Faith Community Nursing

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006 - 356 pages

Designed for use in a variety of Parish Nursing courses, this textbook is unique in combining traditional parish nursing content with community health nursing methodology, coverage of community and faith community assessment, and health education and health promotion/disease prevention programming. Coverage of complementary and alternative medicine is included. While focusing on the Christian faith community, the text is written to encompass diverse faith traditions, appropriately reflecting the diversity of faith traditions in today's communities. ANA's Scope and Standards of Parish Nursing Practice is incorporated into the chapter content.

 

Contents

Contents
4
Summary of Faith Community Nursing RolesFunctions
38
The Research Base for Faith and Health
46
Spiritual Care
55
Characteristics of Faith Communities
64
Faith Health and the Community
76
Assessment of the Faith Community
93
Diverse Faith Traditions
113
Complementary and Alternative Modalities
193
Selfcare and the Faith Community Nurse
209
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
223
Health Education
241
Proposal Writing
273
Faith Community Nursing Practice With
295
Faith Community Nursing Practice and Palliative
307
Vulnerable Populations
323

Community Connections
145
Issues in Faith Community Nursing Practice
159
Ethical Issues and Faith Community Nursing Practice
175

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About the author (2006)

Janet S. Hickman is Professor, Department of Nursing, West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania.

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