Question 1

Which of the following may be regarded as the driving force that pervades all aspects of and gives meaning to an individual's life?

Accepted Answer

Spirituality is often regarded as the driving force that pervades all aspects of and gives meaning to an individual's life, as it encompasses a broad range of beliefs and practices aimed at understanding life's purpose, connecting with something greater than oneself, and seeking personal growth and inner peace.

Question 2

Which of the following cannot exist without consideration of the spiritual aspects that create individuality and give meaning to people's lives?

Accepted Answer

Holism is a concept that considers the whole person, including spiritual aspects, to understand individuality and meaning in life.

Question 3

Religious traditions of India and other Eastern cultures teach that the human energy system contains seven energy centers, or chakras. The root chakra is located in which part of the body, and its energy has to do with the material world?

Accepted Answer

The root chakra, known as Muladhara in Sanskrit, is located at the base of the spine in the perineum area. It is associated with basic needs, stability, and grounding to the material world.

Question 4

In the context of a person's spiritual growth and development, a series of four developmental stages have been proposed for human spirituality. Which stage has an emphasis on rationality, materialism, and humaneness?

Accepted Answer

The skeptic stage emphasizes rationality, materialism, and humaneness, reflecting a period where individuals often question established beliefs and values, relying more on logical reasoning and empirical evidence.

Question 5

Which principle is centered on humans and looks to science and rational thought as a way to understand the world?

Accepted Answer

Secularism is centered on humans and looks to science and rational thought as a way to understand the world, emphasizing the separation of religion from civic affairs and the public sphere.

Question 6

Second-person and third-party praying, also identified as which of the following, is a type of prayer used by those who pray to saints to intercede with God on their behalf?

Accepted Answer

Intercessory prayer is the correct term for prayers in which individuals ask saints to intercede with God on their behalf. This form of prayer involves praying to a third party, asking for their intercession with God.

Question 7

Which emotion is a way of living that is born out of an awareness of one's relationship to all living creatures, a sensitivity to the pain and brokenness of others?

Accepted Answer

Compassion involves recognizing the suffering of others and then taking action to help. It encompasses empathy and a desire to alleviate or reduce the suffering of others, reflecting a deep awareness of and connection to the pain and challenges others face.

Question 8

Which of the following, as an institutionally based organized system of beliefs, represents only one specific means of spiritual expression?

Accepted Answer

Religion is an institutionally based organized system of beliefs that represents a specific means of spiritual expression, distinguishing it from more personal or broadly defined concepts like spirituality, holism, and morality.

Question 9

Rather than viewing the world as sets of objects that bump into or interact with each other, which type of philosophy believes that the experiences of persons should be explored through the gathering of conscious experience rather than just objective data?

Accepted Answer

Phenomenology focuses on the study of conscious experience from the first-person perspective, emphasizing the importance of personal perception and experience over objective observation.

Question 10

Nurses who spend much of their time working with clients who are near death, such as which type of nurses, are most likely to have witnessed the experience of deathbed visions and gained a glimpse of a different realm of reality?

Accepted Answer

Hospice nurses specialize in caring for patients who are in the final stages of their lives, often dealing with terminal illnesses. This places them in a unique position to witness phenomena like deathbed visions more frequently than nurses in other specialties.

Question 11

Which of the following is an example of a therapy that capitalizes on knowledge of the soul and the movement of a divinely generated energy?

Accepted Answer

Therapeutic touch is a therapy based on the concept of energy fields and the belief that practitioners can help balance those fields to promote healing. It involves the movement of a practitioner's hands over the patient's body to detect and manipulate the patient's energy field, which is considered a form of divinely generated energy or life force. This approach is rooted in concepts that are spiritual or metaphysical in nature, thus involving the "soul" and "divinely generated energy."

Question 12

The nocebo effect creates a difficult ethical dilemma for the nurse, who is caught between the obligation of which ethical principle and the obligation of informed consent?

Accepted Answer

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Question 13

Any disruption in the life principle that pervades a person's entire being and that integrates and transcends one's biological and psychosocial nature can be considered and recognized as which nursing diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Spiritual distress is a recognized nursing diagnosis that involves a disruption in the life principle that integrates and transcends one's biological and psychosocial nature.

Question 14

The ability of people to participate in their own healing through prayer or meditation may use a source of healing power referred to as which of the following?

Accepted Answer

The concept of "remembered wellness" refers to the body's ability to remember a state of health and wellness, potentially aiding in healing when individuals engage in practices like prayer or meditation, focusing on positive health outcomes.

Question 15

Telling a patient that chemotherapy will drain his or her energy and cause more of his or her hair to fall out is one example of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

The nocebo effect occurs when negative expectations of the patient regarding a treatment cause the treatment to have a more negative effect than it otherwise would have. Telling a patient about the adverse effects of chemotherapy can lead to the anticipation of these effects, potentially exacerbating them, which is an example of the nocebo effect.

Quiz 20: Spirituality in Health Care