The Role of the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in Spiritual Care

Author(s):  
Betty R. Ferrell
2007 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 37-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
June M. Como

The words nurse or nursing as related to the profession of nursing today tend to be associated with the words care and caring. Care and caring have been discussed and researched by scholars from different disciplines. This paper provides an overview of care and caring from the historical, ethical, and theoretical viewpoints of scholars in the field, such as Reverby, Gilligan, Noddings, Watson, and Munhall, that form the foundation for a clinical case discussion. The role of the advanced practice registered nurse in teaching care and caring is discussed and future research opportunities explored.


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