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Faith Community Nurse
Quarterly
January 2023
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In Case You Missed It
Recaps from our recent meetings
By Sue Cox BSN, RN- BC
Faith Community Nurse Network Manager, Advocate Aurora Health
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Wound Care and Hyperbaric Treatment
During the Nov. 10 meeting, Faith Community Nurse Network Member Amanda Kelley, manager of the Hyperbaric and Wound Care Clinic at Aurora Medical Center in Hartford, Wis., shared her extensive knowledge about wound care to help us understand the many types of wounds that can be treated, and the different modalities used in treatment.
Amanda emphasized that social determinants of health can have a tremendous effect on an individual's overall health and ability to achieve healing of wounds. To faith community nurses meeting health needs within communities, this is another reminder of the significance of addressing social determinants of health in our settings.
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Holiday and Year-End Celebration
During the Dec. 7 meeting at the Advocate Support Center in Downers Grove, Faith Community Nurse Network Member Julie Ruchniewicz led our centering meditation for the day, reflecting on Joyce Landorf Heatherley’s book, Balcony People - those who are gifted in affirmation and the ability to shout words of encouragement from the balconies of our lives.
Our day also included time to share with one another about our faith community nurse work, making decorative paper stars, a healthy and delicious lunch, and a wonderful selection of reads in our infamous book exchange.
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Caring for the Human Spirit® and The International Westberg Symposium Conference
April 17 - 19, 2023, St. Louis
The Annual International Westberg Symposium is a gathering place for education, fellowship and information sharing for faith community nurses and others interested in spiritual care.
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New Resource Available
Healing Congregations:
Nurturing Love, Life, and Hope in a Hurting World.
This resource explores how faith communities can be healing-centered places of care for their members and communities.
Written collectively and integrating real stories of suffering, grace and healing, this resource doesn’t provide easy answers, but invites the reader’s own questions and yearnings into a conversation to discover their own wisdom and pathway to love, life and hope.
While it was written for Christian communities, people of all faiths will recognize the themes in their own traditions.
Download your free copy here.
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Americans Continue to Rank Nurses Most Honest and Ethical Professionals
Courtesy: American Nurses Association
For the 21st consecutive year, nurses ranked #1 in Gallup's annual Most Honest and Ethical Professions Poll. The American public rated nurses the highest among a host of professionals, including medical doctors, pharmacists, and high school teachers. Nurses kept their place atop the poll despite the challenges presented by the lingering COVID-19 pandemic, high rates of flu and RSV infections, staffing issues and the pernicious threat of workplace violence. Their ranking in this year’s poll directly reflects both nurses’ unparalleled skill and deep connection to their patients and communities.
Keep reading.
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Racism’s Impact on Nursing Survey Released
A nationwide survey conducted by the National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing demonstrates that racism in the nursing profession is a problem.
For example:
- Nearly half of nurses say there is “a lot” of racism in nursing,
- 63% of nurses have personally experienced racism in the workplace,
- 3 out of 4 nurses have witnessed racism in the workplace.
Data was collected between October 7-31, 2021. Some 5,623 nurses completed this survey.
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ANA Releases Racial Reckoning Statement
With the release of a formal racial reckoning statement, the American Nurses Association kicks off a journey of accountability, healing, and reconciliation.
This action signals a multiphase journey involving acknowledging past harms, apologizing, and seeking forgiveness from ethnically minoritized and indigenous nurses, which includes ethnic-nursing minority organizations.
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Ever have a congregational member look to you for a referral for services? Or have a family that needs extra support and you aren’t sure where to send them? Need to know more about programs that are available in the neighborhood you are serving? Advocate Health Care and Aurora Health Care offers a free Local Services Guide that provides an up-to-date, reliable, tested list of community services that are easily accessed with a click of a button. | | |
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Faith Community Nurses International has created a digital prayer book to encourage patients, family, and fellow nurses.
Submit your original prayers by first filling out this release form. Your prayers will then be read by others to provide strength and support.
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Philosophy of Faith Community Nursing
Faith community nursing is a recognized specialty practice that combines professional nursing and health ministry. Faith community nursing emphasizes health and healing within a faith community. The philosophy of faith community nursing embraces four major concepts: spiritual formation; professionalism; shalom as health and wholeness; and community, incorporating culture and diversity.
~Westberg Institute
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