A client with an acute, serious illness has been hospitalized. Upon entering the room, the nurse observes the client praying. The client states to the nurse: "I don't know how people manage to get through difficult times without their faith
It's where I get my strength." With which theorist should the nurse associate this client's belief?
1. Fowler
2. Westerhoff
3. Gilligan
4. Kohlberg
Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: Fowler's theory describes the development of faith as a force that gives meaning to a person's life.
Rationale 2: Westerhoff describes faith as a way of being and behaving that evolves from an experienced faith guided by parents and others during a person's infancy and childhood to an owned faith that is internalized in adulthood. For the client who is ill, faith provides strength and trust.
Rationale 3: Gilligan is not a spiritual theorist.
Rationale 4: Kohlberg is not a spiritual theorist.
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