What Explanation Helps Nurses Understand a Connection Between Religion and Spirituality

question 20

Multiple Choice

What explanation helps nurses understand a connection between religion and spirituality?

• A) Spirituality is always expressed through religion.
• B) Religion is one expression of spirituality.
• C) Religions discourage spirituality.
• D) The two are not often connected.

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Definitions:

States Of Consciousness

Refers to the different levels of awareness of one's environment and oneself, ranging from full alertness and wakefulness to various stages of sleep and unconsciousness.

Personality Type

A classification that reflects the characteristic patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that make a person unique.

Fixated Stage

A concept in Freudian psychoanalysis that suggests a person may be stuck at an early developmental stage due to unresolved conflicts.

Freudian Stage

Stages of psychosexual development outlined by Sigmund Freud, theorized to influence personality based on the focus of libidinal energies at different ages.