The nurse is caring for a patient who is terminally ill with very little time left to live.The patient states,"I always believed that there was life after death.Now,I'm not so sure.Do you think there is?" The nurse states,"I believe there is." What has the nurse attempted to do?

A) Strengthen the patient's religion.
B) Provide hope.
C) Support the patient's agnostic beliefs.
D) Support the horizontal dimension of spiritual well-being.

Terminal Ill

A condition or illness that is considered irreversible and incurable, leading inevitably to death.

Horizontal Dimension

A term that can relate to spatial, organizational, or relational dynamics, emphasizing the breadth or interconnectivity of elements within a system or structure.

Agnostic Beliefs

A viewpoint in which an individual is uncertain or noncommittal about the existence of deities or the supernatural, neither affirming nor denying their existence.