Chapter 36: Spiritual Health

Question 1

Spirituality often defined as:

Answer 1

An awareness of one’s inner self and a sense of connection to a higher being, nature or some purpose greater than oneself

Question 2

Components of spirituality (4)

Answer 2

Self-transcendence (sense of authentically connecting to one’s inner self)

Connectedness: being INTRAPERSONALLY connected within oneself, INTERPERSONALLY connected with others and the environment and TRANSPERSONALLY connected with God or unseen higher power

Faith

Hope

Question 3

While caring for a Muslim female patient, which religious beliefs and practices should the nurse keep in mind?

Answer 3

They do not practice euthanasia

women prefer female healthcare providers

during the month of ramadan, they do not eat until sunrise

Question 4

Which cultural group is associated with the belief in the sanctity of life and health as a balance between God and medicine?

Answer 4

Juddaism

Question 5

Characteristics of a near death experience

Answer 5

meeting dead relatives

seeing a bright light

feeling like being pulled out of body

Question 6

Which culture group prefers female caregivers?

Answer 6

Sikhism

Islams

Question 7

A female Islamic patient died of leukemia. What nursing interventions and medical practices are against the beliefs of the Islamic religion?

Answer 7

Donating eyes

Postmortem examination