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4: Faith Community Nursing Models of Delivery

DOI:

10.1891/9780826107138.0004

Abstract

This chapter helps the reader to understand several models of faith community nursing practice. In addition to several models of the practice of faith community nursing, there are four models through which faith community nursing practice is delivered: the institutional model, the congregational paid model, the congregational volunteer model, and the paid consortium model. The goal of parish nursing in this model is to enhance the holistic health and well-being of the faith community members. Many parish nursing programs were established in the 1990s, when hospitals and health care systems were seeking community-based partnerships. Because of the economic constraints of today’s world, faith communities and health care providers will creatively design new models of delivering faith-based nursing care. The collaborative partnerships extend and expand services to congregations as well as meet the learning needs of nursing students.