Substance Abuse and Abuse Q 60
A mother with a Roman Catholic belief has given birth in an ambulance on the way to the hospital. The neonate is in very critical condition with little expectation of surviving the trip to the hospital. Which of these requests should the nurse in the ambulance anticipate and be prepared to do?
A. The refusal of any treatment for self and the neonate until she talks to a reader.
B. The placement of a rosary necklace around the neonate’s neck and not to remove it unless absolutely necessary.
C. Arrange for a church elder to be at the emergency department when the ambulance arrives so a "laying on hands" can be done.
D. Pour fluid over the forehead backward towards the back of the head and say "I baptize you in the name of the father, the son and the holy spirit. Amen."
Correct Answer: D. Pour fluid over the forehead backward towards the back of the head and say “I baptize you in the name of the father, the son and the holy spirit. Amen.”
Infant baptism is mandatory in the Roman Catholic belief especially if a neonate is not expected to live. Anyone may perform this if an infant or child is gravely ill. Generally what happens when a child receives emergency baptism in a hospital, is that s/he receives the additional rites of the ceremony in a parish celebration later on–prayers, reading, participation of godparents, anointing with holy chrism, receiving of the baptismal candle, etc.
Option A: This refers to the Christian Science belief. Christian Science subscribes to the Christian belief in an omnipotent, purposeful God, accepts the authority (though not the inerrancy) of the Bible, and holds the Crucifixion and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ to be indispensable to the redemption of mankind.
Option B: This is a belief of Russian Orthodoxy. Russian Orthodox Church, one of the largest autocephalous, or ecclesiastically independent, Eastern Orthodox churches in the world. Its membership is estimated at more than 90 million.
Option C: Mormons believe in divine healing with the laying on of hands. Healing is always attributed to be God’s power. Latter-day Saints believe that the Priesthood of God, held by prophets (such as Moses) and worthy disciples of the Savior, was restored by heavenly messengers to the first prophet of this dispensation, Joseph Smith.