Fast Facts About Religion for Nurses: Implications for Patient Care

Learning Objectives
Define the importance of religion for humans.
Identify dimensions of religiosity.
Demonstrate how to apply religiosity to clinical practice.
Identify three nursing actions that demonstrate sensitive spiritual care for a practitioner of an Afro-Caribbean religion.
Give at least two examples of how to support a Baha’i patients faith practices while in the hospital.
Distinguish nursing actions that demonstrate support for a Buddhist patient's faith practices.
Illustrate at least 3 ways in which the core beliefs of the Anabaptist-descended groups translate into health practices.
Demonstrate two ways the nurse can provide spiritual care or support to a patient of the Anglican or Episcopal traditions.
Identify how Baptist beliefs may influence patient and family choices at the end of life, and list actions the nurse can take to support those beliefs.
List at least two strategies to employ when establishing a health education campaign in African American Church settings.