The nurse determines that a client has spiritual health when which of the following is assessed?
1. Watching a religious service on the television.
2. Telling her family over the telephone that the diagnosis is bad.
3. Crying while sitting in a chair, alone.
4. Wringing hands and softy repeating "I am not ready to die.".
1. Watching a religious service on the television
Rationale:
Characteristics of spiritual health are many. Some characteristics include demonstrations of faith, hope, courage, and participating in religious rites and rituals. The client who is watching a religious service on the television is demonstrating spiritual health. The other observations would not be examples of spiritual health and are incorrect.
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