Question

why is it important to know about faith community nursing?

Answer 1

Ans) Faith community: A group of people who share a particular set of religious beliefs In any faith community there are varying levels of commitment.

- Faith community nursing is a practice specialty that focuses on the intentional care of the spirit, promotion of an integrative model of health and prevention and minimization of illness within the context of a community of faith.

- Faith community nurses are employees of the congregation and receive support from fairview through grants and annual trainings.

- Nurses are licensed, registered nurses who have received training to provide care that is spiritually-focused in a faith community—bringing together faith and health, spirituality and healing.

- It is important to note that faith community nurses are not expected to provide patient care in the church or at a patient's home but rather to be a source of referrals for services in the community. They coordinate existing services and supplement them with a holistic dimension of health and caring