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The Shepherd's Center
of Greater Winston-Salem |
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1700 Ebert Street,
Winston Salem |
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NC 27103 |
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Phone: (336) 748 -
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Fax
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Congregational Nurse and Health
Ministry Program |
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 Our mission:
The Congregational Nurse and Health Ministry
Program fosters community partnerships to
promote, develop, and support health
ministries in and through faith communities.
The Congregational Nurse and Health Ministry
Program serves as an advocate and community
resource for the promotion of holistic
health through faith communities within
Forsyth County. Congregational nursing and
health ministries integrate medical
knowledge, behavioral science, and pastoral
care with the practices of a faith community
to improve the health of citizens.
The Congregational Nurse and Health Ministry
Program of Forsyth County is based on
a
volunteer model.
Nurses and lay persons from the
participating congregations are
volunteers
within their own faith community.
The program is open to any
congregation and welcomes religious and
ethnic diversity and strives to meet
the needs of the under-served in our
community.
The program
respects the individual needs and
culture of the various faith traditions in
our community;
therefore
each congregation has the ability and
capacity to create their own program to
serve their members and the community where
they are located.
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Support of a network of congregations
throughout the community that will focus on
the health needs of their own members as
well as individuals in their surrounding
neighborhoods.
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Facilitate local congregational nurse training, nurse
certification and continuing education
for volunteer nurses and health
educators.
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Serve as a broad coalition of partners, including congregations,
medical centers, universities, colleges,
and social service agencies, that will
address the growing health disparities
in our community.
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Congregational Nursing Philosophy
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Congregational nursing is a recognized specialty practice
that combines professional nursing and
health ministry. Congregational nursing
emphasizes health and healing within a faith
community through:
SPIRIT - The spiritual dimension is central to congregational
nursing practice. Personal spiritual
formation is an ongoing, essential component
of practice for the congregational nurse and
includes both self-care and hospitality,
through opening the heart to self and
others.
PROFESSIONALISM
- The congregational nurse role reclaims the historic
roots of professional nursing. Aspects of
health and healing found in many faith
traditions are embodied in the role of the
congregational nurse. The congregational
nurse practices under the American Nurses
Association Scope and Standards of Practice
and the Code of Ethics.
SHALOM
- The congregational nurse understands health to be a
dynamic process that embodies the spiritual,
psychological, physical, and social
dimensions of the person. Shalom,
God's intent for harmony and wholeness,
serves as a foundation for understanding
health.
COMMUNITY
- The congregational nurse, in collaboration with the
pastoral staff and members of the
congregation, participates in the ongoing
transformation of the faith community into
sources of health and healing. Partnerships
with other community health resources
fosters new and creative responses to health
and wellness concerns.
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Role of the Congregational Nurse |
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Integrator of faith and health
- assists people to achieve a higher
level of wellness by connecting the
close relationship between spiritual and
physical health. |
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Health
counselor- discusses health concerns with members of the
congregation and makes home or hospital
visits as needed. Congregational nurses do
not perform “hands on” nursing care. |
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Health
educator- promotes an understanding of the relationship between
lifestyle, attitudes, faith, and well being.
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Referral advisor-
helps people utilize community resources and
services in addressing their health needs.
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Recruits and coordinates volunteers
and support groups within
the congregation to support the health
ministry objectives of the congregation.
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Calendar |
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Congregational Nurse and Health Ministry
Newsletter
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NEWSLETTER
ARCHIVE |
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Congregational Nursing and Health Ministry
Resources |
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Congregational
Resources |
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Resources
for use in health promotion and education for
congregation bulletin boards, newsletters,
health fairs, presentations, posters, etc.
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Congregational Nurse
and Health Ministries Approved Websites
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Contact: |
Laura A. Rapp, RN, MSN
lrapp@shepherdscenter.org
Director, Congregational Nurse and Health
Ministry Program
1700 Ebert Street
Winston-Salem, NC
27103
336-748-0217
Monday-Friday 9 am - 5 pm |
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To Support the Congregational Nurse and
Health Ministry Program |
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Consider contributing to the support of the
Congregational Nurse and Health Ministry
Program. There are no fees for this service.
Individual, organizational, business and
foundation support is gratefully accepted.
All donations are welcome and are fully
tax-deductible. |
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