by Sharon Williamson, RN, Wayzata EFC Health Ministries
“God doesn’t look for outcomes; he looks for faithfulness,” said our speaker, Dr. Kamalini Kumar. More than 80 nurses gathered last month for the 4th annual NCF Nurses Breakfast Seminar in the Twin Cities area (MN).
“I’ve been an Infusion Room regular for over seven years. It’s like a local coffee shop, only with needles, tubes, and dangling fluid bags,” writes David Kenagy in the 
“I heard a commotion and found one of my patients screaming, banging doors, and hitting walls,” recalls Kathy Schoonover Shoffner, PhD, RN, during a recent shift.
"This could only be God!" thought Renee Lick as she stepped into the sunlit room to speak on spiritual care to more than 220 nursing students and faculty. Renee’s workshop, “Caring for the Spiritual Needs of our Patients,” was sponsored by the College of Nursing at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).
What is the role of prayer in clinical practice?
I am a nursing student at the University of Wisconsin. A recent personal tragedy reminded me why I want to be a nurse.
The collective grief of a nation has descended on a small town in Connecticut this week as families and friends mourn the senseless murders of school children and teachers. Our prayers, questions and fears rise up to the Lord of the heavens and our hearts weep for the harsh realities of our painful, broken world.