Faith Flashcards
Who is granger westberg?
started parish nursing in the 80s
What is parish nursing?
a specialty of nursing having RNs contribute to the health and wholness of people in the context of a faith community
What is spiritual care?
care of the human spirit
What may be delt with spiritual care?
dealing with the meaning of health, illness or loss, relationships with god and others and which has the goal of peace
What is the paid congregation based model?
a nurse is hired by faith community with a clear job description, has a set number of hours and list of resources or advisors and a plan for evalutation
- nurse is based in the congregation
What is the unpaid congregation-based model?
services are same as paid but are vulunteered in a congregational setting
- nurse can set their own hours
What is a paid instituational model?
nurse is employed by a health system, hospital or community agency
- does not provide direct nursing care services, instead supports the patient/family with transitional care
- may not be considered a member of the community
What is an unpaid instituational-based model?
- least often used
- vulunteers in congregational setting, maintains primary indentification with healthcare setting
What are the roles of the faith community nurse?
- integrator of faith and health
- personal health counselor
- health educator
- health advocate
- referral agent
- coordinator of vulunteers
- accessing and developing support groups
How does a nurse integrate faith and health?
- spiritual care and assessment
- sharing scripture
- therapeutic listening
How is a nurse a personal health counselor?
- therapeutic communication
- assessing for emotional distress and suicide risk
How is a nurse a health educator?
- individual health teaching
- group health teaching
- provider of health resources
How is a nurse a health advocate?
- empowerment of members of the congregation
- empowerment of the congregation to improve the health of the community
how is a nurse a referral agent?
- maintaining lists of local providers/agencies
- communicating with referrals
How is a nurse a coordinator of volunteers?
- assessing for needs for volunteer services
- recruiting and training volunteers
- scheduling and supporting volunteers
- commissioning and recognizing volunteers
