Fall 2010 Newsletter

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Our New Name

Our New Vision

The “Congregational Nurse Project of Northwest Ohio” is now the “Faith Community Health Ministry Program of Northwest Ohio Inc.”  Our new name is our vision. In 1993 Northwest Ohio joined a national movement of integrating mental, physical and spiritual wellness in congregational ministries. Typically a “parish” or “congregational” nurse led this ministry. The number of congregations with parish nurse/health ministry programs has grown in Northwest Ohio from one in 1993 to over 180 today. But the ministry has grown and changed in other ways as well. Many different health professionals and lay leaders have joined the nurses in this service. Congregations offer such diverse programs as transportation and support during medical visits, counseling, health screening, education on the medications a person is taking, parenting classes and prayer groups, typically with the leadership of an interdisciplinary health ministry team. The Congregational Nurse Project has kept up with these changes but our name had lagged behind our work. As the Faith Community Health Ministry Program we will continue to serve as a multi-faith, multi-disciplinary collaborative whose mission it is to promote the health and well being of faith communities by sharing health ministry expertise among new and continuing programs throughout Northwest Ohio. As an incorporated, non-profit organization we are able to design and share health ministry programs and education throughout our region and to seek the funding to make these programs possible. Please join us in celebrating and reinvigorating our health ministry. We need your prayers and support to continue this important work.

Family Violence

Many times a victim of family violence approaches a spiritual leader (pastor, chaplain or faith community nurse) for counseling. Family violence exists in every community.  Yes, even in faith communities in every denomination, in every racial and ethnic group and in every socioeconomic group.    Are you prepared as a faith community nurse to work toward preventing abuse, assault and neglect?  Are you also prepared to identify signs of abuse and to be helpful to the victims of family violence by walking with them as they move from victim to survivor?    Family violence is an often ignored problem in our faith communities as well as the wider community.  Programs to prevent abuse may have a positive impact on your faith community and your surrounding community. 

 

The updated  Basic Parish Nurse Education Curriculum now includes two hours of content on Family Violence.  The Curriculum suggests these specific interventions for faith community nurses to take to educate themselves and others about family violence:

·     Attend additional educational events offered by your denomination, faith or organizations who work with family violence.

               Educate yourself on the basics of the legal process regarding assault, battery and neglect.

·      Educate the faith community and larger community about family violence with sermons, articles, programs and prayers.

·      Educate yourself and staff to be aware of signs of abuse.

·      Offer age appropriate curriculum on healthy relationships and bully prevention.

·      Offer parenting classes and support to families with young children.

·      Invite local family violence organizations and law enforcement  to partner with you to raise awareness of family violence and care for victims in your community.

·      Post contact information for local and national family violence hotlines.

·      Explore resources available through your denomination or religious affiliation. 

·      Discover resources that you can access to assist victims of family violence.

 

Family Violence is a spiritual crisis as well as a physical and emotional crisis. As faith community nurses we need to be prepared to encourage the whole person to move forward from victim to survivor by making available to them resources in the community that can assist them.  We need to encourage the person to take personal responsibility for themselves and connect them with community resources that support and promote positive change. Are you prepared to walk with and care for the whole person in regard to family violence?

Thank You

 

I was living in a dense fog-

confused, hurt, angry, afraid.

I didn’t know what to do.

Courageously you stepped

out of your comfort zone

and into my pain.

With one arm, you wrapped

compassion around me.

With the other, you pointed

                                                               in the direction of hope and light.

Because of you, a fresh dream

Is taking place in my heart.

Thru you God has been

very good to me.

Everyday I am so thankful.

 

Anonymous

Survivor of domestic violence

 

Thank You Friends of the Faith Community Health Ministry Program of Northwest Ohio, INC

 

The HMP Board appreciates everyone who generously responded to the invitation to become a Friend of the Faith Community Health Ministry Program of Northwest, Ohio.  We greatly appreciate your financial support in this difficult economic time. The Board encourages others to join in the campaign to become a Friend of the Faith Community Health Ministry Program of Northwest Ohio. Everyone joining together will enable the Board to continue the work of our mission of promoting the health and well being of faith communities. To date, the donations to the Campaign have raised $2,515.00

 

Friends of the Faith Community Health Ministry Program NWO

Maumee Valley Presbytery

Mercy

Lucy Russell

Becky Zechman

 

Supporter of the Parish Nurse Retreat

Blessed Sacrament Parish, Toledo

 

Supporter of the Basic Parish Nurse Education Course

Hospice of Northwest Ohio

 

Please send your tax deductable donation to:

 Faith CommunityHealth Ministry Program of Northwest Ohio

 P. O. Box 1262,

Bowling Green, Ohio 43402.

 

The Basic Parish Nurse Education Course

The Board is proud to announce that we have purchased the updated curriculum for the Basic Parish Nurse Education Course from the International Parish Nurse Resource Center.  The faculty has been busy this summer reviewing the new curriculum and preparing to present the newly revised curriculum at the upcoming class. 

 

The Basic Parish Nurse Education Course will be offered at the Toledo Center of Hospice of Northwest Ohio on four consecutive Tuesdays starting on September 28,, 2010.  Please contact the editor or check the HMP Web site www.cnpnwo.org for more information about this important educational opportunity.


 

 

 A Newsletter of the Faith Community Health Ministry Program of Northwest, Ohio INC


Sponsored by
Blessed Sacrament Church, Toledo
Catholic Charities
Islamic Center of Greater Toledo
Lutheran Social Services of Northwest Ohio
Maumee Valley Presbytery
Mercy Health Partners
ProMedica Health System
St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center Foundation
Sylvania United Church of Christ
Toledo Area Ministries
Tranquility Incontinence Products
West Central Ohio Health Ministries Program

Editor
Mary Jane Fulcher, RN, MSN
419 262 1462
Lfulcher@wcnet.org
P. O. Box 1262, Bowling Green, OH 43402
Web site www.cnpnwo.org

Blood Pressure Equipment Calibration for Faith Community Nurses

Medical College Hospital of Toledo: Parish Nurses may call Sandra Adcock in
the Pastoral Care Department at 314 383 3851 to make an appointment to have manual and electronic blood
pressure equipment checked.


St. Luke's Hospital of Maumee: Parish nurses in the area may bring their BP
units to St. Luke's to have the calibration checked. They may call
Facilities Management at 419-893-5929 and the secretary will confirm with
Bio-MedServices. Any difficulties call the Pastoral Care
Director at 419-893-5924.


Mercy Hospital of Willard
will offer free blood pressure cuff calibration
to the Parish Nurses in the Willard area. Parish Nurses are asked to bring
their BP equipment to the hospital and ask for either Paula Karr or Tim
DeMonte. DeMonte and/or Karr will take responsibility for having the
equipment checked and calibrated by biomed and returned to the nurses.
Loaner equipment may be obtained by contacting Tim DeMonte. This service
can be obtained any time Monday thru Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Paula Karr may be reached at 419-964-5180.


St. Charles Mercy Hospital, St. Anne Mercy
Hospital, and St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center
will offer blood pressure
equipment checks. Please call Sr. Dorothy Thum at 419-251-0715 to make an
appointment to have your equipment checked.


By appointment the following hospitals are offering
to check the calibration of manual and electronic blood pressure cuffs in
the BioMed department while you wait:
The Toledo Hospital: Call Tim Pfleghaar in the BioMed department at 419 291 5929 for an appointment.
Bay Park Hospital: Call Scott Yarnell in the BioMed Department at 419 690 8793 for an apppointment
Flower Hospital: Call Greg Cochran in the Bio Med department at 419 824 1494 for an appointment.


CNPNWO is grateful to all of these hospitals for offering this much needed
service to the parish nurses in Northwest OH. If any other hospitals would
like to offer this service to parish nurses in your area, please contact
the editor.

 



 

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