{"product_id":"9781490722047","title":"Faith and Health: A Framework for Christian Nurses","description":"\u003cp\u003e This book is a response to a need.  Christian nurses, in a wide range of settings, perform their work based on beliefs drawn from their faith, but until now they've had no specifically Christian theoretical foundation to help them.  Nurses working in the emerging field of \"Parish Nursing\" in particular need a framework that helps them explicitly link the tenets of faith and concepts of health in their practice, education, and research.  Nurses of other faiths may also find the framework useful in seeing a way to relate their own beliefs and values to their nursing. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e In the book's \u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e the author tells why she devoted her doctoral research to theory development and how she went about doing that.  The body of the book  describes her nursing conceptual framework in depth, yet in an informal \"reader friendly\" style.  The concluding chapter answers the question \u003cb\u003e\"Now what?\"\u003c\/b\u003e and helps readers make practical applications in their everyday lives.  \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e The four major components of the \u003cb\u003eFaith and Health Framework\u003c\/b\u003e are presented in detail: \u003cb\u003ePerson\/Parishioner, Health\/Shalom-Wholeness, Nurse\/Parish Nurse,\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eCommunity\/Parish,\u003c\/b\u003e with the integrating component \u003cb\u003eThe Triune God.\u003c\/b\u003e  Described under each component are two organizing concepts, which in turn contain other key concepts, such as:  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003emission, ministry, compassion, competence and communion.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  Various perspectives on the Framework are depicted in several full-color stained glass figures and in an inspirational poem written by the author.   There are extensive bibliographic references and quotations from \u003ci\u003eThe Holy Bible\u003c\/i\u003e, throughout, plus \u003cb\u003eAppendices\u003c\/b\u003e of relevant materials and resources. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Trafford Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47142437060848,"sku":"9781490722047","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781490722047_p0.jpg?v=1763657230","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781490722047","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}