Parish Nursing: Promoting Whole Person Health Within Faith Communities

Book Overview

Parish Nursing is a handbook on health promotion and care within faith communities. Sections of the book address the context for parish or congregational nursing; models, roles, and settings for practice; issues for parish nursing practice; the parish nurse′s collaboration with other health team and spiritual care professionals; and international perspectives of parish nursing. While the project had its initial roots in the Lutheran General Care System, it has been written so that nurses of all faiths should find it an extremely useful shelf reference or advanced-level text. Parish Nursing will be of interest to scholars, students, and advanced practitioners in community and public health nursing, psychiatric/mental health nursing, and primary care nursing. Originally published as Parish Nursing: The Developing Practice.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761911820
• ISBN13: 9780761911821
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.0" x 10.2"

Customer Reviews

Parish Nursing: Development, Education, and Administration

Parish Nursing: Development, Education, and Administration I have found this book very informative and continue to read from it as am able.

The Must Have Text for Every Parish Nurse

This updated version of an earlier work on Parish Nursing is a comprehensive and invaluable overview of Parish Nursing as it was, and as it is today. Parish Nursing began as a movement under the encouragement of Granger Westburg and his work in whole person health. It now recognized by the American Nurses Association as a speciality practice within nursing, and has spread throughout the USA and other countries. This book is rich in resources and is required reading for any congregation or institution wanting to learn how to get started in developing a Health Ministry.