| Type | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author | Arshiya A. Baig |
| Author | Carol M. Mangione |
| Author | Alice L. Sorrell-Thompson |
| Author | Jeanne M. Miranda |
| Abstract | OBJECTIVE: To measure the effect of faith community nurse referrals versus telephone-assisted physician appointments on blood pressure control among persons with elevated blood pressure at health fairs. METHODS: Randomized community-based intervention trial conducted from October 2006 to October 2007 of 100 adults who had an average blood pressure reading equal to or above a systolic of 140 mm Hg or a diastolic of 90 mm Hg obtained at a faith community nurse-led church health event. Participants were randomized to either referral to a faith community nurse or to a telephone-assisted physician appointment. The average enrollment systolic blood pressure (SBP) was 149 +/- 14 mm Hg, diastolic blood pressure (DBP) was 87 +/- 11 mm Hg, 57% were uninsured and 25% were undiagnosed at the time of enrollment. RESULTS: The follow-up rate was 85% at 4 months. Patients in the faith community nurse referral arm had a 7 +/- 15 mm Hg drop in SBP versus a 14 +/- 15 mm Hg drop in the telephone-assisted physician appointment arm (p = 0.04). Twenty-seven percent of the patients in the faith community nurse referral arm had medication intensification compared to 32% in the telephone-assisted physician appointment arm (p = 0.98). CONCLUSIONS: Church health fairs conducted in low-income, multiethnic communities can identify many people with elevated blood pressure. Facilitating physician appointments for people with elevated blood pressure identified at health fairs confers a greater decrease in SBP than referral to a faith community nurse at four months. |
| Publication | Journal of General Internal Medicine |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 701-709 |
| Date | Jul 2010 |
| Journal Abbr | J Gen Intern Med |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11606-010-1326-9 |
| ISSN | 1525-1497 |
| Accessed | Tue Jul 27 12:21:59 2010 |
| Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
| Extra | PMID: 20349155 |
| Date Added | Thu Sep 29 09:03:48 2011 |
| Modified | Thu Sep 29 09:03:48 2011 |
| Type | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author | Sandra Bergquist |
| Author | Jean King |
| Abstract | Parish nursing is a current nursing care delivery model that practices holistic health care. Parish nurses provide care to a faith community, emphasizing the relationship between faith and health. Specific nursing activities address physical, emotional, and spiritual health and well-being, closely attending to the inseparability of these dimensions. Parish nurses may assume one or more roles associated with this practice to accomplish parish nursing activities and achieve the holistic health and well-being of individuals, families, and groups within the faith community. The five broad categories of client, health, nurse, environment, and nursing process provide a framework for organizing the concept of parish nursing for future nursing theory, research, and practice. |
| Publication | Journal of Holistic Nursing |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 155 -170 |
| Date | June 01 , 1994 |
| DOI | 10.1177/089801019401200206 |
| URL | http://jhn.sagepub.com/content/12/2/155.abstract |
| Accessed | Tue Dec 13 19:44:15 2011 |
| Library Catalog | Highwire 2.0 |
| Date Added | Tue Dec 13 19:44:15 2011 |
| Modified | Tue Dec 13 19:44:15 2011 |
| Type | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author | Velda Biddix |
| Author | Hazel N. Brown |
| Abstract | Parish nurses serve as health educators and counselors in religious communities. A Baptist church developed a parish nursing program, based on a parishioner survey, that provided blood pressure screenings and health and wellness classes with the help of volunteers. (SK) |
| Publication | Nursing and Health Care Perspectives |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 72-75 |
| Date | 1999 |
| Journal Abbr | Nursing and Health Care Perspectives |
| ISSN | ISSN-1094-2831 |
| URL | http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail? accno=EJ580969 |
| Accessed | Tue Dec 13 19:47:32 2011 |
| Library Catalog | ERIC |
| Date Added | Tue Dec 13 19:47:32 2011 |
| Modified | Tue Dec 13 19:47:32 2011 |
| Type | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author | Ingrid Brudenell |
| Abstract | Parish nursing is a model of nursing care that focuses on health promotion and disease prevention within a faith community. A descriptive study was conducted in the intermountain West to determine how faith communities form parish nursing programs and what their effect is. Thirteen congregations representing eight denominations with parish nurse/health ministries participated. Parish nurses, parish nurse coordinators from two medical centers, pastors, and hospital chaplains (n = 24) were interviewed and provided documents from their programs. Over time, congregations formed parish nursing/health ministries using strategies in a developmental process. The process involved significant support from the pastor, congregation members, and the parish nurses. Collaboration between faith communities and health organizations were successful using a limited domain approach to attain specific health goals. Parish nursing is making a contribution to integrating faith and health practices, promoting health, and increasing accessibility to health care and congregational activities. Conclusions and recommendations are included for future research, practice, and education. |
| Publication | Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.) |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 85-94 |
| Date | 2003 Mar-Apr |
| Journal Abbr | Public Health Nurs |
| ISSN | 0737-1209 |
| Short Title | Parish nursing |
| URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12588425 |
| Accessed | Thu Nov 12 23:09:08 2009 |
| Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
| Extra | PMID: 12588425 |
| Date Added | Sat Oct 1 15:43:18 2011 |
| Modified | Sat Oct 1 15:43:18 2011 |
A descriptive study was conducted in the intermountain West to determine how faith communities form parish nursing programs and what their effect is. Parish nurses, parish nurse coordinators from two medical centers, pastors, and hospital chaplains (n = 24) were interviewed and provided documents from their programs. Over time, congregations formed parish nursing/health ministries using strategies in a developmental process. The process involved significant support from the pastor, congregation members, and the parish nurses.
| Type | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author | Ingrid Brudenell |
| Abstract | Abstract Parish nursing is a model of nursing care that focuses on health promotion and disease prevention within a faith community. A descriptive study was conducted in the intermountain West to determine how faith communities form parish nursing programs and what their effect is. Thirteen congregations representing eight denominations with parish nurse/health ministries participated. Parish nurses, parish nurse coordinators from two medical centers, pastors, and hospital chaplains (n = 24) were interviewed and provided documents from their programs. Over time, congregations formed parish nursing/health ministries using strategies in a developmental process. The process involved significant support from the pastor, congregation members, and the parish nurses. Collaboration between faith communities and health organizations were successful using a limited domain approach to attain specific health goals. Parish nursing is making a contribution to integrating faith and health practices, promoting health, and increasing accessibility to health care and congregational activities. Conclusions and recommendations are included for future research, practice, and education. |
| Publication | Public Health Nursing |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 85-94 |
| Date | 2003/03/01 |
| Language | en |
| DOI | 10.1046/j.1525-1446.2003.20202.x |
| ISSN | 1525-1446 |
| Short Title | Parish Nursing |
| URL | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.ezproxy.bu.edu/doi/10.1046/j.1525-1446.2003.20202.x/abstract |
| Accessed | Tue Dec 13 19:45:23 2011 |
| Library Catalog | Wiley Online Library |
| Date Added | Tue Dec 13 19:45:23 2011 |
| Modified | Tue Dec 13 19:45:23 2011 |
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| Author | Barbara Caiger |
| Abstract | This is a book about the practice of a healing ministry in a faith community. The concept of parish nursing is a burgeoning field in nursing practice today and this book offers practical guidelines, tips, and wonderful stories of parish nursing ministry. This book is intended for faith communities, nurses, nursing instructors, faith community leaders, physicians in family practice, and anyone interested in the field of parish nursing. There is useful information for everyone. Barbara's role evolved from her ongoing recognition of changing health care needs. At the same time as the Reverend Granger Westberg began a similar movement in the United States, and before his work was known in Canada, Barbara envisioned how a nurse could promote health and healing in the congregation and the community. As a respected member of a committed, caring ministry team, she developed a practice that included education, advocacy, empowerment, emotional and spiritual support, and connection with community services. Emerging out of her 15 years of experience, this book promotes excellent, practical, "how to" aspects of parish nursing. It is a uniquely Canadian, uniquely nursing, experiential perspective on parish nursing, and a must for anyone interested in this field. |
| Publisher | Trafford Publishing |
| Date | 2006-04-26 |
| # of Pages | 573 |
| Language | en |
| ISBN | 9781412053853 |
| Short Title | Walking Alongside |
| Library Catalog | Google Books |
| Date Added | Tue Dec 13 19:43:03 2011 |
| Modified | Tue Dec 13 19:43:03 2011 |
| Type | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author | Tracy Jean Carr |
| Abstract | Although nurses of the past and present recognize the importance of spiritual care to health and healing, in practice and education, spiritual care dwells on the periphery of the profession. The purpose of this study was to gain a better understanding of the reasons behind this contradiction. Using the phenomenological approach, open-ended interviews were conducted with 29 individuals, including oncology nurses, patients and their families, chaplains, and hospital administrators. Their accounts reveal examples of how attitudes, beliefs, and practices of the larger organizational culture can shape the everyday lived experience of bedside nursing. Specifically, these influences tend to create a lived space that is uncaring, and a lived time that is "too tight." Moreover, lived body is experienced as an object for technical intervention, and lived other is experienced from a distance rather than "up close and personal." It was argued that, together, these existential experiences of lived time, space, body, and other create formidable barriers to spiritual nursing care. |
| Publication | Qualitative Health Research |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 1379-1392 |
| Date | Oct 2010 |
| Journal Abbr | Qual Health Res |
| DOI | 10.1177/1049732310372377 |
| ISSN | 1049-7323 |
| URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20530402 |
| Accessed | Mon Nov 15 15:09:21 2010 |
| Date Added | Thu Sep 29 08:59:59 2011 |
| Modified | Thu Sep 29 08:59:59 2011 |
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| Author | Verna Benner Carson |
| Author | Harold George Koenig |
| Abstract | Parish nursing presents a new approach to healthcare as well as pastoral care, linking together the spiritual and medical communities. With today's over-burdened healthcare system and an aging population, the need for parish nursing is becoming crucial. The parish nurse could be a key link between the two systems, providing truly wholistic care.Parish Nursing describes the preparation needed to become a parish nurse and looks at several leaders in the parish nurse movement, presenting the steps needed to initiate a program and look at the future of parish nursing in the areas of clinical practice, education, and research. The appendix includes: parish nursing curricula, resources for parish nursing, sample surveys and assessment tools, and a sample healing service.Stories from parish nurses illustrate their work as health advocates and educators, counselors, and integrators of faith and health. |
| Publisher | Templeton Foundation Press |
| Date | 2002-01 |
| # of Pages | 253 |
| Language | en |
| ISBN | 9781890151942 |
| Short Title | Parish nursing |
| Library Catalog | Google Books |
| Date Added | Tue Dec 13 19:42:19 2011 |
| Modified | Tue Dec 13 19:42:19 2011 |
| Type | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author | Ann Connor |
| Author | Monica L. Donohue |
| Abstract | This article describes the Parish Nurse Faculty Practice Model (PNFPM), which provides care to a medically underserved, high-risk homeless population at a community-based, multipartner service center. The PNFPM offers a holistic integrated approach to care of the mind, body, and spirit and encourages those who are homeless to draw on their faith to improve their health. The faculty practice integrates faith and spirituality as a way to improve health and decrease health disparities using Healthy People 2010's Focus Areas to guide the practice. A variety of approaches are used including art therapy, cognitive behavioral approaches, exercise and health behavior strategies, screenings, advocacy, and referrals. This PNFPM can be replicated by others working with persons who are homeless or other underserved populations. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) (journal abstract) |
| Publication | Family & Community Health: The Journal of Health Promotion & Maintenance |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 123-132 |
| Date | April 2010 |
| ISSN | 0160-6379 |
| Accessed | Tue Jun 15 10:18:01 2010 |
| Library Catalog | EBSCOhost |
| Date Added | Thu Sep 29 09:04:35 2011 |
| Modified | Thu Sep 29 09:04:35 2011 |
| Type | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author | Sandra Miskely |
| Publication | Journal of Community Health Nursing |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-14 |
| Date | 1995 |
| DOI | 10.1207/s15327655jchn1201_1 |
| ISSN | 0737-0016 |
| Short Title | A Parish Nursing Model |
| URL | http://www.tandfonline.com.ezproxy.bu.edu/doi/abs/10.1207/s15327655jchn1201_1 |
| Library Catalog | Taylor&Francis |
| Date Added | Tue Dec 13 19:44:55 2011 |
| Modified | Tue Dec 13 19:44:55 2011 |
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| Author | Mary Elizabeth O'Brien |
| Abstract | Parish nursing has been shown to have a positive impact on the spiritual well-being and quality of life of chronically ill parishioners. Now recognized as a specialty of nursing by theAmerican Nurses Association, the emerging role of the parish nurse strengthens partnerships between churches, the community, and health care providers. |
| Publisher | Jones & Bartlett Learning |
| Date | 2003-04-01 |
| # of Pages | 364 |
| Language | en |
| ISBN | 9780763723897 |
| Short Title | Parish nursing |
| Library Catalog | Google Books |
| Date Added | Tue Dec 13 19:42:09 2011 |
| Modified | Tue Dec 13 19:42:09 2011 |
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| Author | Sybil D. Smith |
| Abstract | Make parish nursing an alternative to shrinking healthcare resources! Because of shrinking healthcare resources, both human and monetary, parish nurses in the future will be called upon to deal with rising numbers of elderly and the end-of-life issues that accompany aging. Parish Nursing: A Handbook for the New Millennium is a guide to designing programs that can complement a congregation's ministry priorities for senior adults, identifying strengths to reinforce and weaknesses to avoid. Stories from the fields of service capture the sweat equity and history of the re-emergence of nursing in churches. Parish Nursing: A Handbook for the New Millennium is a practical planning guide for parish nurses and congregational committee members with limited experience in program development. Suitable for use with multiple faith traditions, the book demonstrates how to take responsibility for health ministries without leaning on direction from local hospitals. Parish Nursing presents multiple practice models, intervention strategies, and methods of program evaluation responsive to boundaries and traditions of various communities of faith. Parish Nursing includes: conceptual frameworks program design options outlines from field-tested training modules program evaluation options and challenges and much more! In 2001, there were 35 million people over the age of 65 living in the United States--a number that's expected to double in the next 10 years. The American Academy of Family Physicians estimates that nearly 20 percent of family doctors are no longer accepting new Medicare patients. Parish Nursing: A Handbook for the New Millennium is an essential resource for nurses, pastors, and church leaders starting a parish nurse ministry to deal with the growing number of "forgotten" elderly persons. |
| Publisher | Haworth Pastoral Press |
| Date | 2003-09-22 |
| # of Pages | 258 |
| Language | en |
| ISBN | 9780789018175 |
| Short Title | Parish nursing |
| Library Catalog | Google Books |
| Date Added | Tue Dec 13 19:42:51 2011 |
| Modified | Tue Dec 13 19:42:51 2011 |
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| Author | Phyllis Ann Solari-Twadell |
| Author | Mary Ann McDermott |
| Abstract | Published in its first edition by the International Parish Nurse Resource Centre, Parish Nursing provides a variety of perspectives of faith community nursing roles and practice. Parish Nursing should find interested readers among scholars, students, and advanced practitioners in community and public health nursing. While the book had its initial roots in the Lutheran General Care System, it is a useful reference for nurses of all faiths. |
| Publisher | SAGE |
| Date | 1999-01-11 |
| # of Pages | 348 |
| Language | en |
| ISBN | 9780761911838 |
| Short Title | Parish nursing |
| Library Catalog | Google Books |
| Date Added | Tue Dec 13 19:42:28 2011 |
| Modified | Tue Dec 13 19:42:28 2011 |
| Type | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author | Jean Swinney |
| Author | Cecilia Anson‐Wonkka |
| Author | Elizabeth Maki |
| Author | Jeannette Corneau |
| Abstract | In central Massachusetts a large urban parish asked the University of Massachusetts, Amherst School of Nursing to conduct a community assessment for the church and newly employed parish nurse. The aims of the assessment were: to determine the health status of parishioners, identify their perceived health needs and perceived barriers in meeting those needs, and to assist the church and parish nurse in developing a health program for their faith community. |
| Publication | Public Health Nursing |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 40-44 |
| Date | 2001/01/01 |
| Language | en |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2001.00040.x |
| ISSN | 1525-1446 |
| Short Title | Community Assessment |
| URL | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.ezproxy.bu.edu/doi/10.1111/j.1525-1446.2001.00040.x/abstract |
| Accessed | Tue Dec 13 19:49:39 2011 |
| Library Catalog | Wiley Online Library |
| Date Added | Tue Dec 13 19:49:39 2011 |
| Modified | Tue Dec 13 19:49:39 2011 |
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| Author | Larry VandeCreek |
| Author | Sue F. Dromgoole Mooney |
| Abstract | Understand the roles of these three unique professions and how collaboration can make each more effective! This is the first book to clarify the roles and interprofessional dynamics of these three professions and describe how they can best work together. Here you'll find theological perspectives on each profession, practice models of collaborative programs, and new resources to aid your professional growth. In addition, this book gives you a thorough historical overview of parish nursing and an introduction to health care chaplaincy as well as insightful analyses of the relationships of clergy and congregation to health care institutions. Parish Nurses, Health Care Chaplains, and Community Clergy: Navigating the Maze of Professional Relationships is a vital addition to your reference shelf. This unique book, written by experts in all three fields, provides: the necessary background to be an effective parish nurse, including information on spiritual formation, clinical pastoral education, and more instruction on starting a parish health ministry effective ways that the disciplines can work together in congregational health ministries to provide the best possible spiritual care successful practice models that your ministry can emulate an examination of the health care institution'¬"s role in forming the spiritual care team resources to use to increase your ministry'¬"s effectiveness Parish Nurses, Health Care Chaplains, and Community Clergy is a must for practitioners, educators, and students who will be entering these vital professions! |
| Publisher | Psychology Press |
| Date | 2002-10-31 |
| # of Pages | 296 |
| Language | en |
| ISBN | 9780789016188 |
| Short Title | Parish nurses, health care chaplains, and community clergy |
| Library Catalog | Google Books |
| Date Added | Tue Dec 13 19:43:20 2011 |
| Modified | Tue Dec 13 19:43:20 2011 |
| Type | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author | Darlene Weis |
| Author | Rosemarie Matheus |
| Author | Mary Jane Schank |
| Abstract | Abstract Religious institutions and nurses have a common bond—both are committed to empowering individuals to achieve their full potential and believe in the self-care capacity of individuals. The purpose of this study was to examine parish nursing as an evolving model of care within faith communities. Annualization of monthly reports and parish nurse interviews revealed that parish nurse activities contributed to the empowerment process and to the attainment of Healthy People 2000 objectives. |
| Publication | Public Health Nursing |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 368-372 |
| Date | 1997/12/01 |
| Language | en |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1525-1446.1997.tb00306.x |
| ISSN | 1525-1446 |
| Short Title | Health Care Delivery in Faith Communities |
| URL | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.ezproxy.bu.edu/doi/10.1111/j.1525-1446.1997.tb00306.x/abstract |
| Accessed | Tue Dec 13 19:46:20 2011 |
| Library Catalog | Wiley Online Library |
| Date Added | Tue Dec 13 19:46:20 2011 |
| Modified | Tue Dec 13 19:46:20 2011 |
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| Author | Granger E. Westberg |
| Author | Jill Westberg McNamara |
| Abstract | Here, Granger Westberg presents a creative, new way for congregations to provide a wholistic ministry to their members. His parish nurse program brings nurses onto congregations' staffs to work as ministers of health on a part-time or full-time basis. In this way congregations can play an increasingly important role in keeping people spiritually and physically healthy and giving leadership in the field of preventive medicine. Parish nurses serve as health educators, health counselors, volunteer trainers, and support group organizers. In hundreds of congregations, this program has been well received by clergy and church members. |
| Publisher | Augsburg Books |
| Date | 1990-11-01 |
| # of Pages | 144 |
| Language | en |
| ISBN | 9780806624587 |
| Short Title | The parish nurse |
| Library Catalog | Google Books |
| Date Added | Tue Dec 13 19:41:47 2011 |
| Modified | Tue Dec 13 19:41:47 2011 |