FAITH COMMUNITY NURSING. AN INTERNATIONAL SPECIALTY PRACTICE CHANGING THE UNDERSTANDING OF HEALTH

Foreword
Prologue: Context-Global from the beginning
• Section I. Changing the Health of Nations: The contribution of Faith Community Nursing
Faith Community Nursing: A Professional Specialty Practice
Faith Community Nursing: As Health Ministry
Wholistic & Holistic Nursing Practice Framework Faith Community Nursing in Nations. Advancing the Science of Faith Community Nursing
• Section II. Changing the Understanding of Health: Education and Faith Community Nursing
Standardization of Educational Preparation of Faith Community Nurses: Applications within Nations
Ongoing Continuing Education and Formation for Faith Community Nurses
Documenting Models of Faith Community Nursing Educational Perspectives
Utilizing Formalized Education: Advanced Practice Nurse as a Faith Community Nurse
• Section III. Changing the Understanding of Health: Faith Community Nursing Development
From the Perspective of the Pastor and Congregation
From the Perspective of the Community Nurse
From the Perspective of the Physician
From the Perspective of the Health Care System
From the Perspective of the Public Health Department
• Section IV. Changing the Understanding of Health: Professional Organizational Perspectives
Historical Perspective of Organizational Development and Faith Community Nursing
The Westberg Institute: An Evolution of the International Parish Nurse Resource Center
The Health Ministry Association
Faith Community Nurses International
ANA State and Regional Faith Community Nursing Organizations
• Section V. Changing the Health of Nations: Issues and Trends in Faith Community Nursing
Documentation and Storage of Records
Long Term Sustainability of Faith Community Nursing Programs
Transitional Care
Integration of Faith Community Nursing into Health Care Systems and Reform
Prevention and Faith Community Nursing
Research Agenda in Faith Community Nursing
Epilogue

A multi-authored book, with editors and authors who are leaders in Faith Community Nursing (FCN) that aims to address contemporary issues in faith-based, whole person, community based health offering cost effective, accessible, patient centered care along the patient continuum while challenging contemporary health policy to include more health promotion services.
Twenty-five chapters take the reader from a foundational understanding of this historic grass-roots movement to the present day international specialty nursing practice. The book is structured into five sections that describe both the historical advancement of the Faith Community Nursing, its current implications and future challenges, taking into account the perspectives of the pastor, congregation, nurse, health care system and public health national and international organizations.
The benefits of this book are that it is intended for a mixed audience including lay, academic, medical professionals or health care executives. By changing the mindset of the reader to see the nurse as more than providing illness care, the faith community as more than a place one goes to on Sunday and health as more than physical, creative alternatives for promoting health emerge through Faith Community Nursing.

Features
• Involves long term experienced authors and content that speaks to the advancement of Faith Community Nursing as a specialty practice of Nursing
• Addresses the needs of people in the community providing long term, cost effective, person-centered care throughout the continuum of care impacting the health of people in different countries
• The most current and comprehensive book on Faith Community Nursing