Exam 11: Spiritual Needs, Spiritual Caring, and Religious Differences

The nurse working in the neonatal intensive care unit would implement baptism for a baby not expected to live if the infant's religion is listed as

A religion that was formed in 1957 by merger of Congregational and Evangelical and Reformed Churches is

The LPN/LVN is preparing to educate a healthy patient regarding methods of birth control. The patient's history indicates she is a member of the Mormon church. The LPN/LVN is aware that education of this patient should include information related to

The Jewish patient tells the nurse that he does not observe the Sabbath on Sundays. What other time interval would the nurse need to provide for patient Sabbath observances?

Select the patient who would benefit least from the nurse reading from the New Testament.

A patient who practices Buddhism tells the nurse, "My pain is the result of things I have done in the past." The nurse, who wishes to be supportive, should respond

A religion that began in Scotland and evolved from John Calvin in the sixteenth century is known as

A nurse is caring for a Sunni Muslim patient. The nurse demonstrates cultural sensitivity by understanding that the patient would likely pray to

A patient following a kosher diet consumes a breakfast of toast, eggs, and turkey bacon. The LPN/LVN is aware that 6 hours must pass before the patient is offered

The LPN/LVN is providing care to a patient of the Roman Catholic (Western) faith. Necessary knowledge regarding beliefs, practices and nursing interventions for care of this patient would include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is caring for an Orthodox Jewish patient who is close to death. An important intervention would be to find out whether the patient

A religion in which members observe the Sabbath from sunset on Friday to sunset on Saturday is

A patient who is terminally ill describes himself as "agnostic." The nurse caring for this person can correctly assume that the patient

A patient has a small piece of paper on which unfamiliar symbols are written hanging on a black string around the neck. To prepare the patient for the operating room (OR) the nurse should

A religion that was founded by Joseph Smith in the nineteenth century is