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Faith Community Nursing

Faith Community Nurses assist the members of their faith community to maintain and/or regain wholeness in body, mind and spirit.

The Role of a Faith Community Nurse

This certificate program is designed to prepare RN’s to serve effectively within their faith communities. Working collaboratively within a community of faith, the nurse may function in one or all of the following roles:

  • Health educator
  • Personal health counselor
  • Health advocate
  • Referral agent
  • Community liaison
  • Coordinator of volunteers
  • Integrator of faith & health
  • Developer of support groups

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 International Parish Nurse Resource Center

Program Objectives

Upon completion, the participant will be able to:

  • Apply knowledge and skills to implement a health ministry in a faith community.
  • Integrate spirituality and theology into the health ministry/faith community nurse role.
  • Enhance the health of a congregation and community.
  • Expand the dimensions of a faith community nurse role.
  • Explain the legal and ethical issues of Congregational Ministries of Health.

Admission Requirements

For Continuing Education Units (contact hours):

  • Current, active RN license
  • Nursing experience

Option of traditional or online course experience

Traditional classroom
This certificate is approved for 46 contact hours (EMU Lancaster is an approved provider by the Pennsylvania Department of Education for non-credit continuing nursing education for nurses seeking license renewal).

2013 Saturday Dates (Must attend each one of the dates listed below)
March 16
April 20
May 18
June 8
September 14
October 12
November 9

Time: 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Cost: $400 includes some program materials, 46 contact hours, and refreshment breaks.
Location: Eastern Mennonite University Lancaster located at the Greenfield Corporate Center

On-line
This certificate is approved for 46 contact hours.

Dates and Time: September 3 – November 19, 2013 (requires 4-5 hours a week on-line)
Cost: $400 includes 46 contact hours

Faculty

Tammy Kiser, RN, MSN
Assistant Professor, Online course instructor
EMU
Harrisonburg, VA

Barbara Graybill, J.D.
Graybill & Wise, P.C.
Attorneys at Law
Harrisburg, PA

Margie Miller, BSN
Parish Nurse
Community Evangelical Church
Sinking Spring, PA

Ruth Stoll, DNSc. RN
Facilitator
Congregational Ministries of Health Course
Mechanicsburg, PA

Linda Witmer, MPH, M.Div., RN
Administrative Director of RN to B.S. in Nursing
Associate Professor in Nursing
EMU Lancaster
Lancaster, PA

Refunds

Refunds will be issued if requested in writing one month in advance of the start date (minus $25 processing fee).

Accommodations

Accommodation information available upon request.

For more information please contact

Sheryn Jerchau, Administrative Assistant
(717) 397-5232