IVP - Called to Care

Called to Care

A Christian Worldview for Nursing

(paperback)

Arlene B. Miller

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Retail Price: $25.00
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Length: 304 pages
Size: 6 x 9 inches
Binding: paperback
Published: January 2006
ISBN: 978-0-8308-2765-7
IVP Order Code: 2765

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About the Book

Nursing keeps changing.

The role of the nurse grew out of a Christian understanding of the human person as created in the image of God, and viewed the body as a living unity and the "temple of the Holy Spirit" (1 Cor 6:19). Contemporary nursing, however, is increasingly characterized by a diminished understanding of personhood. The impact on patient care has proven confusing and discouraging to many nurses.

In the newly revised and expanded Called to Care: A Christian Worldview for Nursing, Judith Allen Shelly and Arlene B. Miller define nursing for today based on a historically and theologically grounded understanding of the nurse's call:

Nursing is a ministry of compassionate care for the whole person, in response to God's grace toward a sinful world, which aims to foster optimum health (shalom) and bring comfort in suffering and death for anyone in need.

Called to Care asserts that nursing is a vocation, giving nurses a framework for understanding their mission and living out their calling: service to God through caring for others.

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Related Information & Resources

For more nursing resources, visit the Journal of Christian Nursing website.