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April 2018
Foundations of Faith Community Nursing and Health Minister Hybrid Course
This course is offered through Pacific Lutheran University's Center for Continued Nursing Learning in partnership with Faith Community Nursing /Health Ministries Northwest and CHI Franciscan Health Congregational Health Ministries. April 19 and 20, 2018 will be face-to-face presentations and small group experiences followed by 8 weeks of Concordia University hosted online modules (April 30 - June 22, 2018) and a last day face-to-face gathering on June 29 for followup and certificate presentation will provide the necessary education for RNs and…
Find out more »St. Vincent’s HealthCare Annual Faith Community Nursing Foundation Course Curriculum Training
The Foundation Course Curriculum Training is design to prepare and equip RN's to embrace the specialty practice of FCN, while bridging their individual faith, professional skills/ nursing practice with the faith community, promoting health/wellness, education and spiritual empowerment from a "wholist" approach serving their individual faith community. The educational training will provide skills on the intentional care of the spirit, knowledge and resources materials to assist the members of the faith community and other faith-based organizations to maintain and/or regain wholeness in body, mind, and spirit.
Find out more »Online Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Course
This online course implements the Foundations of Faith Community Nursing 2014 Revision designed by the Westberg Institute and based on the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice for Faith Community Nursing. The course will provide information to allow you to develop your FCN practice in a way that will be unique to you and your faith community. The course is self-paced and meets in a vibrant and interactive online learning environment. Western Kentucky University accepts registered nurses of all faith traditions…
Find out more »May 2018
Faith Community Nurse and Healthy Ministry Educational Support Meetings
Goal: To emphasize the importance of lifelong learning, fellowship, networking, and peer support for faith community nurses, registered nurses, clergy/laity, health ministers, and anyone interested in learning more about wholistic care approach (whole-person care; balancing body, mind, and spirit) and committed to educating their local parishioners. Theme: Spiritual Care - Becoming a Healing Presence We are offering various locations and presenting the same content. Each meeting is free for those who do not wish to receive continuing educational credits. The cost…
Find out more »June 2018
Foundations In Faith Community Nursing Course
Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Training Nurses in Health Ministry Who will benefit from this course? This course is designed for Registered Nurses interested in becoming, or currently working as, a Faith Community Nurse in a paid or non-compensated model. What can you expect to learn? The course is based on the Standard Curriculum endorsed by the Westberg Institute for Faith Community Nursing and will give you the training you need to become a health advocate while providing intentional care…
Find out more »Faith Community Nursing Course….All Online
There will be an 8-week-long online faith community nursing course starting June 4th and lasting until July 28th. This 8-week course is all online with optional live online classroom meetings and an optional live meeting in person at the end of the course. After completion of the course, you will receive a certificate of completion from the Westberg Institute and a CE certificate for 32 hours of CE credit from West Virginia University . Please feel free to contact the…
Find out more »Online Foundations of Faith Community Nursing
This fully online course is based on the revised 2014 Westberg Institute curriculum. The course opens June 8, 2018, and runs through July 7, 2018. The Foundations of Faith Community Nursing course averages about 10 hours of coursework per week. The course is offered within an online learning environment, and after registering, you will receive detailed instructions and a link to access the course online. The course setting is a virtual classroom, in which you will engage and learn with…
Find out more »Foundations of Faith Community Nursing
The course is open to all Registered Nurses with an active RN license representing different denominations who will serve in a variety of faith community settings. The Foundations course is $80 per day or $400 for the week, which includes all materials and resources. The course plus overnight accommodations, lodging, and meals is $695. Scholarships are available. Please call for more details.
Find out more »Symposium: Spiritual Distress
Rabbi Zimmerman, the Senior Rabbi at Temple Israel in Minneapolis, will lead attendees in examining how they recognize and respond to spiritual distress in those they serve. Attendees will be provided light refreshments and will be awarded 3.6 contact hours. Visit www.fcnntc.org/education/continuing-education-symposiums/ for more information.
Find out more »August 2018
2018 Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Course: August 3,4,5,10,11,12
Course based on the revised 2014 edition developed though the IPNRC and The Church Health Center through the Westberg Institute of Faith Community Nursing. Includes 40 CEUs, all materials, pinning ceremony and lunch/snacks. Each day is from 9am - 6pm.
Find out more »Online Course: The Art of Listening (3 contact hours)
The first course in our new series of online continuing education programs,"The Art of Listening: Healing Ourselves, Our Clients, Our Communities", will be available beginning August 15. 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…
Find out more »Foundations of Faith Community Nurse Course
Online webinar format. LIVE webinar sessions held Monday evenings 5:30pm to 7:30 pm. Recordings of LIVE sessions available for those unable to attend LIVE. August 20th, 2018 through November 19th, 2018. Cost $250. Questions, please contact Peggy Jacques at Register: https://www.osfhealthcare.org/saint-francis/services/wellness-services/faith-community-nursing/
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 »Church Health Giving Day
For many people in Memphis, access to healthcare can change everything… And it has. Since 1987. And because of donors, friends and partners like you, we continue to help thousands of people and their families each year. Just how much have we grown? Church Health just completed its first fiscal year in our Crosstown Concourse home. Patient visits went up 17% in twelve months. You helped make this possible! Happy Anniversary! September 1 marks thirty-one years since our founder, Dr.…
Find out more »September 2018
Online Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Course
This online course implements the Foundations of Faith Community Nursing 2014 Revision designed by the Westberg Institute and based on the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice for Faith Community Nursing. The course will provide information to allow you to develop your FCN practice in a way that will be unique to you and your faith community. The course is self-paced and meets in a vibrant and interactive online learning environment. Western Kentucky University accepts registered nurses of all faith traditions…
Find out more »Online Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Course
Totally online option to complete the Foundations of Faith Community Nursing course. No papers, no exams! Reasonably priced.
Find out more »Elim Care’s Foundations for Faith Community Nursing- 12 Week Online Course
This course explores the specialty practice of Faith Community Nursing which combines professional nursing and health ministry, emphasizing health and healing within the faith community and the larger community. It offers registered nurses with a strong spiritual faith the knowledge to implement and facilitate a Faith Community Nursing ministry, as well as practical opportunity to apply learning from the course to the dynamic nature of their faith community and its particular needs. During this course students need not be online…
Find out more »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 »Fall 2018 Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Hybrid Format Course
Fall 2018 Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Hybrid Format Course September 14 – 15 / October 12 -13 7:45 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. $400 This course is based on the revised 2014 edition developed though the IPNRC and The Church Health Center through the Westberg Institute of Faith Community Nursing. This is a hybrid format course consisting of online modules and community assignments that compliment class time. Two hours of online module work must be completed prior the September scheduled…
Find out more »Foundation of Faith Community Nurse – Retreat and Course
Join us for the Foundations of Faith Community Nursing course opening retreat at Living Waters Retreat Center on Lake Poinsett in Arlington, South Dakota Sept 14 & 15, 2018. This retreat will focus on Spirituality as an integral component for in Faith Community Nurse practice. It is a time to learn, develop relationships with other FCN's and a time of introspection about your own spirituality as you seek to serve others. The course will continue Monday evenings from 5:50 pm - 9:00pm, Sept 17-Nov 19 to cover wholistic health, community…
Find out more »Online Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Course
The West Virginia University School of Nursing will be offering the Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Course all online this fall starting September 24th and lasting 8 weeks. The course will be online and include peer discussion board interaction. Each participant who completes the course will receive a certificate of training from the Westberg Institute and also a certificate for 32 hours of CE credit for nurses from the West Virginia University School of Nursing. The course is open to…
Find out more »Foundations of Faith Community/Parish Nursing Course
This course consists of 4 days of interactive classroom instruction: September 28, 29 and October 26, 27, 2018. In addition, there are 10 hours of independent learning assignments, to be completed in preparation for the course or between the September and October sessions. Thirty-eight ANCC contact hours will be awarded for full participation. No partial credit will be awarded.
Find out more »October 2018
Online FCN Coordinator/Manager Course
This online course implements the Faith Community Nurse Coordinator/Manager Course 2012 Revision designed by the Westberg Institute and based on the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice for Faith Community Nursing. The course equips FCNs in leadership and management positions to work with FCNs in various practice settings within a congregation or healthcare organization. The course is self-paced and meets in a vibrant and interactive online learning environment. Western Kentucky University accepts registered nurses of all faith traditions in all…
Find out more »Online Foundations of Faith Community Nursing
This fully online course is based on the revised 2014 Westberg Institute curriculum. The course opens October 5, 2018, and runs through November 3, 2018. The Foundations of Faith Community Nursing course averages about 10 hours of coursework per week. The course is offered within an online learning environment, and after registering, you will receive detailed instructions and a link to access the course online. The course setting is a virtual classroom, in which you will engage and learn with…
Find out more »Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Course – Classroom only
Come and see Oregon! This classroom style Foundations Course will be offered in Lebanon, Oregon on October 8 and 9, 2018, October 22 and 23, 2018, and November 5 and 6, 2018. The class is sponsored by Faith Community Nursing/Health Ministries Northwest and is hosted by Am HaSefer - People of the Book and Trinity Baptist Church. A block of rooms has been reserved at Boulder Falls Inn (https://www.boulderfallsinn.com/). Classes will be held at Trinity Baptist Church, 72 East Elmore,…
Find out more »Foundations of Faith Community Nursing
This is a week-long, classroom-based course taught by an interfaith team of experienced faith community nurses and nursing educators. 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 integrate spiritual care into their nursing practice. This course utilizes the current International Parish Nurse Resource Center curriculum that emphasizes the spiritual dimension, professionalism, wholistic health and community as its central conceptual model for Faith…
Find out more »Foundations of Faith Community Nursing – Hybrid Class
The Greater Seattle Faith Community Nurse Coordinators and Faith Community Nursing/Health Ministries Northwest are promoting this course, which is based on the revised 2014 edition curriculum developed through the IPNRC now known as the Westberg Institute of Faith Community Nursing and Church Health. There are 2 days of face to face teaching and 8 weeks of online teaching followed by a last day of face to face which includes graduation. 4 CEUs (40 contact hours) are included.
Find out more »Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Curriculum – Fall 2018
The 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: October 12, 13, 26, and 27. Location: UPMC Mercy Hospital, Sr. M. Ferdinand Clark Auditorium, 1400 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219. The cost is $395.00 and includes continental breakfast, parking, and all curriculum materials. Apply early for $50 discount with application and full payment post marked by September 15, 2018. Partial scholarship available on a…
Find out more »November 2018
Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Class (must attend all 4 classes)
November 1st, 2nd, 8th, & 9th, 2018 This 40 contact hour Hybrid Class includes on-site and on-line work. Grace United Methodist Church 2615 Clearwater Rd, St. Cloud, MN 56301 Fee: $450. Limited Scholarships available: See Directions and Guidelines for on attachment. Sponsored by: Health Ministries of Central Minnesota & Faith Community Nurse Partnership of Central Minnesota CentraCare Health Education & Professional Development Department Thursday, November 1, 3:00 - 9:00 p.m.; Friday, November 2, 8:00 - 4:30 p.m. Thursday, November 8,…
Find out more »January 2019
Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Course, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI. 49546
Foundations of Faith Community Nursing class at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI 49546. The course will be held at Calvin College three weekends, Fridays 5:00 – 9:30 p.m. and Saturdays 9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. January 11 & 12, February 8 & 9, March 8 & 9 Participants must attend all six sessions in Spring 2019. Pre-course materials will be mailed 3 weeks before the program begins. These materials will include an exact schedule, a worksheet for examining your spiritual journey and directions to the classroom on the Calvin campus.…
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