President’s Passage |
Dear FCNI Members and Friends,
Spring! That time of renewal, fresh starts, new life. Bursting forth from the cold darkness of winter into light. This is a metaphor for the season of religious renewal we experience with Easter, Ramadan, and Passover. The time when our Christian, Muslim, and Jewish faith traditions converge in remembrance of our shared Abrahamic roots.
The faithful--Christians, Muslims, and Jews--honor the religious holidays with prayer, fasting, and doing good works.
As we recognize the differences, and most importantly, the commonalities of our faith traditions. Let us come together during this time to pray fervently for: the end of oppression (racism, poverty, authoritarianism, slavery, human trafficking, and war), the end of global hunger and food insecurity, and solutions to the climate crisis. As Faith Community Nurses, let us pray for and take action to prevent discrimination, moderate peace, improve health equity, and increase access to healthcare for the underserved and under-resourced. We—our role—has been created for such a time as this.
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Mary Lynne
FCNI President
A great virtual and in-person conference opportunity from our friends to the north: The Canadian Association of Parish Nurse Ministry (CAPNM) presents their 2024 Conference Curious Compassion: The Spiritual Connection to Soften illness Suffering, on April 30-May 20, 2024. This content will help us learn ways to help clients when experiencing serious illness or end-of-life options to promote family healing. Dr. Lorraine Wright is a fantastic international presenter and founded the family nursing unit at the University of Calgary. Her research will be illuminated through this conference presentation. Her full day by Zoom is at a very reasonable price for all to attend. |
Date: 10/09/2024
Time: 10 am to 3 pm Central Time on Zoom
Time-zone: (UTC-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
Upcoming FCNI Events & Registration |
CNE Events for 2024- Save the Date Webinars (on Zoom)
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FCNI Events
Presenting Offer From: Widener University School of Nursing
Presenting By: Dr. Donna Callaghan, PhD, RN-BC, CNE, Professor
Starting Date: May 13, 2024
Closing Date: August 25, 2024
Time: 6 pm to 7 pm Central Time on Zoom
Widener University School of Nursing is offering the Westberg Institute for Faith Community Nursing’s Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Program for registered nurses who are interested in learning more about the specialty of faith community nursing and how to establish or enhance these ministries in their own faith communities (churches, mosques, synagogues).
The asynchronous 36.5 hour online program will open on May 13 and close August 25, 2024. Dr. Donna Callaghan, PhD, RN-BC, CNE, Professor of Nursing at Widener and certified Faith Community Nurse, will facilitate the program. The program consists of 15 modules that require from 1 – 4 hours to complete on a weekly basis. Registered nurses who complete the program will receive 36.5 PDC hours through Widener University School of Nursing, an ANCC-approved PDC provider.
PROGRAM DISCOUNTS!
1. The fee for the program is $400plus purchase of the participant guide (approx. $50).
2. New and renewing members of Faith Community Nurses International (FCNI) can receive a code to take the program at a 50% discount ($200).
3.Please email Donna Callaghan at drdonnarn@comcast.net for registration information.
The FCNI Education Committee invites you to: “Social Determinants of Health for FCN Practice” Presented by: Cassandra Alexander, MAOM,BSN,RN and Naomi Myers, MA,RN Nurses can benefit from understanding social justice when evaluating health disparities and inequities in their congregations and communities. Health disparities are driven by social and economic inequities and affect mortality, morbidity, life expectancy, health care expenditures, healthcare systems, and overall health status. Learning to assess and manage Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) is essential to address and oversee the health of a faith community. Learning outcomes:
Naomi Myers is a content expert in behavioral health/health administration and an Associate pastor. She earned a Bachelor degree in psychology and counseling, a Masters in ministry and counseling, and serves as a coordinator of health ministry, a Faith Community Nurse, and a Bible class teacher. Registration: CNE 1.0 ANCC contact hour |
Past FCNI Events |
CNE Past Events for 2024
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FCNI Events
Aspiring Authors Artistic Space
New Dates for 2024! Presenting By: Mary Lynne ( FCNI President ) We will be setting aside sacred space in order to write. This is not a lecture or a presentation. It is not a continuing nursing education (CNE) event. The intent is to create creative artistic space, set aside the time, and establish the discipline to write. Maybe you have a devotional you would like to publish? Perhaps there is a scholarly manuscript that has been gathering dust on your desk? Could it be a book you're writing that needs some attention? Do you have a prayer you would like to write for the FCNI online prayer book? Any and all of these are perfect writing projects to bring! We will meet on Zoom for two hours for the first three months of 2024. The dates are Sunday, January 28th, and Saturday, February 17th, and March 23rdfrom 11am to 1pm CT. An FCNI Board Member will host the space. There is no cost, but you will need to register. Please note: There are 3 sessions, each with an individual Zoom link, so please use this link register for the first session: Please have: Free and open to members as well as non-members, however, registration is required. The Zoom link to attend will be sent to you following your registration. The FCNI Education Committee invites you to:
“Evidence-based Practice, Part 2: Executing EBP Projects”
Presented by: Mary Lynne Knighten, DNP, RN, NEA-BC This is the second of two webinars designed to enable faith community nurses to use evidence-based practice (EBP) in their ministry. The focus will be on using evidence to design and implement EBP projects in the faith community to solve practice problems and improve health outcomes. please come even if you did not attend the first pressentation. 1. Differentiate between quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research. The FCNI Education Committee invites you to:
“LGBTQ+ and BIPOC Considerations for FCNs”
Presented by: Andrea West, PhD, RN (retired) Current issues abound around the LGBTQ+ and the BIPOC populations. In the past, these groups have not been given the appropriate care and respect necessary to meet their physical, mental, and spiritual needs. Faith community nurses have a unique opportunity to be at the forefront for identifying and providing health care to these individuals—care that includes physical, mental as well as spiritual components. The agencies and congregations where FCNs practice are many times the first line of contact for these individuals needing assistance, understanding, and acceptance. Bio: After over 20 years working in nursing education, Dr. West served for 2 years as Director of Curriculum and Research at the International Parish Nurse Resource Center in St. Louis, MO. She participated in developing the Faith Community Nursing Association of Oklahoma, was active in the Rocky Mountain Parish Nurse Ministry organization in Colorado, and served on the teaching faculty for the Foundations in Faith Community Nursing curriculum in both in Oklahoma and Colorado. She is a founding member of Faith Community Nurses International and member and officer of the Lutheran Faith Community Nursing Association. Learning outcomes: |
The FCNI Education Committee invites you to:
“Evidence-based Practice and the FCN Part I: Inspiring a Spirit of Inquiry to Solve Practice Problems”
Presented by: Mary Lynne Knighten, DNP, RN, NEA-BC Dr. Knighten is the President of FCNI, a faculty member at Azuza Pacific University, and a board-certified nurse executive with 36 years of progressive management experience leading patient care operations, legal and regulatory compliance, and clinical programs including improving evidence-based practices, patient satisfaction, and quality outcomes for major medical centers and teaching hospitals. Mary Lynne is the Health Ministry Director at St. Dominic Catholic Church in Los Angeles, CA, the Faith Community Foundations Course Educator at Azusa Pacific University and has published widely about faith community nursing. This is the first of two webinars designed to enable faith community nurses to use evidence-based practice (EBP) in their ministry. The focus will be on inspiring a sense of inquiry to identify practice and/or patient problems and addressing those problems with evidence to improve care. EBP competencies will be presented, along with skill development for the following: writing a searchable PICO question to drive the literature search for research that is ready for translation to practice (including patient/ population, intervention, comparison, and outcomes Learning outcomes: Registration: CNE 1.0 ANCC : ANCC contact hours are pending from Northeast Multistate Division Education Unit, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. |
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Help shape the future of FCNI and learn new skills! Email us at: contact@fcninternational.org | Incorporate the FCN Position Statements into Your Practice!
FCN Position Statements are offered by the Westberg Institute for Faith Community Nursing |
Suggested Reading
The Future of Nursing 2020-2030 Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity (2021)The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity explores how nurses can work to reduce health disparities and promote equity, while keeping costs at bay, utilizing technology, and maintaining patient and family-focused care into 2030. This work builds on the foundation set out by The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health (2011) report. You can view the manuscript here: https://www.nap.edu/catalog/25982/the-future-of-nursing-2020-2030-charting-a-path-to | Other Recommended Reading
A comprehensive report published this month by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine strengthens the case for primary care as the foundation of the U.S. health care system. It also makes policy recommendations that reinforce several of the AAFP’s long-standing advocacy positions.
Follow this link to the American Academy of Family Physicians' website: https://www.aafp.org/news/practice-professional-issues/20210504nasemreport.html |