Your patient is a 42-year-old mother of two children with a diagnosis of ovarian cancer. She has just been told that her ovarian cancer is terminal. She begins to express her rage at God and the clergy
When you admitted this patient, you did a spiritual assessment. What would it have been very important for you to assess?
A) Is she able to tell her family of negative test results?
B) Does she have a sense of peace of mind and a purpose to her life?
C) Can she let go of her husband so he can make a new life?
D) Does she need time and space to bargain with God for a cure?
Ans: B
Feedback: In addition to assessment of the role of religious faith and practices, important religious rituals, and connection to a religious community, the nurse should further explore the presence or absence of a sense of peace of mind and purpose in life; other sources of meaning, hope, and comfort; and spiritual or religious beliefs about illness, medical treatment, and care of the sick. Options A and C are incorrect; these are not part of a spiritual assessment. Option D is incorrect; bargaining is a stage of death and dying and is not part of a spiritual assessment.
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