Exam 17: Spiritual Needs, Spiritual Caring, and Religious Differences

A patient who is a member of the Church of Latter Day Saints (Mormon)must increase fluid intake.Which beverages should the nurse offer?

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

To implement effective patient care,which patients would the nurse identify as non-Christians?

A religion in which members believe they receive Divine Truth from "inner" light supplied by the Holy Spirit is

A patient tells the nurse,"I know my minister will visit me when he checks at the admissions desk and learns I'm a patient." The most facilitative response the nurse can make would be

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 nurse is caring for a patient who follows teachings from a holy book called the Koran.The nurse understands that this patient practices what religion?

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

In what religion do adults abstain from food,drink,and sexual activity from dawn to sunset during the ninth month of their religious calendar?

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

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

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