The nurse manager of a geriatric medicine unit learns that spiritual care services are underutilized by patients and their families. Which phenomenon explains this finding?
A) While spiritual needs are a universal part of the human condition, many people do not acknowledge these needs.
B) The high-stress environment of a hospital is incompatible with the solace and quiet necessary for addressing spiritual needs.
C) Spiritual needs are less apparent during times of immediate and tangible need, such as acute illness requiring hospital treatment.
D) Many older adults who have experienced a lifetime of self-sufficiency and practical resourcefulness do not have spiritual needs.
A
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All humans have spiritual needs regardless of whether they realize or acknowledge them. Some of these needs become relevant in late life when the high prevalence of chronic illness and the reality of death are evident. While a hospital does provide a high-stress environment, this is not mutually exclusive with identifying and providing for patients' spiritual needs.
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