The nurse believes a client is experiencing spiritual distress because:
a. the nurse disagrees with the client's decisions about health care.
b. the client and the nurse have differing beliefs.
c. the client has the perception that her belief system, or her place within it, are threatened.
d. ethical issues arise in health care related to religious beliefs.
ANS: C
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