Spirituality
A feeling of dissatisfaction in a person's spiritual well being
What is Spiritual Distress?
This is the world's second largest religion
What is Muslim?
Persons in this religion may not eat meat and diary foods together
What is Judiasm?
A universal human phenomenon that leads an individual to need/find meaning/understanding of self in relation to the world
What is "Faith"?
Rules that a society has created for promoting ethical conduct, the act of being right and virtuous
What is Morality?
The quality of being concerned with the Human Spirit or soul, as opposed to material or physical things
What is Spirituality?
Members of this religion may refuse blood transfusions
What is a Jehovah's Witness?
This religion has a month long fast where members do not eat or drink during daylight hours
What is "Muslim" (Ramadan)?
This type of nurse is working for a faith based organization, and serves to educate persons on health issues, and visits the sick and injured
What is a Parish Nurse or a Faith Community Nurse?
A belief that there is only One God
What is Monotheism?
Listening with full awareness, being available to a patient with absolute full attention, the giving of self at the moment
What is "Being Present"?
These two religions developed in Asia and Southeast Asia, and followers are often vegetarians
What is Buddhist and Hindu?
This religion believes that Christ is the son of God and many of this faith believe in the Trinity: The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit
What is "Christianity"?
A nurse may participate in this religious act with a patient, when the patient asks or the nurse believes the act will be therapeutic in design
What is "Prayer"?
This guides behaviors by dealing with right vs. wrong; deals with "oughts and shoulds"
What is "Ethics"?
Spiritual and religious beliefs that may dictate how a person interprets and addresses pain and discomfort
What is the Concept of Comfort?
A system of beliefs that offer explanations and practices that allow one to cope with life's questions and challenges
What is a Religion?
These two faiths believe in burying the dead within 24 hours
What is Muslim and Judiasm?
A nursing diagnosis that can be made when a medical condition may require a decision that is in conflict with a patient's/family religious beliefs
What is "Risk for Religiosity"?
This type of person doubts god's existence
What is an Agnostic?
A person may have this condition when they express doubts/upset about their previous beliefs regarding the meaning and purpose of life
What is Spiritual Distress?
A person of the Catholic religion may ask for a Priest to come and perform this ritual when they are having a serious illness or when they believe they will die
What is the "Anointing of the Sick" or the "Last Rites"?
This faith believes life begins at conception
What is Catholic?
When a nurse evaluates a patient's beliefs, to form interventions that foster hope and incorporates spirituality as a resource to motivating a patient to change and improves a outcomes
What is "Spiritual Assessment"?
A person who does not believe in any god
What is an Atheist?