April 24, 2006 == MEDIA ADVISORY
A conference this week at Calvin hopes to change the way the health care
profession thinks about the intersections of faith and nursing.
"Transforming Care: A Christian Vision of Nursing Practice" is being presented
by the Calvin department of nursing, the Lilly Foundation, the William B.
Eerdmans Publishing Company and the Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship.
It will be held Wednesday, April 26 from 9 am to 4 pm in the Prince Conference
Center at Calvin.
The keynote speaker for the day's events will be Verna Benner Carson, an
expert on spirituality and spiritual care in nursing. She was an associate
professor of psychiatric nursing for 21 years at the University of Maryland
School of Nursing. She will speak on "Christianity: What Impact Does It or
Should It Have on the Profession of Nursing."
Calvin's Mary Flikkema, a professor of nursing, says the conference is meant
to help nurses and others in healthcare better understand, and articulate, how
the Christian faith can inform and structure practice in health care settings.
It also is intended to explore everyday ethical challenges found in combining
work and faith. And, she says, she hopes the conference helps attendees discuss
ways in which a health care vocation constitutes a holy calling.
Contact Flikkema (FLIK UH MA) at 616-526-6314
For the full story see
http://www.calvin.edu/news/releases/2005_06/transforming_care.htm
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