The general approach to conducting a spiritual assessment includes
a. performing it as part of history taking or conversationally during the physical exam or during patient care.
b. discussing your own spiritual or religious beliefs so the patient will feel comfortable sharing her beliefs.
c. positioning yourself slightly above and to the side of the patient to enhance your ability to observe verbal and nonverbal reactions.
d. beginning by asking, "What is your religion?"
A
The spiritual assessment is best done as part of history taking, but it can also be performed conversationally during the patient's physical examination or during patient care. The assessment should not be performed as a stand-alone interview after trust has been established. It is inappropriate to discuss you own beliefs. Instead, if the patient asks about such, turn the conversation around to the patient's beliefs. The nurse should position herself at eye level with the patient. Asking "What is your religion?' implies that everyone belongs to some sort of religion and may embarrass or insult a patient who does not.
You might also like to view...
A client with gout has not responded to the usual medications. The primary health care provider prescribes a pegloticase infusion. Based on the nurse's understanding of this drug, which nursing diagnosis would be most appropriate?
A) Risk for Injury B) Acute Pain C) Impaired Comfort: Gastric Distress D) Risk for Allergic Response
It is imperative that nursing take a leadership role in providing effective health care across the lifespan and in various health care settings. Which intervention will have the greatest impact on achieving positive outcomes concerning that issue?
a. An acute care facility providing continuing education credits for geriatric nursing in-services b. A baccalaureate degree nursing program including a geriatric care course into the curriculum c. A professional nursing organization provides advanced practice status as a geriatric specialist d. A long-term care facility's nursing director is a certified geriatric nurse practitioner
When explaining risk assessment, the nurse would indicate that the highest priority for admission to hospital-based care is
a. safety of self and others. b. confusion and disorientation. c. withdrawal from harmful substances. d. medical illness complicating a psychiatric disorder.
A board of directors and senior physician in a tertiary care centre are described as being __________
a. powerless in hospital decision-making b. oppressed in the hospital decision-making process c. influential in hospital decision-making d. support staff to those who make decisions in hospitals