A psychiatric nurse has facilitated a patient's recent attendance at a church service and has arranged for another to attend his nephew's bar mitzvah. These are examples of:
A) Religious practices
B) Spiritual beliefs
C) Cultural values
D) Social customs
Ans: A
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Religion is the outward practice of a spiritual system of beliefs, values, codes of conduct, and rituals. It is an organized system of practices and beliefs in which people engage. Church services and bar mitzvahs are examples of religious practices, rather than beliefs or values.
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