NURS 3234 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Ethical Code
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Three spiritual needs: need for meaning and purpose, need for love and relatedness, need for forgiveness. Meeting spiritual needs: offering a compassionate presence, assisting in the struggle to find meaning in the face of suffering, illness and death, fostering relationships that nurture the spirit, facilitating patient"s expression of religious or spiritual practice and belief. Beliefs related to faith: agnostic: one who holds that nothing can be known about the existence of a higher power, atheist: person who denies the existence of a higher power. Religious beliefs: guide to daily living habits, source of support, source of strength and healing, source of conflict. Factors affecting spirituality: developmental considerations, family, ethnic background, formal religion, life events. Common characteristics of religions: basis of authority or source of power, portion of scripture or sacred word, ethical code defining right or wrong, a psychology and identity, aspirations or expectations, some ideas about what follows death.
