The nurse is caring for older patients in a long-term care facility. When ensuring for these patients' dignity, which statement reflects the role of dignity as it relates to the spiritual needs of the older adult?
A) Older adults who have lived a life of integrity and service have earned dignity.
B) An acknowledgment of spiritual needs is necessary for the presence of dignity.
C) Older adults may lack many of the attributes that are valued in society, but they can derive a sense of dignity from spirituality.
D) Older adults who have moved successfully through Erikson's stages of development can experience dignity in spite of disability.
C
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Despite declines in such areas as productivity and physical appearance, older adults can maintain a sense of their intrinsic worth, or dignity, by connecting with the Divine. Acknowledgment of spiritual needs is not necessarily a prerequisite for dignity, given that dignity is by definition inherent in all persons, nor is progression through Erikson's stages or a life of service necessarily required.
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