The nurse is caring for a diabetic patient whose religious beliefs require fasting from sun up to sun down on holy days. How can the nurse best advocate for this patient?
1. Teach the patient the importance of eating throughout the day to avoid hypoglycemia.
2. Choose the nursing diagnosis of noncompliance if the patient becomes hypoglycemic due to fasting.
3. Invite the spiritual leader of his faith to talk with him about exceptions to the need to fast.
4. Meet the patient's caloric needs before sunrise and after sunset and monitor blood sugar closely.
ANS: 4
Respecting a patient's religious needs demonstrates caring. Work with the patient and the physician to develop a diet that allows the patient to fast while adjusting when and what the patient eats and medications are taken.
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