A client with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is becoming increasingly debilitated. Recently, he told
the nurse "It bothers me that I cannot get to church anymore. Since I have not been able to get to
services, I feel out of touch with God.
I pray but I wonder if my prayers are heard.". The nurse should
consider the nursing diagnosis of
a. powerlessness.
b. death anxiety.
c. spiritual distress.
d. disturbed thought processes.
C
The client is verbalizing his concern about his relationship with God and his inability to participate
in religious services. Both are defining characteristics for the nursing diagnosis of spiritual distress.
Data are not present to suggest the other nursing diagnoses.
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