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May 2019
Online Course: The Art of Listening (3 contact hours)
This is the first course in our series of online continuing education programs,”The Art of Listening: Healing Ourselves, Our Clients, Our Communities”. Elizabeth Andress, MA, will guide learners in improving their deep listening skills as faith community nurses. Learners will also use contemplative prayer and meditation to deepen their listening to God and self and reflect on the interconnections between listening to God, self, clients and in the broader community for healing to happen. Course is posted at www.fcnntc.org. Contact…
Find out more »August 2019
Online: Faith Community Nursing Course
Faith Community Nurses assist the members of their faith community to maintain and/or regain wholeness in body, mind, and spirit. Curriculum Explore the personal and professional dimensions of spirituality and the process of developing a parish nurse ministry within a community of faith. The curriculum follows the guidelines recommended by the Westberg Institute for Faith Community Nursing. Program Objectives Upon completion, the participant will be able to: • Apply knowledge and skills to implement a health ministry in a faith…
Find out more »ONLINE – Foundations in Faith Community Nursing
August 27, 2018 - December 14, 2018 Faith Community Nurses assist the members of their faith community to maintain and/or regain wholeness in body, mind, and spirit. Curriculum Explore the personal and professional dimensions of spirituality and the process of developing a parish nurse ministry within a community of faith. The curriculum follows the guidelines recommended by the Westberg Institute for Faith Community Nursing. Program Objectives Upon completion, the participant will be able to: • Apply knowledge and skills to…
Find out more »Foundations Course
Faith Community Nursing Foundations course will be offered 6-9pm, Tuesdays and Thursdays, August 29 through October 8, 2019 (12 evening class sessions). This course is open to RN's with current license committed to promoting wholistic health. Also other allied health professionals or lay persons interested in serving under the direction of the clergy or Faith Community Nurse. Classes will be held at UnityPoint Health Trinity 2701 17th St. Rock Island, Illinois. Contact Linda Guebert MS, RN at 309-779-5122 for more…
Find out more »September 2019
Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Online Course
Faith Community nursing is a specialized area of professional nursing practice focusing on the promotion of health and wellness within the context of the values, beliefs and practices of a faith community. “This Foundations of Faith Community Nursing course is based on the curriculum developed through the Westberg Institute for Faith Community Nursing, which curriculum is owned by Church Health Center, Inc., 1350 Concourse Ave., Suite 142, Memphis, TN 38104.”
Find out more »Foundations of Faith Community Nursing
This online Foundations of Faith Community Nursing course begins September 6th and runs through October 7th, 2019. The course typically averages about 10 hours of coursework per week. The course is offered in a modified asynchronous format so that participants can learn from discussion and interaction with one another, without having to be online at the same time. This course will help you start or improve your FCN practice, and is applicable to nurse from all faith traditions. Please call…
Find out more »Foundations of Faith Community Nursing
The course will be held at Calvin College over three weekends, Fridays 5:00 – 9:30 p.m. and Saturdays 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. 9/6, 9/7 10/18, 10/19, 11/8 & 11/9 OR 1/10,1/11, 2/7, 2/8, 3/13 & 3/14. Participants must attend all six sessions in fall 2019 or spring 2020.
Find out more »Foundations of Faith Community Nursing
Faith Community Nurses provide intentional care to the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual needs of individuals and communities. This eight-week online course utilizes the 2014 Foundations of Faith Community Nursing curriculum to help nurses in any faith or spiritual community to provide healing, wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention. Participants must be a registered nurse with an unemcumbered, active license. Participants should also have access to a computer, as all course activity is conducted through the use of a web-based learning management system.…
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Hybrid FCN course (online with 3 in-person classes 9/27/19, 10/18/19, and11/1/19), 34 contact hours, $295 with discounted rates for congregational partners of Mount Carmel Health Systems
Find out more »Faith Community Nurse Curriculum Course – Online
This online Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Curriculum course is based on the 2019 Westberg Institute curriculum. This ten-week course begins on September 9, 2019, and ends November 19, 2019. The entire course 36.5 hours will be delivered online with one to two modules be presented each week, about 4-5 hours of coursework. The course is offered in asynchronous format, which allows both flexibility and the opportunity for participants to share and learn from one another. For more information email…
Find out more »University of Southern Indiana Faith Community Nursing Program
Online Faith Community Nursing Program. Faith community nursing is identified as a specialty nursing practice that combines professional nursing and health ministry. The conceptual model for faith community utilizes four major concepts: the spiritual dimension, professionalism, wholistic health, and community. The program was designed using the Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Curriculum (2014) developed through the Westberg Institute for Faith Community Nursing, in consultation with the National League of Nursing and the American Nurses Association Credentialing Center.
Find out more »FCN Founations Course
Shenandoah University’s Eleanor Wade Custer School of Nursing’s Faith Community Nurse Certificate Program will offer Foundations of Faith Community Nursing in Fall 2019. This offering is a Hybrid/ Online format.
Find out more »Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Course 2019
The Pittsburgh Mercy Parish Nurse and Health Ministry staff offer this hybrid course with interactive onsite and online learning. The 4-day Course required attendance dates are the following: September 20 &21 and October 25 & 26, 2019. Location: UPMC Mercy Hospital, Sr. M. Ferdinand Clark Auditorium, 1400 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219. The is cost is $395.00 for registered nurses and includes 34 nursing CEs, continental breakfast, parking, and all curriculum materials. Apply early for $50 discount with application and…
Find out more »Foundations of Faith Community Nursing
FCNN is accepting registrations for our in-person Foundations of Faith Community Nursing course! It will be held Monday-Friday, September 23 - 27 from 8:30AM - 5:00PM in St. Paul. Our experienced faculty of FCNs have vast knowledge of faith community nursing practice and represent an array of faith traditions. Over the course of the week, they will guide students in learning how to develop an FCN practice that meets the unique needs of their faith community. The interactive, small-group format…
Find out more »Foundations of Faith Community/Parish Nursing Course
This dynamic course combines four days of interactive classroom instruction with independent learning assignments to be completed in preparation for the course and between the September and October session. Class dates are: September 27, 28 and October 25, 26, 2019. Participants will be awarded 38 ANCC contact hours for full participation. No partial credit will be awarded. Cost is $450 and includes continental breakfasts, lunches, snacks, resource materials, 38 ANCC contact hours, and the Westberg Institute stained glass pin. Scholarships…
Find out more »West Virginia University School of Nursing Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Course
The West Virginia University School of Nursing offers a Faith Community Nursing course for those individuals interested in helping to address the unique needs of faith-based organizations. The professional practice of faith community nursing focuses on the intentional care of the spirit as part of the process of promoting holistic health and preventing or minimizing illness in a faith community.
Find out more »October 2019
“Foundations of Faith Community Nursing” Educational Session
Catholic Health's faith Community Nurse Program and the Parish Nurse Ministries of NY, Inc. Have partnered to offer the "Foundations of Faith Community Nursing" course, developed through the Westberg Institute for Faith Community Nursing in consultation with the National League of Nursing (NLN) and the American Nurses Association Credentialing Center (ANACC). The course explores this specialty practice which combines professional nursing and health ministry. Developed from the Judeo-Christian perspective, this 2019 curriculum is respectful of, and can be applied to,…
Find out more »Fall 2019 Foundations of Faith Community Nursing at Duet
Twice a year, Duet trains faith community nurses through the Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Course. The American Nurses Association (ANA) defines Faith Community Nursing (FCN) as “the specialized practice of professional nursing that focuses on the intentional care of the spirit as part of the process of promoting wholeistic health and preventing or minimizing illness in a faith community.” Duet’s Director of Congregational Health, April M. Polley, RN, BSN, MBA, is certified to teach this course and we are…
Find out more »November 2019
Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Course (Face to Face) (This is a 6-day course, meeting on Mondays and Tuesdays)
Are you interested in body, mind, and spirit health and wellness? “Faith community nursing” is a specialized community health practice of professional nursing that focuses on holistic health and wellness. Faith Community Nurses (FCNs) are registered nurses trained to provide care of the mind and spirit while working with and through a healthcare organization, a faith community, or the community-at-large. Spiritual care is the intentional care of all aspects of the life of a person: body, mind, and spirit, and…
Find out more »Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Course
This course is presented in a retreat style with time set aside for discussion and personal reflection. Modules from the curriculum may be taught in hybrid format, such as self-study or online presentation. Attendance is expected for the entire program unless other arrangements have been made ahead of time. 38 CNE's are available: Saint Alphonsus Health System is approved as a provider of continuing nursing education by Montana Nurses Association, an accredited approver with distinction by the American Nurses Credentialing…
Find out more »Health Ministry Dinner Gathering 2019
This event provides continuing education, resources, and networking opportunities to individuals who are interested in starting or enhancing health ministries in their faith communities, as well as in the general public. Attendees will consider what is working and not working within their ministries, how they can acquire needed resources and volunteers, and community programs that may help care for people in need within their faith communities. This gathering is expected to draw parish and faith community nurses, registered nurses, licensed…
Find out more »January 2020
ONLINE – Foundations in Faith Community Nursing
January 7, 2020 - April 24, 2020 Faith Community Nurses assist the members of their faith community to maintain and/or regain wholeness in body, mind, and spirit. Curriculum Explore the personal and professional dimensions of spirituality and the process of developing a parish nurse ministry within a community of faith. The curriculum follows the guidelines recommended by the Westberg Institute for Faith Community Nursing. Program Objectives Upon completion, the participant will be able to: • Apply knowledge and skills to implement…
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