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C h a p t e r t h i r t e e n

From Carative FaCtor 9: Assistance with
Gratification of Human Needs
to Caritas ProCess 9: Administering Sacred Nursing
Acts of Caring-Healing by Tending to Basic Human Needs

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit
within you?
Corinthians i, King James BiBle
In a Caring Science model, it is necessary to remind ourselves
that we are spirit made whole; non-manifest to manifest field,
connected to and Belonging to the Infinity of cosmos and the
Universe, before separating as individuals.
Watson (2005:111)
It seems that somewhere along the way we have forgotten that one
of the greatest honors and privileges one can have as a nurse is to
be able to care for another person. Such personal, intimate con-
nections and relations touch on the Holy, as well as the horrific at
times. Caring (and the need for caring) is such a vulnerable place;
first, because we come face-to-face with our own humanity

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