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Historical Perspective and Organizational Development of Faith Community Nursing

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Over the last thirty years there have been several specialty interest groups that have been developed and support the faith community nurse in different ways today. The objective of this chapter is to provide a brief overview of the history of the development of specialization in the profession of nursing, denominational roots of faith community nursing, and historically supportive membership organizations. The common roots, aims, programming, and accomplishments of each group will be presented. This review serves to inform the reader of the organizational history related to faith community nursing and how each group today strives to integrate the faith community nurse into the mainstream of health care.

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  1. Winchester Medical Center-Valley Health System, Winchester, VA, USA

    Lisa M. Zerull

  2. Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    P. Ann Solari-Twadell

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    Deborah Jean Ziebarth

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Zerull, L.M., Solari-Twadell, P.A. (2020). Historical Perspective and Organizational Development of Faith Community Nursing. In: Solari-Twadell, P., Ziebarth, D. (eds) Faith Community Nursing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16126-2_14

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