Nurse S encourages older adult clients to engage in spiritual beliefs and practices that they are familiar with. How can this activity be best characterized?
A) Spiritual concerns are less relevant than immediate physical and financial issues.
B) Older adults raised in more religious times are more likely to spontaneously express their spirituality.
C) Addressing clients' expressions of spirituality is beyond the scope of appropriate nursing.
D) Spiritual expression can be useful in facilitating hope in older adults.
D
Feedback:
Spiritual expression is useful in fostering hope and is within the scope of nursing practice. Older adults are not necessarily more spontaneously spiritual nor is spirituality secondary to finances and physical health.
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