As part of the Nurse as Healer Series, this book provides the practici ng nurse with a new look at the concept of "crisis intervention." It w ill help the nurse as "healer" to go beyond the immediate crisis or pr ecipitating event to understand the crisis event in terms of the whole client. Nursing actions described in this book are grounded in nursin g theory where the patient is empowered and the nurse's role is that o f a facilitator in the return to health.