A nurse is caring for a patient who refuses to consume meat on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays during Lent. The nurse understands that this patient is of what religion?
a. Islam
b. Mormonism
c. Catholicism
d. Presbyterianism
ANS: C
Roman Catholics 14 years of age and older are to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays during Lent. Catholics ages 14 to 59 are to fast (eat one full meal and two lighter meals) on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Fasting and abstaining are excused during hospitalization.
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