith in your life?
Community- Are you a part of a spiritual or religious community?
Address in care- How would you like us to best support your spirituality?
Spiritual Distress - Answers a disruption/barrier in the individual's spiritual activities that causes
them distress and manifests as physical, mental, or spiritual symptoms
Necessary Loss - Answers anticipated loss related to life changes; can be intensely felt
Maturational Necessary Loss - Answers expected life changes across the life span
Situational Loss - Answers any unanticipated loss caused by an external event
Actual Loss - Answers any loss of a valued person, item, or status recognized by others
Perceived Loss - Answers any loss not obvious or verifiable to others
Grief - Answers the anguish experienced after significant loss; sorrow caused by loss
Bereavement - Answers grief period (time)
Normal Grief - Answers caused by death of a loved one or the end of a relationship
anticipatory grief - Answers grief before the loss occurs
Prolonged Grief Disorder - Answers -inability to accept the death of a loved one
-Formerly known as Complicated Grief
-6+ months for adolescents; 12+ months for adults
Disenfranchised Grief - Answers grief related to a loss that society doesn't recognize or justify
, as loss
Kubler-Ross Stages of Loss and Grief - Answers Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
Acceptance
Denial (Kubler-Ross Stages of Loss and Grief) - Answers stage 1
client refuses to accept reality; questioning how life will go on; numbness and shock
Anger (Kubler-Ross Stages of Loss and Grief) - Answers stage 2
severe emotional distress against God, other people, or the situation; 'why me?' 'It's not fair?'
Bargaining (Kubler-Ross Stages of Loss and Grief) - Answers stage 3
negotiating for more time or a cure; postponing the loss by dreaming of it not happening;
promises, guilt
Depression (Kubler-Ross Stages of Loss and Grief) - Answers stage 4
overwhelming sadness due to the inability to change the situation; reality sets in;
disengagement, fatigue, less motivation and energy
Acceptance (Kubler-Ross Stages of Loss and Grief) - Answers stage 5
client acknowledges past and plans for the future
Palliative Care - Answers -Chronic or life-threatening symptom management while maintaining
the highest QOF
-Begins at diagnosis
-Continues, regardless of whether or not the patient is receiving disease-directed treatment
Hospice Care - Answers -care, comfort, and QOF of a person with a serious illness who is
approaching EOF
-Key: 6 months or less
-symptom management (comfort, pain management, and emotional support)
EOL Neurological Assessment findings - Answers Restless, confusion, disorientation
