A patient moans, "God wants me to suffer, but I don't know why. I feel like an outcast. I should have never been born." Which nursing diagnosis applies?
a. Potential for enhanced spiritual well-being
b. Disturbed personal identity
c. Spiritual distress
d. Powerlessness
C
Defining characteristics for the nursing diagnosis of spiritual distress are present. They include concern with the meaning of life, anger toward God, questioning the meaning of suffering, conflict about beliefs, and questions about the morality of the therapeutic regimen. Spiritual distress is more applicable to the patient's comments than the other diagnoses.
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