Faith Community Nursing: A Professional Specialty Nursing Practice

Faith Community Nursing as a specialty within the profession of nursing has a history of making a difference in the lives of people physically, emotionally, and spiritually. This difference impacts the way in which individuals understand health. This chapter will provide an overview of the characteristics of a profession and specialization of faith community nursing. Early research and identification of nursing interventions essential to the practice will be presented. The chapter will ground the reader in the basic understanding of the professional dimensions of faith community nursing today and more deeply, the contribution to changing the understanding of health.