Faith community nursing: health and healing within a spiritual congregation.
Originally named parish nursing because of its beginnings in the Christian faith, the term faith community nursing (FCN) has been adopted to encompass nurses from other faiths. The American Nurses Association recognized parish nursing as a nursing specialty and, in collaboration with the Health Ministries Association, published the Scope and Standards of Parish Nursing Practice in 1998 (revised in 2005). In this article, the authors explore the philosophy, objectives, growth, and practice of this specialty.
School of Nursing, Walsh University, North Canton, Ohio, USA. mpappas@walsh.edu
Maria
M
Pappas-Rogich
School of Nursing, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Michalene
M
King
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