The nurse is caring for a patient with depression who expresses hopelessness. How can the nurse use spirituality to comfort the patient? Select all that apply
1. Provide a quiet place for pray or for reading religious texts.
2. Schedule activities around designated times for prayer or religious observances.
3. Encourage the patient to use his or her beliefs to deal with the feelings of hopelessness.
4. Encourage the patient to seek the reason for the feelings of hopelessness by attending group therapy.
5. Suggest the patient discuss the reason for the feelings of hopelessness with the patient's clergy member or spiritual advisor.
Answer: 1, 2, 3
Explanation: Nursing interventions that can promote spirituality as a comfort to patients with any type of illness include providing a quiet place for prayer or reading religious texts; scheduling activities around designated times for prayer or religious observances; and encouraging patients to use their beliefs to deal with feelings of hopelessness. Although referrals to group therapy or a spiritual advisor may be helpful to patients, these actions do not involve the nurse's use of spirituality in providing comfort to patients.
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