A new nurse asks the mentor, "How can I help meet patients' spiritual needs?" Select the mentor's best responses. "Patients have reported that what they want most is for a spiritual care provider to (select all that apply)
a. be authentic."
b. be respectful."
c. demonstrate caring."
d. speak slowly and concretely."
e. provide answers to theological questions."
A, B, C, D
The needs elicited from patients (authenticity, caring, respect) can be seen as caregiver behaviors that enhance trust formation. The need to speak slowly and in concrete terms is important for patients with thought disorders who have cognitive problems that make comprehension slower and abstraction difficult to understand.
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