Exam 22: Spiritual Health

A patient who survived a near-death experience tells the nurse about feeling a deep sense of peace,light,and unconditional love while watching the health care providers perform resuscitation procedures.Which is the best response of the nurse?

Which assessment finding leads the nurse to include hopelessness as a nursing diagnosis in the patient's plan of care?

Which term is used to describe a person who does not believe in the existence of a higher power but has had a meaningful life by contributing to the lives of others?

The nurse is caring for a patient with the nursing diagnosis impaired religiosity related to inability to participate in religious services while hospitalized.Which nursing intervention is most appropriate for this patient?

The patient is distressed because hospitalization has prevented participation in church services and adherence to important prayer rituals.Which nursing diagnosis is most appropriate for this patient?

The nurse is caring for a patient who expresses anger about being abandoned and unloved by God since becoming ill.Which nursing diagnosis is appropriate for this patient?

Which nursing interventions are appropriate for a terminally ill patient who is a devout Jew?

The nurse feels a deep sense of altruism and wonderment after successfully resuscitating a young athlete who suddenly collapsed in cardiac arrest.Which term best describes the sensation experienced by the nurse?

A nurse is caring for a patient who survived cardiopulmonary resuscitation after almost drowning.How can the nurse best help the patient to deal with the aftereffects of the experience?

A patient refuses to remove a religious headscarf when being bathed.Which is appropriate action of the nurse?

Which action by the nurse is appropriate for a family with a terminally ill newborn?