To include a cultural focus in client care planning, which of the following beliefs about faith will the nurse incorporate? Faith is a:

1. Belief of body and mind
2. Manner of expressing spirituality
3. Use of spiritual resources without empiric proof
4. Search for the sacred, transcendent, or universal


ANS: 3
Faith is the ability to draw on spiritual resources without having physical and empiric proof. Op-tion 1 refers to psychosomatic concepts. Option 2 refers to religion. Option 4 refers to spirituality.

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