title: Spirit-guided care: Christian nursing for the whole person.
abstract: Healthcare today is challenged to provide care that goes beyond the medical model of meeting physical needs. Despite a strong historical foundation in spiritual whole person care, nurses struggle with holistic caring. We propose that for the Christian nurse, holistic nursing can be described as Spirit-guided care--removing oneself as the moiatiating force and allowing Christ, in the furm of the Holy Spirit, to flow through and guide the nurse in care of patients and families.
authors.affiliation: Health Services, Leadership, University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Lyn S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: Mark S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Walker
mesh_terms: D002835:Christianity; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D018939:Holistic Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D024802:Nurse's Role; D026443:Spiritual Therapies / Q000379:methods*