Murphy Lyn S, Walker Mark S
Health Services, Leadership, University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
J Christ Nurs. 2013 Jul-Sep;30(3):144-52; quiz 153-4. doi: 10.1097/cnj.0b013e318294c289.
Healthcare today is challenged to provide care that goes beyond the medical model of meeting physical needs. Despite a strong historical foundation in spiritual whole person care, nurses struggle with holistic caring. We propose that for the Christian nurse, holistic nursing can be described as Spirit-guided care--removing oneself as the moiatiating force and allowing Christ, in the furm of the Holy Spirit, to flow through and guide the nurse in care of patients and families.