Spirituality in Nursing: From Traditional to New Age [Hardcover]

Barbara Stevens, Rn Barnum (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0826191800 | ISBN-13: 978-0826191809 | Publication Date: January 1996

...describes nursing & healing/spirituality & ethics/ ethics & philosophy/spirituality & the mind/disease & death, etc.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"Powerful...this book is a pocket guide for visiting a wonderful and rich place, written by someone who knows its value well." --Journal of Nursing Staff Development, from review of previous edition

"A fascinating look at spirituality's growing role in nursing...from the early days of the profession through today." --Nurses' Book Society, from review of previous edition --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Barbara Stevens Barnum, RN, PhD is a noted presence in nursing education, the author of twelve books, many with numerous additional editions, with chapters in numerous other titles (five published by Springer), and many peer-reviewed articles. She has served as Editor, Nursing Leadership Forum (Springer), and Editor, Nursing & Health Care, NLN (the previous incarnation of NLN's Nursing Education Perspectives). Currently, she is a consultant, psychotherapist, and (part-time faculty) periodic lecturer at NYU, Nursing. Previous positions include Director, Division of Health Services, Sciences and Education, Teachers College, NY, where she also held the Stewart Chair, and chair in the Department of Nursing Education. She was a consultant, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, with a prior academic position as professor, Nursing Administration, College of Nursing, University of Illinois, Chicago.

A fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, Dr. Barnum has done extensive national and international consultation and continuing education, including an 8-year term as consultant to the Air Force Surgeon General. Dr. Barnum presents workshops in areas of complementary medicine and spirituality nationwide.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 168 pages
• Publisher: Springer Pub Co (January 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0826191800
• ISBN-13: 978-0826191809
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,996,237 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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