To include a cultural focus in patient care planning, which belief about faith will the nurse incorporate? Faith is a:
a. Belief of body and mind
b. Manner of expressing spirituality
c. Use of spiritual resources without empiric proof
d. Search for the sacred, transcendent, or universal
ANS: C
Faith is the ability to draw on spiritual resources without having physical and empiric proof. Body and mind refer to psychosomatic concepts. A manner of expressing spirituality refers to religion. A search for the sacred, transcendent, or universal refers to spirituality.
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