The Nurse's Calling: A Christian Spirituality of Caring for the Sick [Paperback]

Mary Elizabeth O'Brien (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2001

In this caring, timely book veteran nurse researcher and nurse educator Mary Elizabeth O'Brien provides a spiritual perspective on the professional nurse's vocation of caring. Grounding each chapter in scripture from both Old and New Testaments, she beautifully explores the Christian nurse's call to love as Jesus loved: without discrimination, without reserve and sometimes without reward.

In sharing some thoughts on favorite scripture passages that might be meaningful to nurses, O'Brien includes anecdotes derived from her clinical experience and the experiences of other Christian nurses that interpret the scriptures as lived out in the nurse's calling. The chapters are built around these key ideas, organized around a particular scriptural theme:

Ch. 1: The nurse's vocation. Ch. 2: Nursing as a ministry. Ch. 3: The nurse's role as healer. Ch. 4: Comfort for the nurse in difficult times. Ch. 5: The source of the nurse's strength. Ch. 6: The rewards of nursing the sick. Ch. 7: Nursing's call to reverence the sacredness of human life. Ch. 8: The spirituality of the nurse as a thing of grace and beauty.

The Nurse's Calling, which is conscious of the changing face of contemporary care and our health care system in crisis, is unique in its blend of practicality with a strong spiritual dimension. Nurses and those in the health care professions will find it to be a source of comfort, inspiration and growth.

Editorial Reviews

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All in nursing or preparing for nursing will be served well by this book. This book will inform and inspire. -- Resources Hotline

I found this book to be outstanding in its blend of the spiritual with the art and science of nursing. -- The Provident Bookfinder

It ought to be read by nurses, nursing students, caregivers of all types. -- Church

This book is a gem that is destined to become a classic. -- Journal of Christian Nursing

This book will inform and inspire. -- The World Pastoral Care Center Resources Hotline

About the Author

Mary Elizabeth O'Brien, Ph.D., R.N., is professor of nursing at The Catholic University of America and the author of five books and numerous articles.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Paulist Press; 1 edition (March 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0809140098
• ISBN-13: 978-0809140091
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #141,022 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Nurse's calling: A Christian Spirituality for caring for the sick, January 14, 2008

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This volume is a valuable read for nurses who are researching vocational issues of the profession.

The book arrived ingood time and in excellent condition.

Thank you again Amazon

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5.0 out of 5 stars Nursing as a Ministry, February 22, 2007

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This review is from: The Nurse's Calling: A Christian Spirituality of Caring for the Sick (Paperback)

Again, Sr Mary Elizabeth O'Brien has writeen an excellent book. I give this book to nurses when they graduate. It truly puts nurses in an angelic and spiritual perspective which they deserve.