What should the nurse include when assessing a patient’s spirituality?

QUESTION

What should the nurse include when assessing a patient’s spirituality? (Select all that apply.)

1. Relationship with self
2. Relationship with other cultural groups
3. Relationship with deity
4. Relationship with others
5. Relationship with nature

ANSWER:

Correct Answer: 1, 3, 4, 5

The characteristics of spirituality include personal connectedness, connectedness to others, the environment, and to a supreme being. A relationship with other cultural groups is not a characteristic of spirituality.