Transforming Care: A Christian Vision of Nursing Practice Published

The Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship (CCCS) awarded a three year grant to an interdisciplinary group of eight Calvin faculty members and one international partner to write a book entitled Transforming Care: A Christian Vision of Nursing Practice.

The book explores the theological basis for the practice of nursing as well as defining the foundational concepts of person, health, environment, nursing, care and justice from a distinctly Christian vantage point. The nursing specialty areas of mental health nursing, community health nursing, and adult/acute care nursing are explored in terms of their inherent opportunities and challenges and these are interpreted using the previously introduced foundational concepts.

The editors of the manuscript are: Mary Molewyk Doornbos (Nursing), Ruth E. Groenhout (Philosophy) and Kendra G. Hotz (formerly of the Calvin College Religion Department and now of the Memphis Theological Seminary).

The contributors to the volume include: Mary Flikkema (Nursing), Barbara Timmermans (formerly of the Calvin College Department of Nursing and now of Trinity Christian College Nursing Department), Clarence Joldersma (Education), Cheryl Brandsen (Social Work), Arlene Hoogewerf (Biology) and Bart Cusveller (The Lindeboom Institute, Ede, Netherlands).

The book is presently available through William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.