ch 36 - self-actualization, spirituality and transcendence

Question 1

developmental phase:

• early 40s to late 50s
• confronting mortality
• thinking about time left
• uncovering unrealized creativity

Answer 1

midlife re-evaluation

Question 2

developmental phase:

• mid 50s to mid 70s
• personal freedom to speak ones mind
• retirement, freedom to explore

Answer 2

liberation

Question 3

developmental phase:

• late 60s to 80s+
• desire to find higher meaning in life
• finish unresolved business
• give wisdom, share stories

Answer 3

summing up

Question 4

developmental phase:

• late 70s to end of life
• restate and reaffirm major themes in ones life
• finish unresolved business
• live well until the end

Answer 4

encore

Question 5

the highest expression of one’s 
individual potential and implies 
inner motivation that has been 
freed to express the most unique 
self or the “authentic person”

Answer 5

self actualization

Question 6

characteristics of self actualization person

Answer 6

• courage
• altruism
• humor
• continuous moral development
• self renewal

Question 7

3 dimensions of wisdom

Answer 7

cognitive
reflective
affective

Question 8

• a broader concept than 
religion
• encompasses a person’s values 
or beliefs, search for meaning, 
and relationships with a higher 
power, with nature, and with 
other people

Answer 8

spirituality

Question 9

RF for spiritual distress

Answer 9

• events/conditions that affect ability to participate in spiritual beliefs
• life threatening, chronic, or terminal illness
• expression of emotional suffering, loss of hope, lack of meaning, need to find meaning in suffering
• depression
• cognitive impairment
• verbalized questioning/loss of faith
• loss of interpersonal support

Question 10

spiritual nursing interventions

Answer 10

• relief physical discomfort
• peaceful environment
• comforting touch
• presence
• listening
• validating persons life
• encourage family support and presence
• praying
• respect religious traditions
• refer to spiritual counselor

Question 11

High level of emotional response to religious and
spiritual life and finds expression in numerous
rituals and modes

Answer 11

transcendence

Question 12

One’s tangible and intangible assets that are transferred to another and may be treasured as a symbol of mortality

Answer 12

legacy

Question 13

examples legacies

Answer 13

-autobiographies and life histories
-journaling
-property and assets
-personal possessions
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Question 14

5 modes of self transcendence

Answer 14

• creative work
• religious beliefs
• children
• identification with nature
• mystical experiences