Nursing ithin a Faith Community Promoting Health in Times of Transition [Paperback]

Authors Margaret Clark and Joanne Nelson provide a unique outlook on the theoretical underpinnings for faith community nursing from the perspectives of both theology and nursing. Divided into seven sections, the book includes topics such as theoretical foundations of parish nursing, promoting health in times of transition, the process of nursing care within a faith community, faith communities promoting images of health, and the future of parish nursing.

Authors Margaret Clark and Joanne Nelson provide a unique outlook on the theoretical underpinnings for faith community nursing from the perspectives of both theology and nursing. Divided into seven sections, the book includes topics such as theoretical foundations of parish nursing, promoting health in times of transition, the process of nursing care within a faith community, faith communities promoting images of health, and the future of parish nursing.

PART ONE:INTRODUCTION
Faith Seeking and Health Seeking as Parallel Processes - Margaret B Clark and Joanne K Olson
PART TWO: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS
Characteristics of Faith Communities - Margaret B Clark
Health, Healing, Wholeness, and Health Promotion - Joanne K Olson
Local Faith Communities as 'Places of Seeking' - Margaret B Clark
History of the Relationship between Nursing and Faith Traditions - Pauline Paul
The McGill Model of Nursing - Joanne K Olson
The Nurse and Theological Reflection - Margaret B Clark
PART THREE: NURSE AS HEALTH PROMOTER
Images of Nursing - Joanne K Olson
Characteristics of Health Promoting Faith Community Nurses - Margaret B Clark and Joanne K Olson
Functions of the Nurse as Health Promoter in a Faith Community - Joanne K Olson
Components of Optimal Nursing Practice within a Faith Community - Joanne K Olson
Professionalism, Spiritual Maturity, anló!