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NOVEMBER 8, 2011 - LYNDEN, WA
 
JUDY JOHNSON INSTALLED AS PARISH NURSE AT HOPE LUTHERAN IN LYNDEN
Pam Collier (center), the lead Parish Nurse at Hope Lutheran, beams with delight as Reverend Joel Lohafer installs Judy Johnson, RN, BSN, FCN (left), as a Parish Nurse at Hope Lutheran Church in Lynden, WA. Judy is a recent graduate of the Faith Community Nurse Basic Preparation Course offered at St. Joseph Medical Celnter in Bellingham, WA.
Visit the Health Ministry program at Hope Lutheran Church.
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OCTOBER 14, 2011 - SEATTLE, WA
Contact: Dick Cathell
At their annual Fall Health and Humor Festival in Seattle, WN, the Northwest Parish Nurse Ministries (NPNM) gave their Carol Story Award to HMN Faith Community Nurses Jeanne Brotherton and Dotty Marston. Carol (right) was in attendance and smiled broadly as the Award was made.
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The Carol Story Parish Nurse of the Year Award was established in honor of its namesake to recognize excellence in parish nursing. Carol was Executive director of the Puget Sound Health Ministry (PSHM) before its merger with NPNM in 2009, and was instrumental in training over 700 parish nurses in the Puget Sound region.
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The Carol Story Award is given to a parish nurse who ...
• is dedicated to parish nursing,
• demonstrates a passion for parish nursing,
• has successfully developed health ministry programs, and is
• compassionate, creative and supportive working with people.
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Jeanne (in photo, left) and Dotty (center) are active in their own faith communities and serve on the leadership team of the Health Ministries Network. Above, we see Dotty accepting her award from Dick Cathell, Director of HMN. The commendation which accompanies their award reads in part as follows.
"Jeanne Brotherton and Dotty Marston, have been instrumental in developing the Health Ministries Network, which expanded the Bellingham-region parish nurse program in the last two years from 67 to 111 parish nurses, and from 43 to 64 congregations. In addition, they have broadened the scope of the parish nurse to include the Transition Care Program, in which parish nurses make a hospital visit, then follow up with a post-discharge home visit, and two to three phone calls. This has helped the hospital to realize a savings from fewer readmissions, saving $45,000 in 2009.
"They have also been key players in bringing together 20 community organizations to work cooperatively with the parish nurses, and facilitated their work with six hospital departments that provide direct services to the community.
"They have created a well=received Health and Wellness Library for parish nurses and clergy within the hospital medical library and team teach the INPRC FCN course. They facilitated participation in this course by persuading three community foundations to help fund parish nursing education programs, reducing the cost for 32 hours of training from $425 to just $100."
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APRIL 18, 2011 - BELLINGHAM, WA
Contact: Dick Cathell
The Health Ministry Network is prominently featured in the concluding chapter of Parish Nursing, where the future of the movement is discussed. According to Verna Carson and Harold Koenig:
"We have chosen to highlight the following story, which we believe provides a glimpse into the possible future of parish or faith community nursing. This story exemplifies the growth of FCNs, the importance of a network, the vital role of leadership and vision, and the extension of service to communities beyond the walls of the individual faith communities."
The story they proceed to tell is our story - the story of our Health Ministries Network and a vision of the extended community that it embraces.
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FEBRUARY 10, 2011 - BELLINGHAM, WA
PARISH NURSE MINISTRIES ASSESSMENT BEGUN
Maddie Lacy (left) and Katie Fawell, sociology students at Western Washington University, explain their survey project at the February Parish Nurse ~ Health Ministry monthly meeting. Their project, conducted under the umbrella of the WWU Internship Program, is a survey to identify the top key ministries that parish nurses would like to share with the community.
'Faith Community Nurses' Serve Congregation Members, Body and Soul
by Caleb Heeringa, for the Bellingham Herald
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November 22, 2010
What is it? The parish nurse program at PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center pairs nurses and health care professionals with local religious congregations.
What do the nurses do? Their work runs the gamut, from educating church members on health issues, to giving free blood pressure checks, to checking up on church members following surgery or illness. Parish nurses - often called faith community nurses - also guide patients through the red tape of health care and give free advice on health issues before they become chronic issues.
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"Faith community nurses are trained to help the elderly navigate through the health care maze," says the Rev. Dick Cathell, administrator of the program in Whatcom County. "They're able to add that personal touch and work one-on-one with patients."
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OCTOBER 10, 2010 - BELLINGHAM, WA
Shiela Siebert, a Faith Community Nurse from Sacred Heart Catholic Church, brings her Eucharistic Ministry services to the residents at Orchard Park Assisted Living. Shiela has worked with folks at Orchard Park for several years.
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