Nurses are expected to provide spiritual care to patients. Even though standards provided by accreditation organizations, national nursing organizations, and the national RN licensure examination outline the expectation that nurses are to offer spiritual care to patients, the provision of spiritual care is often limited owing to time constraints…

The Underground Railroad is the first racially integrated civil/human rights movement in the United States. The basic concepts of "escape" and "travel" that undergird the movement offer a way of envisioning the teaching/learning exchange as leaving behind unhealthy ideologies, and as journeying with students from one place of…

There are places of pilgrimage around the world, for people of all faiths. Lourdes, France is one of those holy places. Since its birth--sprung from the faith and the holy selection of a simple child--it has been a destination for people seeking healing, comfort, and peace. It is here that Bernadette Soubirous, a poor and sick young girl, saw the…