Foundations of Faith Community Nursing

[RCCAtl]

 

 

FoundationCourseBrochure.pdf

Utilizing the Foundations of Faith Community Nursing curriculum, approved by the International Parish Nurse Resource Center, this course from Gwinnett Medical Center  is an intensive educational program that focuses on the main issues and challenges facing nurses who practice in faith communities. It is a time of learning, worship, personal reflection, spiritual growth and communal fellowship with other nurses and caregiving professionals. This course prepares nurses to establish and grow a health ministry within a faith community. Registration deadline is September 19.

Sample of Topics

• Theology of Health and Healing
• Roles of the Faith Community Nurse
• Beginning a Health Ministry
• Clergy/Nurse Dynamics
• Spiritual Assessment and Caregiving
• Ministry of Presence
• Family Violence in the Faith Community
• Grief and Loss
• Cultural Concepts

Gwinnett Medical Center is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Georgia Nurses Association, an accredited approver by American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. An application has been submitted to the Georgia Nurses Association Continuing Education Review Committee for approval of contact hours.

For more information, call Joan E. Purdon at 678-312-2423 or [e-mail].

or Debbie Huckaby at 678-312-2467 or [e-mail].