Course Dates/Schedules : OCTOBER 1—4, 2013 Tues . 8:00 am REGISTRATION 9:00 am Morning Session 12:35 —5:40 pm Evenin

1. The Congregational Health Nurse— • Promotes wellness and disease prevention in the faith community by: • · Organizing health fairs, • · Health screenings • · Health promotion education • · Enlisting members’ participation in ministry • · Visiting/communicating with members with health concerns to assist in referral or education • · Offering training and affirmation to caregivers and families • · Coordinating a church care team for persons with long-term illnesses to assist caregivers • · Providing opportunities for outreach through support groups including non-church community • · Educating the congregation on moral/ethical health issues Course Dates/Schedules: OCTOBER 1—4, 2013 Tues. 8:00 am REGISTRATION 9:00 am Morning Session 12:35 —5:40 pm Evening Session 5:40 pm Evening Devotional Wed. 7:45 am Morning Devotion 8: 00 am Morning Session 12:35—6-:40 pm Evening Session 6:40 pm Evening Devotion Thurs. 7:45 am Morning Devotion 8:00 Morning Sessions 12:35 Evening Session 5:40 pm Evening Devotion Fri: 7:45 am Morning Devotion 8:00 am Morning Session 10:00 am Evaluations 12:00—1:30 pm Praise Worship Commissioning Service “This Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Curriculum course is based on the curriculum developed through the International Parish Nurse Resource Center, which curriculum is owned by Church Health Center of Memphis, Inc., 1210 Peabody Avenue, Memphis, TN 38104.” Planning Committee: Jacqueline McCoy, BSN, MSN, DNP, RN, FCN-F/C Nurse Faculty/Coordinator— Nurse Planner Ella Jackson, RN, CHN—Abundant Living Community Organization, Inc. (ALCO-INC) Ann Elizabeth Kaiser, MSN, RN, FCN Catholic Charities, Inc. - Diocese of Jackson Kay Henry, MSN, RN (Nurse Planner) Gracie Hines, RN, CHN A. Cassandra Dove, MSPH Jackie Hawkins, BS Michael Jones, MSN, RN—University Mississippi Medical Center—Healthy Linkages Mississippi State Department of Health Educational Partner of the Church Health Center (CHC) Congregational Health Nurse Training This training is funded by the Mississippi Delta Health Collaborative, Mississippi State Department of Health, Office of Health Promotion & Health Equity, a Cooperative Agreement—5U50DP003088-02 with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Mississippi State Department of Health Educational Partner of the Church Health Center (CHC) 34 Contact hours is awarded upon successful completion of this activity (attended all 4 full days). The Mississippi State Department of Health is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Mississippi Nurses Foundation, Inc., an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. October 1— 4 , 2013 Three Rivers Hotel West Park Ave. Greenwood, MS 38930

2. Foundations of Congregational Health Nursing Course Content: Spirituality: History and Philosophy of FCN Prayer Self-Care Healing and Wholeness Professionalism: Ethical Issues Documentation Legal Aspects Beginning Your Ministry Communication and Collaboration Wholistic Health: Health Promotion Transforming Issues: Family Violence Transforming Issues: Suffering, Grief & Loss Community: Assessment Accessing Resource Advocacy Care Coordination ENROLLMENT REQUIREMENTS: · A personal letter with your application expressing your spiritual purpose and goals for taking this course. · A letter of support from your pastor, institution, or congregational sponsor. ·Registered Nurses with a current active license. · The course must be attended/completed in its entirety to obtain contact hours and a certificate of completion for the Foundations for Congregational Health Nursing Course attendance in its entirety is required! For more information call or email: Jacqueline McCoy @ (662) 332— 8177 and/or Jacqueline.Mccoy@msdh.state.ms.gov This course is designed to prepare registered nurses for promotion of holistic and wholistic congregational health through mind body, and spirit as God intends. Parish nursing is defined as “a unique, specialized practice of professional nursing which focuses on the promotion of health within the context of the values, beliefs, and practices of a faith community. . . Health is viewed as not only the absence of disease but (also as) . . . harmony with self, others, the environment, and with God.” (Scope and Standards of Parish Nursing Practice; acknowledged and published by ANA, 1998, 2005.) “This Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Curriculum course is based on the curriculum developed through the International Parish Nurse Resource Center, which curriculum is owned by Church Health Center of Memphis, Inc., 1210 Peabody Avenue, Memphis, TN 38104.” THE OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this program, the participant should be able to: ·Discuss the concepts of health, healing and wholeness in relation to the practice of church nursing. ·Construct a peer system of support that identifies health promotion resources in the church and the community. ·Assemble networks for continuing development of spirituality in health practices. ·Arrange health promotion activities for congregants across age span and socioeconomic groups. Please complete the following form and return to: Mississippi State Department of Health MS Delta Health Collaborative ATTN: Jacqueline McCoy 522 West Park Avenue, Suite P Greenwood, MS 38930 Application Form: Name: __________________________________ Address: ________________________________ ________________________________________ City: ____________________________________ State: _________________ Zip: ______________ Phone: __________________________________ E-Mail: __________________________ Special requests (allergies/meal or other accommodations): __________________________________ ________________________________________ Church Affiliation: _________________________ Do you hold a current active RN license in the state in which you practice? ____Yes ____ No Are you currently working as a RN? ___ Yes __ No Your highest level of education: ________________ __________________________________________ MDHC OFFICE USE: Date: _________________ MDHC RFP: Yes No Letters: Personal Yes No Support Yes No Confirmation: Yes No