What is
Christian Science Nursing?
Christian Science Nurses provide skilled care to patients who are utilizing Mary Baker Eddy’s Christian Science healing system.
This non-medical care includes providing:
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Individualized ministry and spiritual support
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Food and nourishment catering to individual dietary preferences
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Care in bed
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Cleansing and bandaging
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Instruction and assistance regarding mobility.
We also provide a safe environment while giving individual care and support to our patients, whether or not they are ambulatory or non-ambulatory.
A By-law from the Manual of the Mother Church by Mary Baker Eddy is the foundation of Christian Science nursing. It reads:
Christian Science Nurse. Article 8, Sect. 31. A member of The Mother Church who represents himself or herself as Christian Science Nurse shall be one who has a demonstrable knowledge of Christian Science practice, who thoroughly understands the practical wisdom necessary in a sick room, and who can take proper care of the sick.
Christian Science Nurses are members of The Mother Church. They are expected to exhibit practical wisdom, as well as good nursing judgment, while contributing to the individual demonstration of Christian Science. Their professional training equips them to communicate with the Christian Science Practitioner who is praying for the patient. A Christian Science Nurse assists with the patient’s comfort, rest, cleanliness, safety, mobility and nourishment, while striving to maintain a consciousness of the Truth.
In the following video, Sue Wood, Director of Christian Science Nursing at Wide Horizon shares the importance of Christian Science Nursing.
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