Question

What are 3 health services that are provided by a community health nurse in a faith community?

Answer 1

Ans) Faith community nurses serve in several roles, including: • Health advisor

• Educator on health issues

• Visitor of church members at home or in the hospital

• Provider of referrals to community resources and provide assistance in obtaining needed health services

• Developer of support groups within the church

• Trainer and coordinator of volunteers

• Provider of health screenings

- It is important to note that faith community nurses are not expected to provide patient care in the church or at a patient's home but rather to be a source of referrals for services in the community.

- For services, they coordinate existing services and supplement them with a holistic dimension of health and caring.

- A parish nurse program or faith community nurse program can operate in several different ways.

- Models include:

1) one church supporting its own full or part-time nurse,

2) several churches supporting one nurse,

3) a group of volunteer nurses supporting one or several churches or

4) a nurse related to a hospital or clinic who supports a church or churches as part of his or her job.

Services:

- Fosters, promotes, and provides opportunities for spiritual care to be discussed and integrated into the parish nurse role documenting spiritual care of groups and individuals.

- Participates in the planning and providing of prayer and worship life of the congregation.

- They integrate faith and healing to promote wellness within the community they serve.