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NUR 302 Spirituality Exam Questions AndAnswers 2024-2025
A patient just delivered a beautiful baby. The mother says, "It's like a miracle. I don't
have words to explain this feeling. My baby is perfect, like something out of this world.
Thank you, God." What type of feeling did the patient just experience?
1 Self-transcendence
2 Transcendence
3 Connectedness
4 Hope - Answer 2 Transcendence
Transcendence is a feeling or experience beyond normal and above the material world.
It brings about positive feelings since it allows people to have new experiences and
insights and new perspectives beyond the ordinary. Self-transcendence is that feeling
and a sense of connecting to one's inner self. Through connectedness, a person feels to
be attached to himself or herself, to others, and to a Supreme Being or God. Hope is a
feeling of expectation or desire for good things to take place.
A patient states, "My religion forbids me to bathe today." Which is the most appropriate
nursing response?
A. Explain to the patient that the health care provider has prescribed a bath today.
B. Have the patient bathe because today is the patient's bath day.
C. Call an appropriate cleric and request verification of the patient's claim.
D. Request an explanation of the patient's beliefs and modify a plan for bathing
accordingly. ANSWER D. Request an explanation of the patient's beliefs and modify a
plan for bathing accordingly.
,Performing hygiene for a patient is to be done considering the patient's religious and
cultural preferences. Facility schedules do not take precedence over the patient's
religious beliefs nor does the health care provider's instructions. It is inappropriate to
verify the patient's beliefs with a member of the clergy.
The nurse is working in a health clinic on a Navajo reservation. The nurse plans care for
the patients knowing which statement below is true?
1 The patients may not be on time for their appointments.
2 The patients most likely do not trust the doctors and nurses.
3 The patients probably are not comfortable if they have to remove their undergarments.
4 Terminally ill patients probably want to receive the sacrament, the anointing of the
sick. - Answer 1 The patients may not be on time for their appointments.
Punctuality is not important in the Navajo culture so Navajos may not always be on time
to reach appointments.
A crying parent of a 10-year-old boy, who is diagnosed with cancer, is in the hospital
lobby. The nurse consoles the parent, who tells that life would be futile without the child.
Which characteristic is the parent displaying?
1 Loss of faith in religion
2 Death anxiety
3 Transcendence
4 Spiritual crisis - Answer 4 Spiritual crisis
The failure to incorporate purpose and meaning into life is a symptom of spiritual
impairment. It causes a person to lose faith, question religion, and become hopeless. A
person who loses religion finds themselves in conflict with the self and the religious
system of beliefs. Religious faith has not been lost and neither has fear of death been
gained. Transcendence is a feeling or experience that surpasses the ordinary and
above the material world:.
, The nurse is caring for a patient in an outpatient clinic. The patient tells the nurse that
he has just been fired from his job as a volunteer coordinator at a local community
center. He says he is angry at his boss and at God. Which of the following is the nurse's
priority at this time?
1 Assess the patient's spirituality in relation to his vocational life.
2 Assess the patient's spirituality as related to satisfaction with his life.
3 Assess the patient's spirituality regarding his relation to fellowship and community.
4 Assess the patient's spirituality regarding his connectedness with his family and
coworkers. - Response 1 Assess the patient's spirituality regarding his vocation.
Many people express their spirituality through their vocations and may be volunteer
positions as well.
What are the salutogenic effects of spirituality on a person? Choose all that apply.
1 It influences health behavior.
2 It influences quality of life.
3 It influences compliance.
4 It influences education.
5 It influences life style. - Answer 1 It influences health behaviours.
2 It influences quality of life.
5 It influences life style.
Spirituality influences an individual's health behaviours, quality of life, and life style
positively. Spirituality helps individuals maintain health, well-being, and deal with
disease. Compliance and education are not entirely dependent upon an individual's
spirituality.
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