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Parish nursing defined
Parish Nursing is an emerging practice for the professional nurse integrating faith and health while focusing on health promotion, health maintenance, and illness prevention. It holds the spiritual dimension to be central to the practice, but also encompasses the physical, psychological, and social dimensions of nursing. Parish nursing is practiced within a faith community and is based on the assessed needs of that group of people.
Assessments often lead, but are not limited to programs including the following:
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Blood pressure screenings
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Cholesterol screenings
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Health fairs
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Weight-loss programs
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Seminars on health topics
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Bereavement and grief support groups
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Wellness information in weekly bulletins
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Home visitation
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One-on-one health counseling
Parish Nursing does not involve "hands on" medical care such as giving medications, dressing changes, or drawing blood, etc.
Functions of the Parish Nurse
- Integrator of faith and health
- Health educator
- Personal health counselor
- Referral agent
- Trainer of volunteers
- Developer of support groups
- Health advocate
- from the www.uindy.edu Web site.
Last updated on 25 Apr 2008