Parish nurses, health care chaplains, and community clergy : navigating the maze of professional relationships / Larry VandeCreek, Sue Mooney, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

VandeCreek, Larry.

Mooney, Sue F. Dromgoole.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parish nursing--United States.

Parish nursing.

Nurses--Professional relationships.

Nurses.

Chaplains, Hospital--United States.

Chaplains, Hospital.

Chaplains, Hospital--Professional relationships.

Clergy--United States.

Clergy.

Clergy--Professional relationships.

United States.

Physical Description:

xxi, 263 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Haworth Press, [2002]

Summary:

Parish Nurses, Health Care Chaplains, and Community Clergy: Navigating the Maze of Professional Relationships is a vital addition to your reference shelf. This unique book is the first to clarify the roles and interprofessional dynamics of these three professions and describe how they can best work together. It presents theological perspectives on each profession, practice models of collaborative programs, spiritual and clinical pastoral education information for parish nurses, and much more!

Contents:

Section I Introduction to Parish Nursing and Health Care Chaplaincy

Chapter 1. Who Are Parish Nurses? / Pamela K. Evans 3

Varied Professional Backgrounds 3

History of Parish Nursing 9

Types of Practice 10

Chapter 2. An Introduction to Health Care Chaplaincy / James C. Johnson 13

Spiritual Well-Being/Spiritual Distress 14

Additional Services of Chaplains 21

The Profession of Pastoral Care 27

Section II Religious and Theological Considerations

Chapter 3. Toward a Christian Theology of Nursing / Judith Allen Shelly 35

A History of Nursing and the Church 35

How Theology Informs Nursing 44

Section III Preparation for Parish Nursing

Spiritual Formation and Clinical Pastoral Education

Chapter 4. Spiritual Formation for Parish Nursing / Sandra Thomas 57

Spiritual Formation 59

Chapter 5. A Mystical Understanding of Clinical Pastoral Education / Larry Austin 67

Chapter 6. Parish Nursing and Clinical Pastoral Education / Paul Derrickson 77

Developing the Program 77

The Program 78

Issues Raised by Parish Nurses 81

Evaluation of the Program 83

Chapter 7. A Partnership That Matters: Collaborative Interdisciplinary Ministry Among Faith Community Nurses and Faith Group Leaders / Margaret B. Clark, Joanne K. Olson 89

What Our Experience Has Taught Us 90

The McGill Model of Nursing Informs Our Collaborative Experience 94

Collaborative Learning Through Inquiry 96

Chapter 8. Nurses and the Clergy Working Together: Meeting the Challenge / Joan L. Murray, Dawn B. Rigney 105

Relationship Building 106

Perceptions of Parish Nursing 107

Approach to Planning 107

The Institute Program 109

Section IV Interprofessional Dynamics

Chapter 9. How to Begin a Parish Health Ministry: A Juggling Act / Joyce Kaatz, Tammy Anderson, Valerie Putnam, Don Lehmann 113

Prejuggling 113

Entering the Arena 115

Beginning Juggling 116

Keeping the Balls in the Air 117

Losing Control of the Balls (Embracing Conflict) 118

When to Pass the Ball 120

Adding More Balls 121

Evaluation 121

The Show Must Go On 122

Chapter 10. Invitation to a Shared Community Ministry / Judy Raley, Barbara Weinhold 123

Health Care Chaplains and Spiritual Care 124

Role of the Church 124

Parish Nurse Ministry 125

Weaving a Shared Ministry 126

Does It Always Work? 129

Achieving a Continuum of Spiritual Care 130

Chapter 11. Spiritual Care: Bridging the Disciplines in Congregational Health Ministries / Karen Hahn, James M. Radde, John E. Fellers 131

Terminology 131

Ministry Events 135

Principles of Effective Collaboration 138

Role Violations 139

Chapter 12. Faith Community Nursing and Health Care Chaplaincy in Australia: A New Collaboration / Anne Van Loon, Lindsay B. Carey 143

Faith Community Nursing in Australia 144

Social and Religious Context in Australia 146

Supportive Relationships Among Clergy, Nurses, and Health Committees 148

Trust and Communication 150

Developing a Continuum of Spiritual Care 151

FCN and Chaplaincy Pilot Project 153

Section V Practice Models

Chapter 13. A Parish Nurse and Pastor Reflect on the Personal and Corporate Ministry of Pastoral Care / William R. Leety, Sue Mooney 161

Ministry Is Personal, Corporate, and Collaborative 161

Wellness and Illness 163

Staff for Pastoral Care

As Art 165

Chapter 14. A Conversation with Pastoral Church Staff Members About Their Parish Nurse Program / Pastoral Staff of the Overbrook Presbyterian Church, Columbus, Ohio 171

Chapter 15. Connections, Collisions, and Complementarity: The Dynamic of Health Care Chaplain, Parish Nurse, and Parish Clergy Collaboration / Renae Schumann, Tim VanDuivendyk 181

Chaplain and Parish Nurse Entry into Community 182

Chapter 16. Modeling the Wisdom of Journeying Together: Parish Nursing and Chaplaincy / Dan Magnus Geeding, Dorothea Honn 189

The Journey 190

The Ministry of Relationships and Modeling 190

Implementation of Vision into Reality 198

Evaluating Our Journey 199

Our Continued Challenge 199

Section VI Relationships to Health Care Institutions

Chapter 17. The Role of the Health Care Institution in Pastor and Parish Nurse Team Building / Linda L. Pape 203

The Institution's Support of the Volunteer Parish Nurse Program 204

A Continuum of Parish Nurse and Pastoral Staff Relationships 205

The Institution's and Parish Nurse Coordinator's Roles in Supporting Programs and Good Working Relationships 212

Chapter 18. Theoretical Models of Parish Nursing, Chaplains, and Community Clergy Interdisciplinary Relationships / Sybil D. Smith 217

Underlying Philosophy 218

Mission/Ministry Model 218

Marketplace Models 220

Access Models 223

Section VII Further Cooperation and Resources for Growth

Chapter 19. Good Care of Patients: A Plea for More Humility and Less Pride from All Professionals / Pat Fosarelli 229

Chapter 20. Resources for Individual and Team Growth / Richard B. Gilbert 235

For and About Pastors and Pastoral Care 237

For and About Parish Nurses 242

Specific Opportunities for Ministry: For Ministers and Nurses 243.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0789016176

0789016184

OCLC:

50080245