Parish Nurse Ministries of New York, Inc.

Scholarships available, www.pnmny.org

ERIE COUNTY, NY – The Erie County Department of Health (ECDOH) is introducing a service where a “Vax Visit” team will go to any individual’s residence to administer COVID-19 vaccine.

Any Erie County resident can call the Erie County COVID-19 Information Line at (716) 858-2929 to schedule a Vax Visit. This program will use Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccine as supply is available.

Zoom Meeting
Mark your Calendar for Saturday, June 19th-9am
Parish Nurse Ministries of New York, Inc.
Annual meeting and elections on Zoom
Please Join us!
Details on www.pnmny.org

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Staying Connected with Peers in Faith Community Nursing
The Westberg Institute Knowledge Sharing Platform
How do Faith Community Nurses stay connected after they are commissioned and begin their journey in health
ministry? One such avenue is by connecting via an online community such as the Westberg Institute Knowledge
Sharing Platform. Currently there are over 1,600 nurses and 90 groups focusing on different health topics
such as diabetes, heart disease, etc. The platform is a great way to be encouraged and supported. This is an excellent
resource that one can receive quick, virtual assistance for questions regarding topics of interest and locating experts in
health ministry and spiritual care. There are different groups that one can join such as “nursing educators” as well as
regional and denominational groups. If interested, request an invitation to the platform by visiting at
https://westberginstitute.org/fcn-knowledge-sharing-platform/

FCN Knowledge Sharing Platform - Westberg Institute FCN Knowledge Sharing Platform The Westberg Institute for Faith Community Nursing launched its first-ever online social media and knowledge sharing platform at the 2016 Westberg Symposium in Skokie, Illinois. Currently, there are more than 1,600 nurses using the site to discuss health topics ranging...

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Mark Your Calendar and Plan for the Web-Based Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Winter/Spring 2021 Course!

CLICK HERE for brochure:http://www.pnmny.org/brochures/FaithCommunityNursingSpring2021.pdf

Sponsored by the Catholic Health Faith Community Nurse Program and Parish Nurse Ministries of New York, Inc.

This eight-class course is conducted with live participation through a web-based system and will take place online on Fridays and Saturdays:

February 26 & 27
March 5 & 6
March 12 &13
March 19 & 20

Registration ends on Friday, February 5, 2021

**Participants must be a registered nurse with an unencumbered, active license, and access to a computer with internet connection.

This Foundations of Faith Community Nursing course, developed through the Westberg Institute for Faith Community Nursing in consultation with the National League of Nursing (NLN) and the American Nurses Association Credentialing Center (ANACC), explores this specialty practice which combines professional nursing with health ministry.

Developed from the Judeo-Christian perspective, this 2019 curriculum is respectful of, and can be applied to, other faith traditions by exploring their differences and similarities.

In the context of a faith tradition, areas of discovery include:
• Practice History and Philosophy
• Ethical Issues
• Whole Person Health/Healing
• Loss, Suffering & Grief

Phone or Email
Yvonne Askew, MSN Ed., RN-BC
Faith Community Nurse
(716) 923-9672 (leave a message)
[email protected] or chsbuffalo.org/fcn

Scholarships Available
CLICK HERE for Scholarship Application:http://www.pnmny.org/brochures/PNMNYScholarshipApplication.pdf

*Awarding of 34 contact hours requires attendance/participation in ALL of the sessions, with the participant completing all course requirements.

Catholic Health System is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.**