ABSTRACT
In the Christian faith tradition, using "Parish Nurse" to describe the form of nursing based in a Christian congregation is both historic and descriptive of the type of nursing specialty practice and ministry that reaches within the Church and out into the wider community. Reflecting on the work of Granger Westberg, the Scope and Standards of Practice for this specialty, and examining the etiology of the word "parish," the authors argue that retaining the language "Parish Nurse"promotes a broader understanding of the purpose of this specialty practice, not only as inreach or outreach on behalf of a church or health system, but as a focused and integrated "parish" ministry.
Subject(s)
Christianity , Faith Healing , Religious Missions , Specialties, Nursing , Terminology as Topic , HumansSubject(s)
Christianity/psychology , Community Health Nursing/organization & administration , Nurse's Role/psychology , Pastoral Care/organization & administration , Patient Advocacy , Developing Countries , Health Policy/legislation & jurisprudence , Health Services Accessibility , Health Services Needs and Demand , Holistic Nursing/organization & administration , Humans , Medically Uninsured , Patient Advocacy/legislation & jurisprudence , Patient Advocacy/psychologyABSTRACT
Cows without signs of clinical mastitis were evaluated by the California Mastitis Test at calving (Day 0). Milk samples from 117 of 184 quarters (64 cows) were positive by this test for mastitis and were submitted for bacterial culture and determination of somatic cell counts. Cows with infected quarters were randomly allocated to treatment with cephapirin sodium by intramammary infusion or to be untreated as controls. Two and 4 weeks following calving, milk was again sampled from the infected quarters and tested. By the 4-week evaluation, the quarters treated with cephapirin sodium had significantly (P < or = .05) fewer positive bacterial cultures and somatic cell counts were significantly (P < or =.05) reduced compared with untreated control quarters.
