At the conclusion of a health history the nurse conducts a spiritual assessment with the patient. Why is this assessment important?
A) Strong spiritual beliefs facilitate health and healing
B) A spiritual crisis can trigger a psychosomatic disease
C) It is the nurse's job to facilitate communication between the patient and the clergy
D) The nurse needs to be careful that therapeutic regimens do not violate a patient's religious beliefs
A
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Evidence suggests that strong spiritual beliefs facilitate health and healing; therefore, it is of therapeutic benefit to support patients' spirituality and assist them in fulfilling spiritual needs. The nurse does not complete a spiritual assessment to avoid the onset of a psychosomatic disease or to facilitate communication between the patient and the clergy. This assessment is also not being done to ensure that therapeutic regimens will not violate the patient's religious beliefs.
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