The nurse understands that offering chaplain services in the acute care facility supports which healing concept?
A) Cure for disease
B) Relief for the hopeless
C) Spiritual healing
D) Body cleansing
C
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Chaplains provided spiritual support and prayer as forms of spiritual healing. No evidence supports prayer as a cure for disease but can bring comfort during hopeless situations. Body cleansing is a physical not spiritual event.
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