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August 2020
Faith Community Nurse Foundations Course
Shenandoah University’s Eleanor Wade Custer School of Nursing is proud to support the role of Faith Community Nurses in our community by offering our innovative program with The Foundations of Faith Community Nurse Course. Our Upcoming Foundations Course will be: August 21, 2020 – October 23, 2020 The first session on August 21 will be virtual. The last session on October 23 may be in-person. This will be determined by Virginia’s COVID-1919 guidelines. The rest of the course will be…
Find out more »Transitional Care Training for Faith Community Nurses
The West Virginia University School of Nursing offers the Transitional Care course is designed to provide the faith community nurse with background knowledge on the needs of community members who are in the process of transitioning in care. This might include from the hospital to home, from the hospital to the nursing home, from the hospital to home with hospice and many other transitional times. The course uses the national Transitional Care Training book through the Westberg Institute. Each student…
Find out more »ONLINE – Foundations in Faith Community Nursing
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 community.…
Find out more »Online Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Course
This totally online foundations course will prepare you to function as a faith community nurse. This course follows the curriculum as outlined by the Westberg Institute for FCN. For more information please email See link to our Brochure Below https://www.osfhealthcare.org/media/filer_public/5f/84/5f840873-10ed-4bc9-bf30-c679448e193d/faith_community_nursing_brochure_fall_2020.pdf
Find out more »September 2020
Online Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Course
FCNN offers the Foundations of Faith Community Nursing course in a 36.5 contact hour format taught by professional nursing faculty who are both educators and experienced faith community nurses representing an array of faith traditions. The interactive, small-group format of our course allows students to share and learn from one another as well. While the course is essential for RNs who want to enter the specialized practice of faith community nursing, it also provides all RNs with skills needed to…
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 2019 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 unencumbered, active license. Participants should also have access to a computer, as all course activity is conducted through the use of a web-based learning…
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8 week hybrid course with 3 in person sessions; 34 contact hours
Find out more »University of Southern Indiana 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 (2019) 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 »Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Course
Do you have a calling to use your nursing gifts to serve your faith community? Do you want to gain knowledge and skills to build and sustain a healing ministry? Join us for this course offered to registered nurses of all faiths who want to pursue the specialized practice of faith community nursing. Learn to integrate the practices of faith and nursing to care for the whole-person, merging mind, body and spirit. This 6 week blended course combines independent study…
Find out more »Foundations of Faith Community Nursing
The Foundations Course is based on the curriculum developed through the Westberg Institute for Faith Community Nursing, a ministry of Church Health Center. DUET has been approved to offer the standardized curriculum. This course will be offered on a VIRTUAL Platform. It is a 5.5 day course. Course dates will be September 17, 18, and 19 (Part One) and October 1,2, and 3 (Part Two). Course hours are from 7:30 AM to 5 PM most days. Contact Anne Varner RN,…
Find out more »Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Hybrid Course and Retreat
An intensive hybrid course offered in the lovely retreat setting at the Center for Spirituality in Rockhill, SC. 10 Hours of pre-course work required; all meals, and accommodations provided, to include (3) textbooks, certificate of completion and stained glass window pin.
Find out more »The Faith Community Nurse Role in Supporting Family Caregivers
Lori Anderson, RN, MSN, PHN, FCN, will present on evolving, whole-person approaches to providing support to family caregivers and identify best-practice tools and resources to develop a family caregiving ministry. Attendees will leave with a self-care plan for family caregivers. The Faith Community Nurse Network's continuing education symposiums are designed to meet the needs of faith community nurses, with relevant information and practical resources. The new virtual Zoom format is still interactive and provides opportunities to network with your FCN…
Find out more »Foundations of Faith Community Nursing
This is a Foundations Faith Community Nurse Basic Course. It will be offered on a VIRTUAL Platform through Microsoft Teams. Course hours are from 5:00-9:30pm on Fridays and 9:00-5:30pm on Saturdays. The 6-day Course required attendance dates are the following: September 18-19, October 16-17, and November 20-21 (Fridays & Saturdays) in the Fall of 2020, and also January 15-16, February 12-13, and March 12-13 for Spring 2021. All Location: Microsoft Teams Meetings from your own home or workplace. All day…
Find out more »Foundations of Faith Community Nursing
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. Contact Dr. Angel Smothers, DNP, APRN with questions as
Find out more »Foundations of Faith Community/Parish Nursing Course in Hagerstown, Maryland
This dynamic, in-person 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 sessions. Due to COVID-19, class size will be small, distancing and food safety measures will be observed. Class dates are: September 25, 26 and October 23, 24, 2020. Participants will be awarded 38 ANCC contact hours for full participation. No partial credit will be awarded. Cost is $450 and includes continental breakfasts,…
Find out more »Catholic Health’s FCN Program & the PArish Nurse Ministries of NY, Inc. present the Foundations of Faith Community Nursing “Web Based” Educational Curriculum
This 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), explores this specialty practice which combines professional nursing with health ministry. Developed from the Judeo-Christian perspective, this 2019 curriculum is respectful of, and can be applied to, other faith traditions by exploring their differences and similarities. Some additional areas of discovery include: Practice History and Philosophy, Ethical…
Find out more »October 2020
Faith Community Nursing Basic Course
October 2020, 1,2,3,15,16,17,29,30,31. Thursday/Friday classes 5-9, and Saturday classes 8-1 pm. All classes will be on Zoom. Cost: $325.00 all books included. Contact: Sue Buchanan, text, email or call. , 765-477-6150
Find out more »January 2021
Virtual Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Course
Duet is proud to present our Virtual Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Course! Our program offers the only Foundations course in Arizona We now have the capacity to go Nation-wide with the Virtual Platform. Faith Community Nursing is a specialized practice of professional nursing that focuses on the intentional care of the spirit as part of the process of promotion of whole person health and the prevention or minimization of illness within the context of a faith community and…
Find out more »Online Foundations of Faith Community Nursing (Asynchronous)
This online Foundations of Faith Community Nursing course begins January 8th and runs through February 8th, 2021. Based on the Westberg 2019 Foundations update, the course typically averages about 10 hours of coursework per week. The course is offered in an 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 nurses…
Find out more »Online Faith Community Nursing Foundations Course
Do you have a calling to use your nursing gifts to serve your faith community? Faith Community Nursing is a specialized practice of professional nursing that focuses on whole-person health by integrating the care of mind, body, and spirit. Join us for this blended course offered to registered nurses of all faiths who want to pursue the specialized practice of faith community nursing. Gain understanding of the dynamic relationship between well being & spirituality. Learn knowledge and skills to build and…
Find out more »February 2021
Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Course Online at West Virginia University
The West Virginia University School of Nursing offers a Faith Community Nursing course for 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. The course is offered online and provides students to attend a face-to-face educational session (optional) with School of Nursing faculty in…
Find out more »Transitional Care for Faith Community Nurses
The Transitional Care course is designed to provide the faith community nurse with background knowledge on the needs of community members who are in the process of transitioning in care. This might include from the hospital to home, from the hospital to the nursing home, from the hospital to home with hospice and many other transitional times. The course uses the national Transitional Care Training Program through the Westberg Institute. 15 contact hours are being provided by the West Virginia…
Find out more »ONLINE – Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Course
Registered nurses of all faiths are invited to attend the Foundations of Faith Community Nursing training course being hosted by Carle Faith Community Health. The course will begin February 22, 2021 with individual self-paced study and combined with virtual classroom sessions on March 05, 2021 (5:30pm - 9:30pm CST), March 06, 2021 (09:00am - 4:00pm CST), April 09, 2021 (5:30pm - 9:30pm CST), and April 10, 2021 (09:00am - 4:00pm CST). The cost for this course including textbook is $125.00.
Find out more »March 2021
Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Update Course at West Virginia University
This course is designed for nurses who have previously completed the full Foundations of Faith Coimmuntiy Nursing Course, and who are looking to reconnect and have access to the updated curriculum. This will be a 4 week, all online course. WVU School of Nursing faculty members Angel Smothers, DNP, APRN-BC, will oversee and facilitate the courses. 21 continuing professional development hours is being provided by the West Virginia University School of Nursing. The West Virginia University School of Nursing is…
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Foundations Faith Community Nursing Couse: 32 hours for Continuing Education Units for RNs In Fresno, California at the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno
Find out more »Online Foundations of Faith Community Nursing (Asynchronous)
This online Foundations of Faith Community Nursing course, based on the Westberg Institute curriculum (2019 revision), begins March 5 and runs through April 5, 2021. 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 each other without having to be online at the same time. This course will help you start or improve your faith community nursing (FCN) practice,…
Find out more »Health Ministry Prayer Gatherings 2021 – Virtual Candle Meditations
The Pittsburgh Mercy Parish Nurse & Health Ministry Program is hosting a Virtual Prayer Gathering at the beginning of every new season. Do you need a sacred space and time set-aside for peace and quiet reflection during this challenging time in our world? Do you desire to give to your family and others, but could use some extra encouragement and support? Do you want to learn more about self-compassion? Do you need to connect with others in prayer and contemplation?…
Find out more »Health Ministry Virtual Meetings… Peer Support, Learning & Conversation
The Pittsburgh Mercy Parish Nurse & Health Ministry Program is offering "Health Ministry Virtual Meetings... Peer Support, Learning & Conversation" the 3rd Tuesday evening of every month 7:00 p.m. ET. The goal is to emphasize the importance of networking, fellowship, learning and peer support for faith community nurses, health ministers and anyone interested as they assist their congregations and local community to better health and well-being. Content discussion includes focusing on the intentional care of the spirit, the promotion of…
Find out more »Saint Anselm College 21st Annual Parish Nurse Conference
"Parish Nursing & Health Ministry Conference: "Ministry Makeover: What Shape Will Your Ministry Take in Today's Society?" Thursday, March 18, 2021 from 8:30-2:30pm, Eastern Time as a live virtual webinar - no travel needed! Keynote: Deborah Rivard, MSN, MEd, RN-BC, System Director for Faith Community Nursing, St. Anthony's Hospital, BayCare Health System, St. Petersburg, FL. Questions? Amy Guthrie, MS, RN, Director, Continuing Nursing Education at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, NH at 603-641-7083 or $99 for 5.25 contact hours…
Find out more »April 2021
Health Ministries Network Foundations of Faith Community Nursing
Health Ministries Network (HMN) is offering two hybrid on-line and zoom conference courses --a Faith Community Nursing Foundations Course for active and retired nurses and a parallel Health Ministry Foundations Course for laypersons in faith communities. HMN Foundations Courses provide the program elements for launching a community health ministry with an emphasis on holistic health. The courses are open to all religions, faiths and beliefs.
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