Quiz 8: Chapter 45

Question 1

Congregants

Answer 1

People of the congregation of a church.

Question 2

Congregation

Answer 2

Nurses working out of faith communities include parish nurse, congregational nurse, health ministry nurse, crescent nurse or health and wellness nurse.

Question 3

Congregational Model

Answer 3

An individual community of faith where the nurse is accountable to the congregation and its governing body.

Question 4

Faith Communities

Answer 4

Congregational communities that gather in churches, cathedrals, synagogues, or mosques and acknowledge faith traditions.

Question 5

Faith Community Nurse

Answer 5

A licensed registered nurse “with well-developed clinical and interpersonal skills, a strong personal religious faith, and a desire or felt call to serve the needs of a faith community”.

Question 6

Faith Community Nurse Coordinator

Answer 6

Who facilitate different arrangements with several faith communities of varying backgrounds.

Question 7

Faith Community Nursing

Answer 7

A specialized practice of professional nursing that focuses on the intentional care of the spirit as well as on the promotion of holistic health and prevention or minimization of illness within the context of a faith community.

Question 8

Healing

Answer 8

Faith community nurses balance knowledge and skill in their role to facilitate the faith community as it becomes a caring place—a place that is a source of health and healing for all members of the community.

Question 9

Health Cabinet

Answer 9

Comprised of congregation members or congregates who may or may not be health professionals and who are fully engaged in health ministry.

Question 10

Health Ministries

Answer 10

Are visible activities, programs, and rituals of faith organized around health and healing of the congregation’s membership and offered by the faith community nurse, clergy, layperson, or community resource.

Question 11

Holistic/Wholistic Care

Answer 11

Relates to the relationship between body, mind, and spirit in a constantly changing environment and involves caring for the soul in a special kind of engagement that goes beyond seeing the physical patient but includes observation of the entire patient.

Question 12

Holistic Health Center

Answer 12

A place where Holistic care is practiced.

Question 13

Parish

Answer 13

Can mean congregation and also geographical area served by a congregation.

Question 14

Parishioner

Answer 14

Nurses advocate for the health and well-being of parishioners, and thus are in unique positions to highlight justice issues influencing local and national legislation.

Question 15

Parish Nurse

Answer 15

Changed to faith community nurse to be more inclusive of diverse faith traditions and in response to international considerations.. original title chosen by Granger Westberg in the 1980s as a theological choice because it connoted service to the congregation and also the wider community within a geographical area.

Question 16

Parish Nursing

Answer 16

A recognized nursing specialty practice in the community setting, yet is frequently overlooked when creative strategies are needed for improving the health of individuals of the larger community.

Question 17

Partnership

Answer 17

Are designed with the goal of improving a population’s health status.

Question 18

Pastoral Care Staff

Answer 18

As one of the trusted members of the pastoral care staff, the faith community nurse will find it helpful to develop ease in inquiring about a person’s spiritual journey.

Question 19

Polity

Answer 19

Abiding by the professional nursing code is understood and must be reflected in the appraisal. The nurse must also be assessed in the application of skills related to the polity, expectations, and mission of the particular faith community.

Question 20

Religious Care

Answer 20

Stems from the doctrine, rites, and rituals of a specific denomination or set of beliefs.

Question 21

Specialization

Answer 21

Involves focusing on nursing practice in a specific area, identified from within the whole field of professional nursing and in collaboration with specialty nursing organizations such as the Health Ministries Association (HMA), the membership organization for faith community nurses.

Question 22

Spirituality

Answer 22

“An individual’s attitudes and beliefs related to transcendence (God) or to the nonmaterial forces of life and nature”.

Question 23

Wellness Committee

Answer 23

The process of operationalizing holistic care is enhanced by an active wellness committee.

Question 24

Religiosity

Answer 24

Relates to “a person’s specific beliefs and behaviors associated with a specific religious tradition or denomination”.