The nurse is planning care for a patient who is terminally ill. The nurse chooses spiritual distress as the patient's nursing diagnosis. What clinical observations or manifestations warrant this nursing diagnosis?

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4. A patient who is experiencing spiritual distress may express a lack of purpose in life. A decreased or flat affect and lack of initiative are manifestations of hopelessness, not spiritual distress. Expressed lack of control is evidenced in a patient experiencing powerlessness, not spiritual distress.

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