The
nursing diagnosis A nursing diagnosis may be part of the nursing process and is a clinical judgment about individual, family, or community experiences/responses to actual or potential health problems/life processes. Nursing diagnoses foster the nurse's independent pr ...
readiness for enhanced spiritual well-being is defined as an "ability to experience and integrate meaning and purpose in life through a person's connectedness with self, others, art, music, literature, nature, or a power greater than oneself." (Anonymous, 2002, p. 68) and was approved by
NANDA
Nanda may refer to:
Indian history and religion
* Nanda Empire, ruled by the Nanda dynasty, an Indian royal dynasty ruling Magadha in the 4th century BCE
** Mahapadma Nanda, first Emperor of the Nanda Empire
** Dhana Nanda (died c. 321 BCE), last ...
in 2002.
Defining characteristics
A person with this diagnosis may:
* Having an enhanced desire for hope;
* Feel that there is meaning and purpose to their life;
* Have a sense of peace or serenity;
* Surrender love;
* Be forgiving towards themself, and request forgiveness of others;
* Have a satisfying philosophy of life;
* Experience joy, courage, or heightened coping;
* Pray or meditate;
* Connect with others;
* Provide service to others;
* Experience connections with nature;
* Experience connections with or a desire to create art, music, or literature, particularly of a religious or spiritual nature;
* Experience a connection with a power greater than oneself;
* Report mystical experiences;
* Participate in religious activities.
Sources
* Anonymous (2002). Diagnosis Review Committee: New and revised diagnoses. ''Nursing Diagnosis'' 13(''2'') p. 68-71. Philadelphia:
NANDA
Nanda may refer to:
Indian history and religion
* Nanda Empire, ruled by the Nanda dynasty, an Indian royal dynasty ruling Magadha in the 4th century BCE
** Mahapadma Nanda, first Emperor of the Nanda Empire
** Dhana Nanda (died c. 321 BCE), last ...
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