The Development of Nurses International: Nurses Called to Serve in Low-income Countries
This article describes its inception by founder Miriam Chickering and details the beginning stages of the development of NI and examples of its work. (Source: Journal of Christian Nursing)
Source: Journal of Christian Nursing - March 9, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature: practice/education Source Type: research
Perceptions of Health Promotion and Maintenance Among Latinos in Faith Communities
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Faith communities provide a place for Latino congregants to discuss health information. A pilot study using focus groups and semistructured interviews explored how Latino faith community members define the meaning of health and examined their perceptions and attitudes surrounding health promotion and maintenance. Four themes emerged that reflect participants' health beliefs, with faith as a uniting force. Results support the faith community as a means of fostering health promotion for Latinos. (Source: Journal of Christian Nursing)
Source: Journal of Christian Nursing - March 9, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature: CE Connection: faith community nursing Source Type: research
Experiencing God in Nursing
Christian faith supports the idea that God is always at work in the world. God invites people into relationship with him and then to join in his work. Three nurses relay supernatural events where God worked in and through their nursing practice, reinforcing the understanding of what author Henry Blackaby calls experiencing God. Christian nurses are called to enter deeply into relationship with God. (Source: Journal of Christian Nursing)
Source: Journal of Christian Nursing - March 9, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature: practice Source Type: research
Preferences to Receive Information about Palliative Care for Adult Patients
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This research study aimed to describe preferences about factors related to receiving information regarding medical treatments and palliative care (PC) options for adult patients with a poor prognosis and/or their primary decision maker. A single-group descriptive study design and content analysis were utilized. Seven trained registered nurse (RN) study team members conducted interviews to obtain narrative data. All study participants preferred to learn PC services earlier in the illness trajectory and desired to learn about this service from nurses. Most reported a desire to have spouses and family involved in ...
Source: Journal of Christian Nursing - March 9, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature: research Source Type: research
Biblical Counseling: An Alternative for Treating Depressive Symptoms
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Despite use of current standards of care—antidepressant medications and psychotherapy—to treat depressive symptoms, results experienced by patients and reported in the literature have been inconsistent. Religiously integrated cognitive behavioral therapy (RCBT) is an evidence-based alternative to cognitive behavioral therapy. A type of RCBT, biblical counseling is a viable option for patients experiencing depressive symptoms. Nurses need an awareness of biblical counseling as a therapeutic option for patients who are open to spiritually based care for depression. (Source: Journal of Christian Nursing)
Source: Journal of Christian Nursing - March 9, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature: CE Connection: practice Source Type: research
