SPIRITUAL NEEDS

Question 1

Are needs and expectations which humans have to find meaning, purpose, and value in their life.

Answer 1

Spiritual needs

Question 2

is the belief in the existence of one God who created
and who rules the universe

Answer 2

Monotheism

Question 3

is the belief of more than one God.

Answer 3

Polytheism

Question 4

is the uncertainty about the existense of God or supreme being

Answer 4

Atheism

Question 5

What are the Spiritual Needs?

Answer 5

-Need for love
-Need for hope
-Need for trust
-Need for forgiveness
- Need to be respected and valued
-Need for dignity
-Need for meaning and sense of purpose to the fullness of life
-Need for creativity
-Need to be connected with God or supreme power
-Need for to belong to community

Question 6

A strong affection for another

Answer 6

Need for love

Question 7

It reflects a positive orientation towards outcomes

Answer 7

Need for hope

Question 8

Indicates having confidence in something or someone

Answer 8

Need for trust

Question 9

The process of forgiving or being forgiven

Answer 9

Need for forgiveness

Question 10

A sense of pride in oneself; self-respect

Answer 10

Need for dignity

Question 11

What are the factors that affect spiritual health?

Answer 11

-Culture
- Gender
- Previous experience
- Crisis and change
- Separation from spiritual ties
-Factors across life span
- Physiological factors
-Moral issues regarding therapy

Question 12

It refers to a challenge to the spiritual well-being or to the belief system that provides strength, hope, and meaning to life. I

Answer 12

Spiritual Distress

Question 13

The 5 spiritual needs are:

Answer 13

-Forgiveness
- Love
- Hope
- Trust
-Meaning and purpose in life

Question 14

What are the characteristics of Spiritual Distress?

Answer 14

-Showing maladaptive behavior
- Showing discomfort with self-awareness
- Expressing ambivalent feelings about God
- Having value conflicts
- Fear of death/life after death
- Refusing to cooperate with health regimen
- Being bitter/angry with God
- Lacking commitment
- Feeling worthless about life
- Expressing lack of hope

Question 15

Goals of Spiritual Care

Answer 15

-Help the client fulfill religious obligations

• Help the client draw on and use inner sources more effectively to meet the present situation
• Help the client maintain or establish a dynamic, personal relationship with a supreme being in the face of unpleasant circumstances
• Help the client find meaning of existence and present situation.

-Promote a sense of hope

Question 16

Assessment

Answer 16

-Assess concept of God and deity
- Source of hope and strength
- Religious practices and rituals
- Relationship between spiritual beliefs and state of health

Question 17

Nursing Diagnosis List

Answer 17

• Spiritual distress related to loss of child/sense of guilt/ conflict about belief/sexual abuse/crisis of illness
• Potential for enhanced spiritual well being
• Risk for spiritual distress
• Ineffective coping related to loss of loved ones/ psychiatric disorder alcoholism
• Readiness to enhance spiritual well being related to terminal illness
• Dysfunctional grieving related to multiple losses/loss of employment/career/lack of physical independence

Question 18

Planning

Answer 18

• Help client create, maintain or renew relationships
  -Help to meet the need for love expressed through relationship and seen in words and acts of kindness
  -Help the client to search for meaning
• Create a need of hope in the person