The nurse identifies a patient as being in spiritual distress. Which patient statement sup-ports this nursing diagnosis?
a. "I've never felt so alone before in my entire life."
b. "I don't know if I could get through this without faith in God."
c. "I've always relied on my faith in God but now I feel I've been abandoned."
d. "Why do bad things happen to good people? I've always been a good person."
ANS: C
Spiritual distress is a nursing diagnosis that is defined as a disruption in the value and belief systems that pervades the person's state of being and that transcends the physical and psy-chosocial self. Feeling abandoned when one has always relied on faith is an indication of spiritual distress. Feeling alone and questioning why something has occurred is not necessari-ly spirit based, and not an indication of spiritual distress. Questioning one's ability to manage an emotion without one's faith is a testimony to the faith, not an expression of despair.
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