NURS 3234 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Ethical Code, Lifesaving, Unification Church
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1988: need for meaning and purpose, need for love and relatedness, need for forgiveness. Meeting spiritual needs: offering a compassionate presence, assisting in the struggle to find meaning in the face of suffering, illness, and death. Facilitating patient"s expression of religious or spiritual beliefs and practices. Spirituality: anything that pertains to the person"s relationship with a nonmaterial life force or higher power. Faith: a confident belief in something for which there is no proof or evidence. Religion: term used to describe cultural or institutional religion: hope: ingredient in life responsible for a positive outlook. Spiritual health and healing: spiritual needs are met. A patient who does not belong to an organized religion does not have spiritual needs that can be addressed by the nursing practice: true, false. Rationale: a patient who does not belong to an organized religion may still have spiritual needs that can be addressed by the nursing practice.
