Parish Nursing: A Handbook for the New Millennium [Paperback]

Sybil D. Smith (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0789018187 | ISBN-13: 978-0789018182 | Publication Date: September 11, 2003 | Edition: 1

Make parish nursing an alternative to shrinking healthcare resources!

Because of shrinking healthcare resources, both human and monetary, parish nurses in the future will be called upon to deal with rising numbers of elderly and the end-of-life issues that accompany aging. Parish Nursing: A Handbook for the New Millennium is a guide to designing programs that can complement a congregation's ministry priorities for senior adults, identifying strengths to reinforce and weaknesses to avoid. Stories from the fields of service capture the sweat equity and history of the re-emergence of nursing in churches.

Parish Nursing: A Handbook for the New Millennium is a practical planning guide for parish nurses and congregational committee members with limited experience in program development. Suitable for use with multiple faith traditions, the book demonstrates how to take responsibility for health ministries without leaning on direction from local hospitals. Parish Nursing presents multiple practice models, intervention strategies, and methods of program evaluation responsive to boundaries and traditions of various communities of faith.

Parish Nursing includes:

• conceptual frameworks
• program design options
• outlines from field-tested training modules
• program evaluation options and challenges
• and much more!

In 2001, there were 35 million people over the age of 65 living in the United States—a number that’s expected to double in the next 10 years. The American Academy of Family Physicians estimates that nearly 20 percent of family doctors are no longer accepting new Medicare patients. Parish Nursing: A Handbook for the New Millennium is an essential resource for nurses, pastors, and church leaders starting a parish nurse ministry to deal with the growing number of “forgotten” elderly persons.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A must-read . . . provides mature perspective, practical guidance, theological insight, and a challenge to ministry. -- Rev. Earl E. Shelp, PhD, President, Interfaith Care Partners, Houston, Texas

"An inspirational and instructional guide for those who are considering this field as a vocation. -- James L. Travis III, PhD, Director of Pastoral Services and Clinical Professor of Pastoral Care, Duke University Medical Center and Divinity School --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 254 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (September 11, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789018187
• ISBN-13: 978-0789018182
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #194,213 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #32 in Books > Medical Books > Nursing > Gerontology
  • #99 in Books > Medical Books > Nursing > Home & Community Health

Customer Reviews

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars History of health care politics, February 14, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Parish Nursing: A Handbook for the New Millennium (Paperback)

I have recently retired form public health nursing and finally have time to catch up on my reading.
I am very impressed with this book. It portrays uniqueness of the health care industry of the 1990s in stories lived out by those working in parish nursing. It reveals colorful history of the true inner workings of the health care system of that decade.
Indeed, congregations need to be STIMULATED toward more caring ministries for the elderly as promoted in this book.