seminar on Spiritual Care and prayer in Medicine - Fri. May 5, 3:30

For those of you in the Grand Rapids, MI, area:

The next Christian Perspectives in Science seminar at Calvin College is

       Friday, May 5, 3:30 PM in Science Building room 110.

Speaker: Judith A. Baker, Nursing Department, Calvin College

Topic: Spiritual Care in Nursing: Christ Has No Hands But Ours

Abstract:
  As long as nursing has existed, nurses have understood the link between
the spirit and the needs of the mind and body. Even today, in our
high-tech healthcare environment, this need is apparent and, in fact,
awareness of it has increased. As we educate nursing students and
practice nursing, it is imperative that we understand what the spirit is
and how we could and should care for the needs of the spirit. In nursing
we do that through a process which involves assessment, diagnosis,
planning, interventions and evaluation.
  In recent years we have seen a burgeoning of research on topics related
to spirituality. Often these are based on vague or varied definitions of
spirituality which leads to questionable comparative results. Prayer is
an activity that is being widely studied, and the results have been cause
for both encouragement and dismay. Making prayer just another tool in the
arsenal of healthcare raises questions we need to address.
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Received on Sat Apr 29 13:16:35 2006