Parish Nursing seeks to empower people to become more active partners in managing their personal health care resources. Professional standards or confidentiality are maintained. Parish Nursing seeks to build on and strengthen capacities of individuals, families, and the congregation to care for one another in light of their relationship with God, the community of faith, and the broader society. Health is a dynamic process which embodies the spiritual, psychological, physical, and social dimensions of a person. In Parish Nursing practice, the spiritual dimension is recognized as central.
Spiritual health is fundamental to well-being and affects a person's entire being.
Therefore, well-being and illness can exist simultaneously. Illness can be used in creative ways to evaluate life goals and mobilize previously untapped strengths. Healing can take place even in the absence of a cure. For instance, a person approaching physical death may experience a high quality of life, since physical well-being is only one aspect of the whole.