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The nurse plans time to sit with a client to help address the client's spiritual needs. Why is this important?

Clients are holistic beings consisting of body, mind, and spirit

When caring for a client from a culturally different background, what is the goal for incorporating the client's health beliefs and practices into the nursing plan of care?

Improvement of the client's health outcomes

A nurse supervisor is instructing a novice nurse on methods of introspective reflection to help the novice gain an understanding of self beliefs and biases about the relationship between spirituality and health. Which of the following methods should the supervisor recommend to the novice? Select all that apply

Journaling  Meditation  Discussions with a spiritual leader

While completing a spiritual assessment, which question would provide the most information about a client's sources of hope and strength?

"Who is the most important person to you?"

A child is admitted to the hospital after an injury during a school field trip. The child's parents arrive shortly afterwards and refuse to allow their child to receive needed antibiotics to fight off infection and analgesics to lessen the child's severe pain. Which of the following should the nurse do?

Consult the hospital's ethics committee

A nurse is assessing a client from India who complains of panic, sexual dysfunction, fatigue, weakness, and loss of appetite. Which culture-bound syndrome should the nurse suspect in this client?

Dhat

The most useful spiritual assessment techniques should have specific introductory questions and be specific to a particular religious denomination to guide precise questions.

False

A nurse is in the process of selecting a spiritual assessment tool to use with clients. Which of the following characteristics should this tool possess? Select all that apply.

General introductory questions  Objectivity

A nurse assesses the spirituality of a client who is terminally ill with pancreatic cancer. Which of the following is the best rationale for this action, from the nurse's perspective?

Identifying possible coping mechanisms

After completing an admission assessment the client asks if the room door can be closed so that the client can have silence when reading the Bible. What does this indicate to the nurse about the client's spirituality?

Reading the Bible provides comfort to the client

A client in the hospice unit has fewer than 3 months to live. The client states, "I have been good all my life ... I do not know why God is punishing me like this." What is the most appropriate action for the nurse?

Stay with the client and provide presence.

A client is being educated on a new diagnosis of diabetes mellitus. The client asks no questions during or after the session. What cultural consideration does the nurse understand may be the reason for the client not asking questions

The client considers asking questions of the nurse a sign of mistrust in her abilities.

What outcome should the nurse prioritize when addressing a client's social, cultural, and spiritual issues?

The client will express meaning and purpose in life.

To give spiritual care to a client, it is not necessary for the nurse to

share the same religious beliefs as the client to provide effective spiritual care.