The nurse is assessing a dying patient's spiritual beliefs about death. Which acronym represents topics the nurse can use to help with this assessment process?
1. ABC
2. FICA
3. DABDA
4. RACE
Correct Answer: 2
Faith, influence, community, and address form the acronym FICA. These topics can help the nurse move through the spiritual assessment process with a patient. ABC represents airway, breathing, and circulation, and is not related to assessing a dying patient's spiritual beliefs about death. DABDA represents denial, anger, bargaining, despair, and acceptance and are Kübler-Ross's stages of grieving. RACE represents the emergency evacuation procedure during a fire: remove, activate, confine, and extinguish. This acronym is not related to this situation.
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