You are admitting a patient who is terminally ill to the hospice facility where you work. Part of the admission process is assessing the patient's spiritual strength
Which question would you be sure to ask during the assessment of a patient's spiritual strength?
A) Do you have adequate family support?
B) How do you perceive yourself?
C) Have your spiritual beliefs and values changed since you became ill?
D) How does your family perceive you?
Ans: C
Feedback: The nurse assesses spiritual strength by inquiring about the patient's sense of spiritual well-being, hope, and peacefulness and assesses whether spiritual beliefs and values have changed in response to illness or loss. Inquiring about family support and how the family perceives the patient are not assessments of the patient's spiritual strength. The patient's self-image is also not an assessment of the spiritual strength of the patient.
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