Readiness for enhanced spiritual well being

Updated on Dec 11, 2024

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The nursing diagnosis 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 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;

Request forgiveness from 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.

References

Readiness for enhanced spiritual well-being Wikipedia

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