Journal of Christian Nursing

Editor-in-Chief:	Kathy Schoonover-Shoffner, PhD, RN
ISSN:	0743-2550
Online ISSN:	1931-7662
Frequency:	4 issues / year

Current Issue: January/February/March 2010 - Volume 27 - Issue 1

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From the Editor

February is Heart Month when we focus on cardiovascular health. Are you taking time for exercise, eating well, managing stress? How’s your heart doing? More importantly, how’s your real heart, your spiritual heart? Could you use time with God? How about some encouragement? Under "Collections," check out the new topical collection, From the Heart, short vignettes that beautifully relay the heart of nursing. The collection is free this month. I guarantee when you read these stories your heart will be touched.

Kathy

Going Deeper

Are you looking for ways to dig deeper into JCN or apply content to your nursing practice? Going Deeper offers ideas for personal or group study. Choose and read an article(s), then choose your questions. Here's a sample, or download all of Going Deeper.

Read When Nurses Grieve: Spirituality's Role in Coping by Shinbara and Olson (pp. 32-37).

List healthy coping strategies for grieving.
What helps you cope with your grief? What verses from Scripture provide a balm to your soul? See Isaiah 55:8-13. List those that are meaningful to you.
When facing death or loss, what difference does faith in Christ make to you or nurses you know?

Quick Poll

Although JCAHO requires spiritual care of patients, nurses report many obstacles to providing spiritual care. Spiritual assessment is a key precursor to spiritual care.

Do you routinely (almost every shift) include some type of spiritual assessment in your care of patients?

Yes