Download or read book A Sacred Covenant written by Mary Elizabeth O'Brien and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Sacred Covenant: The Spiritual Ministry of Nursing focuses on the nurse's personal spiritual needs. Grounded in biblical passages taken from both Old and New Testament scripture, it provides a broad spiritual foundation. Each chapter begins with a scripturally oriented nursing meditation and ends with a biblically themed nurse's prayer. Anecdotes from practicing nurses are woven throughout each chapter to illustrate the spiritual themes.