When discussing spirituality with adolescent patients, the nurse is aware that which of the following is true regarding patients in this age group?
a. They often have a good concept of a supreme being.
b. They question religious practices and values.
c. They fully accept the higher meaning of their faith.
d. They give of themselves to others as spiritual tasks.
B
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A Adolescents do not necessarily have a good concept of a supreme being. This occurs as people mature.
B Adolescents often reconsider their childlike concept of a spiritual power, and in the search for an identity, they may either question practices and values or find the spiritual power as the motivation to seek a clearer meaning to life.
C Adolescents do not necessarily fully accept the higher meaning of their faith.
D Older adults, not adolescents, often turn to important relationships and the giving of themselves to others as spiritual tasks.
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