Authors Margaret Clark and Joanne Nelson provide a unique outlook on the theoretical underpinnings for faith community nursing from the perspectives of both theology and nursing. Divided into seven sections, the book includes topics such as theoretical foundations of parish nursing, promoting health in times of transition, the process of nursing care within a faith community, faith communities promoting images of health, and the future of parish nursing.

PART ONE:INTRODUCTIONFaith Seeking and Health Seeking as Parallel Processes - Margaret B Clark and Joanne K OlsonPART TWO: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONSCharacteristics of Faith Communities - Margaret B ClarkHealth, Healing, Wholeness, and Health Promotion - Joanne K OlsonLocal Faith Communities as ¿Places of Seeking¿ - Margaret B ClarkHistory of the Relationship between Nursing and Faith Traditions - Pauline PaulThe McGill Model of Nursing - Joanne K OlsonThe Nurse and Theological Reflection - Margaret B ClarkPART THREE: NURSE AS HEALTH PROMOTERImages of Nursing - Joanne K OlsonCharacteristics of Health Promoting Faith Community Nurses - Margaret B Clark and Joanne K OlsonFunctions of the Nurse as Health Promoter in a Faith Community - Joanne K OlsonComponents of Optimal Nursing Practice within a Faith Community - Joanne K Olson Professionalism, Spiritual Maturity, and Self-CarePART FOUR: PROMOTING HEALTH IN TIMES OF TRANSITIONLiving in a Time of Transition - Margaret B ClarkCharacteristics of Transitions - Margaret B ClarkTypes of Transitions in the Lives of Faith Community Members - Margaret B ClarkHealth Promotion in Times of Transition - Joanne K OlsonPART FIVE: THE PROCESS OF NURSING CARE WITHIN A FAITH COMMUNITYPromoting Inquiry - Joanne K Olson and Margaret B Clark Assessment ProcessesPromoting Potentials and Strengths - Joanne K Olson and Margaret B Clark Planning ProcessesPromoting Health Development - Joanne K Olson Implementation ProcessesPromoting Improved Health - Joanne K Olson Evaluation ProcessesPART SIX: FAITH COMMUNITIES PROMOTING IMAGES OF HEALTHNurses and Faith Community Leaders Growing in Partnership - Margaret B ClarkHealth Promotion and Faith Renewal - Joanne K Olson and Margaret B Clark A Ministry Spiral That Connects and DeepensApplying Theory to Practice - Joanne K Olson and Margaret B Clark Collaborative Ministry ReflectionsPART SEVEN: CONCLUSIONBringing a Vision of Faith and Health into the Future - Joanne K Olson and Margaret B Clark