Title

Sustaining Health In Faith Community Nursing Practice: Emerging Processes That Support The Development Of A Middle-Range Theory

Keywords

Chronic illness; Community nursing; Faith community nursing; Grounded theory; Middle-range theory

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. Copyright © 2012 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Publication Date

7-1-2012

Publication Title

Holistic Nursing Practice

Volume

26

Issue

4

Number of Pages

221-227

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1097/HNP.0b013e318258527c

Socpus ID

84864566795 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84864566795

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