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47 faith and doctrine, such as beneficence, nonmaleficence, justice, fidelity, advocacy, responsibility, and accountability. This will not only exemplify the qualities of a good nurse, but also the qualities of a genuine Christian. There are also opportunities for Christians to share their faith in the profession of Nursing. According to The Fundamentals of Nursing, a nurse doesn’t just provide care and support for a patient’s physical needs; they also are called to care for a patient’s mental and spiritual needs as well (Potter and Perry 1-3). This means that if a patient wants to pray with a nurse or talk about spiritual things, the nurse is more than welcome to pray and share their testimony as a way to meet the spiritual needs of the patient, if the situation calls for it. Even though opportunities like this can be rare, a Christian nurse should always display the love of Christ in all they do in order to serve as a witness for the Christian faith. Lizabeth Rand says, “Witnesses are called to testify that without the unconditional love and forgiveness offered to them through Christ, they would be nothing” (359). Indeed Christian nurses should also follow this example by keeping a humble and compassionate attitude when working in their discipline. By doing this, others will notice the difference they display and will hopefully have a positive reaction towards the Christian nurse’s faith. Opportunities like these allow nurses to integrate their faith into the discipline of Nursing. After taking a closer look at genre, ideology, and resistance, one can conclude that genre analysis and critique is crucial for members to be successful in their profession. By genre analysis, the ideology of the group is enacted and uncovered for members, especially Christians, to agree or disagree with and ultimately decide if that ideology should be resisted. It’s then up to the member to find a way to resist the ideology while integrating their faith into their profession. This will continue to be a topic of debate as more research is done to show how Christian nurses accomplish this in their profession. Works Cited Bawarshi, Anis S. “Introduction: AMeditation on Beginnings.” Genre and the Invention of the Writer . Logan: Utah State UP, 2003. 1-15. Print.