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Nursing 332- Final Exam Questions And
Answers 2025 Update.
Religion, Spirituality, and Nursing Care - Answer✔To provide holistic care to patient's and
families nurses must support not only the physical concerns, but also the mental/emotional and
spiritual needs.
Nurses sometimes neglect to address spiritual needs of their patients due to several factors: -
Answer✔- Religion and spirituality is viewed as a private matter
- Nurses are uncomfortable with their own beliefs or deny having any religious/spiritual beliefs
- Lack of knowledge regarding different religions and beliefs
- Psychosocial needs are mistaken for spiritual needs
- Meeting the religious or spiritual needs are not seen as a nursing responsibility
America has a diverse? - Answer✔America has a diverse religious population. As a nurse you
will encounter many different religions and in order to provide holistic care it is important to
have a knowledge base about the central beliefs and health practices of different religions.
Young Adult Americans - Answer✔The population that has been identified as being responsible
for the recent changes in the nation's patterns of religiosity and religious identification are
Young Adult Americans.
American Religious Identification Survey (ARIS) - Answer✔During 2013, the American Religious
Identification Survey (ARIS) conducted a National College Student Survey. Answers from 1710
students from 38 four-year colleges and universities were recorded. This survey gives some
insight into the religious affiliation trends in America
ARIS Survey: age vs. gender - Answer✔- College-age Americans identify with three distinct
worldviews: Religious, Secular, and Spiritual.
- Gender differences were noted: more males identify with the Secular group, more females
identify with Spiritual groups, and males and females identify with the Religious group.
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ARIS Survey Results: Religious - Answer✔- 70% firm believers - similar to the general American
adult population
- Most attended religious services on a regular basis in childhood (>91% monthly)
ARIS Survey Results: Secular Group - Answer✔- 70% Nones (profess no religion, agnostic or
atheist)
- 49% were raised in actively religious homes and 51% attended rarely early in their life
ARIS Survey Results: Spiritual Group - Answer✔1/3 are Nones
2/3 were raised in religious homes
Buddhism: general beliefs - Answer✔Foundation is based on four noble truths: 1) truth of
suffering, 2) truth of the origin of suffering, 3) suffering can be destroyed, 4) the way that leads
to the cessation of pain
Eightfold path leads to Nirvana and includes: - Answer✔- Understand suffering
- Renounce all attachments
- Express oneself lovingly
- Behave correctly
- Avoid hurting others
- Work towards spiritual growth
- Develop the ability to reflect on personal experience
- Establish perfect intellectual concentration
Buddhism: birth - Answer✔Reincarnation allows for the opportunity to reach Nirvana
Buddhism: death - Answer✔- Euthanasia is allowed if life cannot be prolonged. This allows the
person to be reincarnated and continue their path to enlightenment
- Peace and quiet should be provided at time of death
- The more composed and calm the mind is at death, the greater opportunity for a better
rebirth
- After death the body is kept in peaceful state for 3 days- the body is taken home and is
untouched
- Following death, the spirit enters a "Bardo" or intermediary spirit for up to 49 days before the
new life begins
- Mourning periods are not usual as reincarnation allows the person to be "reborn"
Buddhism: Dietary practices - Answer✔- Some are vegetarians some are not
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- Moderation is encouraged
Buddhism: Health Care Practices - Answer✔- Believe in Karma and that for every action there is
a consequence in this life or a future life. Illness may be attributed to poor choices in this or a
previous life
- Spiritual peace and liberation from anxiety promote healing and recovery
- No restrictions on medications, vaccines or other medical interventions. As long as the therapy
aids in the person's path to enlightenment it is allowed.
- Birth control is accepted
Buddhism: Holidays - Answer✔- Saga Dawa is the observation of Buddha's birth
- Fasting may be observed
Christianity: General Beliefs - Answer✔- Began as a sect of Judaism.
- Followers believed Jesus was the promised messiah
- Many denominations exist within Christianity
- Belief in one God and most believe in the three dimensions of God (trinity) known as Father,
Son and Holy Spirit.
- The death and resurrection of Jesus provides an opportunity for salvation
- The sacrament of baptism signifies the passage into Christianity
- The sacrament of communion (practiced by some branches) is a symbol of the body and blood
of Jesus Christ
Christianity: Birth - Answer✔- Considered a time of celebration
- Many denominations prohibit the use of birth control
Christianity: Death - Answer✔- Believe in an afterlife
- Prayers, rituals or sacraments may be offered for the dying
- For most Christians, euthanasia is not permitted
- Autopsy and organ donation are permitted
Christianity: Dietary - Answer✔- Vary among the different denominations
- Some believe in fasting of some form such as no meat during some religious observances
Christianity: Holidays - Answer✔- Major holidays include Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Ash
Wednesday, Lent and Easter
- Not all holidays are recognized by all denominations
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Nursing 332- Final Exam Questions And
Answers 2025 Update.
Religion, Spirituality, and Nursing Care - Answer✔To provide holistic care to patient's and
families nurses must support not only the physical concerns, but also the mental/emotional and
spiritual needs.
Nurses sometimes neglect to address spiritual needs of their patients due to several factors: -
Answer✔- Religion and spirituality is viewed as a private matter
- Nurses are uncomfortable with their own beliefs or deny having any religious/spiritual beliefs
- Lack of knowledge regarding different religions and beliefs
- Psychosocial needs are mistaken for spiritual needs
- Meeting the religious or spiritual needs are not seen as a nursing responsibility
America has a diverse? - Answer✔America has a diverse religious population. As a nurse you
will encounter many different religions and in order to provide holistic care it is important to
have a knowledge base about the central beliefs and health practices of different religions.
Young Adult Americans - Answer✔The population that has been identified as being responsible
for the recent changes in the nation's patterns of religiosity and religious identification are
Young Adult Americans.
American Religious Identification Survey (ARIS) - Answer✔During 2013, the American Religious
Identification Survey (ARIS) conducted a National College Student Survey. Answers from 1710
students from 38 four-year colleges and universities were recorded. This survey gives some
insight into the religious affiliation trends in America
ARIS Survey: age vs. gender - Answer✔- College-age Americans identify with three distinct
worldviews: Religious, Secular, and Spiritual.
- Gender differences were noted: more males identify with the Secular group, more females
identify with Spiritual groups, and males and females identify with the Religious group.
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ARIS Survey Results: Religious - Answer✔- 70% firm believers - similar to the general American
adult population
- Most attended religious services on a regular basis in childhood (>91% monthly)
ARIS Survey Results: Secular Group - Answer✔- 70% Nones (profess no religion, agnostic or
atheist)
- 49% were raised in actively religious homes and 51% attended rarely early in their life
ARIS Survey Results: Spiritual Group - Answer✔1/3 are Nones
2/3 were raised in religious homes
Buddhism: general beliefs - Answer✔Foundation is based on four noble truths: 1) truth of
suffering, 2) truth of the origin of suffering, 3) suffering can be destroyed, 4) the way that leads
to the cessation of pain
Eightfold path leads to Nirvana and includes: - Answer✔- Understand suffering
- Renounce all attachments
- Express oneself lovingly
- Behave correctly
- Avoid hurting others
- Work towards spiritual growth
- Develop the ability to reflect on personal experience
- Establish perfect intellectual concentration
Buddhism: birth - Answer✔Reincarnation allows for the opportunity to reach Nirvana
Buddhism: death - Answer✔- Euthanasia is allowed if life cannot be prolonged. This allows the
person to be reincarnated and continue their path to enlightenment
- Peace and quiet should be provided at time of death
- The more composed and calm the mind is at death, the greater opportunity for a better
rebirth
- After death the body is kept in peaceful state for 3 days- the body is taken home and is
untouched
- Following death, the spirit enters a "Bardo" or intermediary spirit for up to 49 days before the
new life begins
- Mourning periods are not usual as reincarnation allows the person to be "reborn"
Buddhism: Dietary practices - Answer✔- Some are vegetarians some are not
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- Moderation is encouraged
Buddhism: Health Care Practices - Answer✔- Believe in Karma and that for every action there is
a consequence in this life or a future life. Illness may be attributed to poor choices in this or a
previous life
- Spiritual peace and liberation from anxiety promote healing and recovery
- No restrictions on medications, vaccines or other medical interventions. As long as the therapy
aids in the person's path to enlightenment it is allowed.
- Birth control is accepted
Buddhism: Holidays - Answer✔- Saga Dawa is the observation of Buddha's birth
- Fasting may be observed
Christianity: General Beliefs - Answer✔- Began as a sect of Judaism.
- Followers believed Jesus was the promised messiah
- Many denominations exist within Christianity
- Belief in one God and most believe in the three dimensions of God (trinity) known as Father,
Son and Holy Spirit.
- The death and resurrection of Jesus provides an opportunity for salvation
- The sacrament of baptism signifies the passage into Christianity
- The sacrament of communion (practiced by some branches) is a symbol of the body and blood
of Jesus Christ
Christianity: Birth - Answer✔- Considered a time of celebration
- Many denominations prohibit the use of birth control
Christianity: Death - Answer✔- Believe in an afterlife
- Prayers, rituals or sacraments may be offered for the dying
- For most Christians, euthanasia is not permitted
- Autopsy and organ donation are permitted
Christianity: Dietary - Answer✔- Vary among the different denominations
- Some believe in fasting of some form such as no meat during some religious observances
Christianity: Holidays - Answer✔- Major holidays include Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Ash
Wednesday, Lent and Easter
- Not all holidays are recognized by all denominations
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