Sustaining Health in Faith Community Nursing Practice Emerging Processes that Support the Development of a Middle-Range Theory

    Authors

    S. M. Dyess;S. K. Chase

    Comments

    Authors: contact us about adding a copy of your work at STARS@ucf.edu

    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Holist. Nurs. Pract.

    Keywords

    community nursing; chronic illness; faith community nursing; grounded; theory; middle-range theory; OLDER-ADULTS; CHRONIC ILLNESS; NURSES; Integrative & Complementary Medicine; Nursing

    Abstract

    This article reveals processes that support theoretical development for holistic nursing in the context of a faith community. The emerging processes enhance the articulation of the holistically focused practice, add clarity to faith community nursing activities and outcomes, and contribute to theoretical clarification and development. Theoretical clarity is essential to guide faith community nursing practice, research, and education because there is tremendous potential for the specialty practice to contribute to the health of a community across the continuum of caring and because to date there has been no unifying model for this practice proposed. A lack of a theoretical basis can result in disparate and disconnected approaches to studying, testing, and promoting the practice.

    Journal Title

    Holistic Nursing Practice

    Volume

    26

    Issue/Number

    4

    Publication Date

    1-1-2012

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    221

    Last Page

    227

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000305344800007

    ISSN

    0887-9311

    Share

    COinS