Parish/Faith community nurses focus on the promotion of health within the context of the beliefs, values, and practices of a particular congregation. The mission and ministry is to meet the unique ...

All parish nurses are RNs, but they are not necessarily of the same faith as the congregation they serve. Many are paid through the health care agencies, some are supported by their church or both ...

Her parish nurse visited her daily at the hospital. Ms. CALDWELL: She always had words of comfort for me, we always had prayer, you know. Anything that she thought I needed, ...

POTTER: Parish nursing traces its roots back to the 1800s, when religious orders in the U.S. and Europe offered care to the wider community.

Parish nursing is described in this interview with Maureen Daniels, RN, MN, the Director of the Deaconess Parish Nurse Ministry Network of St. Louis, Missouri. Parish nurses have a unique role in ...

Calvin College will offer another preparation course for parish nurses next January, February and March. Parish nursing is a 2,000-year-old tradition, partnering caregivers and churches in a ...

Religious leaders long have tried to maintain and improve the spiritual health of their parishioners, but now, through a parish nurse program based in Park Ridge, many are making the physical healt… ...

Churches have long been known as places of sanctuary and respite. Now a growing number of churches in the South Rowan area are further caring for the mind, body and spirit through parish nursing ...

Parish nurse Julia Means was at Clinton Rose Senior Center in Milwaukee when a resident approached her about a neighbor who couldn’t get out of bed. Means, a nurse with Ascension Wisconsin, went ...

Item by Jim Bishop. By popular demand, Eastern Mennonite University will repeat its online course on “Basics of Parish Nursing,” June 23-July 28, 2008.

DECATUR - The job title is simple: parish nurse. But the duties come in a wide variety of forms. The common denominator: They're dedicated people who help bring physical and spiritual well-being ...

Parish nurse Julia Means was at Clinton Rose Senior Center in Milwaukee when a resident approached her about a neighbor who couldn’t get out of bed. Means, a nurse with Ascension Wisconsin, went ...