Prayer in Nursing: The Spirituality of

This slim, yet significant book examines the role of prayer in the life of a nurse from a variety of perspectives. To encourage the practice of prayer, each chapter begins with a meditation and ends with a prayer reflective of a nurse’s spirituality.

Mary Elizabeth O'Brien, SFCC PHD, MTS, RN, FAAN: The Catholic University of America, School of Nursing

Introduction

xi

Prayer in Nursing: Reclaiming Our Spiritual Heritage

1

(20)

Compassionate Caregiving: The Practice of Prayer in Nursing

1

(2)

The Homeless Patient: A Parable of Nursing Compassion

3

(2)

Reclaiming Our Spiritual Heritage: A History of Prayer in Nursing

5

(4)

Prayer and the Charism of Nursing: Devotion to Caring for the Sick

9

(6)

Prayer and Contemporary Nursing: Why Should We Pray?

15

(1)

Prayer and the Presence of God in Nursing

16

(2)

Prayer and the Surprises of God: A Nurse's Vespers

18

(2)

A Nurse's Prayer for Devotion

20

(1)

A Holy Calling: Prayer and Commitment to Nursing

21

(22)

The Nurse's Call

21

(2)

Prayer and a Holy Calling

23

(3)

Prayer and Commitment to Nursing

26

(1)

The Nightingale Pledge: A Spiritual Retrieval

27

(12)

Prayer and the Nightingale Pledge

39

(1)

A Nurse's Psalm of Reverence for Life

40

(1)

A Nurse's Prayer for Faithfulness

41

(2)

Openness to the Spirit: Prayer and Becoming a Vessel

43

(12)

The Nurse: God's Vessel

43

(1)

Nursing Prayer and Openness to the Spirit

44

(2)

Listening in Nursing: The Whispering of the Spirit

46

(2)

Discernment in Nursing: Seeking God's Will

48

(2)

The Use of Scripture for Prayer in Nursing

50

(2)

Prayer and Becoming a Vessel: The Sanctuary Lamp

52

(2)

A Nurse's Prayer for the Gifts of the Spirit

54

(1)

A Sacred Covenant: Prayer and the Nurse-Patient Relationship

55

(14)

A Cracked Vessel: The Nurse's Covenant

55

(2)

Nursing: A Sacred Covenant

57

(2)

Prayer and the Nurse's Relationship with God

59

(2)

Prayer and the Nurse-Patient Relationship

61

(2)

Finding Time for Prayer in Nursing: An ``Oratory of the Heart''

63

(2)

Prayer and Nursing Practice: A Nurse's Sabbath

65

(2)

A Nurse's Prayer of Covenant and Caring

67

(2)

Compassionate Caregiving: Prayer and Embracing Patients' Needs

69

(16)

A Sacred Place of Silence in Nursing

69

(2)

``Little Maggie''

71

(1)

Compassion and Prayer in Nursing

71

(1)

A Place of Silence in Nursing

72

(3)

Prayer and Spiritual Gentleness in Nursing

75

(7)

Silent Sermons of Love: The Nurse's Ministry of Compassion

82

(2)

A Nurse's Prayer for a Compassionate Heart

84

(1)

The Wounded Healer: Prayer and the Problem of Suffering

85

(12)

The Prayer of a Wounded Healer

85

(2)

Prayer and the Problem of Suffering

87

(1)

Miriam's Transitus

88

(2)

A Prayer for Discontinuing Life Support

90

(1)

Prayer and Emotions in Nursing: The Lamp Is Heavy

90

(2)

Distraction and Dryness in Prayer

92

(1)

Prayer of a Nurse Who Is Wounded: A Nurse's Sermon on the Mount

93

(2)

A Nurse's Prayer for Courage in Suffering

95

(2)

The Journey to Jerusalem: Prayer and a Healing Ministry

97

(26)

Veronica: A Nurse's Meditation

97

(2)

Prayer and the Nurse's Journey to Jerusalem

99

(2)

Veronica: Prefigure of the Nurse

101

(1)

The Legend

102

(3)

The Nurse: A Modern Veronica

105

(5)

A Nurse's Way of the Cross

110

(6)

Prayer and a Healing Ministry

116

(4)

A Nurse's Prayer to Become a Healer

120

(3)

The Art of Contemplative Caregiving

123

(22)

Contemplative Nursing

123

(3)

Beginning to Pray: Five Steps in Preparation for Prayer

126

(4)

Contemplative Prayer in Nursing

130

(4)

Prayer and Spiritual Reading

134

(4)

Journaling

138

(1)

Becoming a Mystic

139

(2)

Contemplative Caregiving: The Nurse with the Alabaster Jar

141

(2)

The Prayer of a Contemplative Caregiver

143

(2)

Notes

145

(16)

Index

161

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Prayer in Nursing: The Spirituality of Compassionate Caregiving

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