Our April Meeting will be on Thursday April 12, 2018 at Lakeview Covenant Church, 1001 Jean Duluth Rd – Duluth 12Noon to 2:30pm. Questions – contact the church 218-525-6625. Bring a sack lunch, Dessert/Beverages will be provided. Please think about Why do you do What you do?
Program. St Luke’s Wound Care Department is providing us with Education and updates on “some of those skin tears” we see and other current treatments that you may come across in your visits. CEU will be offered.
Directions:
From North: Coming in from Iron Range on 53. Make a Left at Menards onto Arrowhead Rd. Follow Arrowhead into Duluth. At Woodland Ave make a Left, getting into the Right hand lane, you will make a RIGHT onto Snively, which will take you to the corner of Glenwood – the Church will be on the Left hand Corner.
From South: Take 35 North to 21st Ave EAST. At top of hill make a RIGHT onto Woodland Ave. Follow Woodland to Snively, making a right at the light. Snively will take you to the corner of Glenwood. The church will be on your Left.
PEER GROUP
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart. . . He will make your paths straight.” Proverbs3:5-6
Remember those in prayer on their birthday – What a wonderful gift!
3 Ginger Tuttle 22 Mareta Beise
10 Phyllis Sherman 30 Greta Crowe
14 Carolyn Wojtysiak, Judy Spencer
Keep in your prayers:
- Pray for those that have this ministry on their hearts; to serve their faith community
- Thank God for our Northland Foundation Grant
- Lu Vitalis on the loss of Dale in February – Peace to his memory
- Pray for wisdom in leading this health ministry throughout this year.
- Prayers of Thanks for those that have served their congregation and are retiring.
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Joanne Bislow, GG Walker and Margaret Rogers – whose church has closed it’s doors.
RESOURCES:
Program Planning Helps: – – Just a Few suggestions, go to www.healthfinder.gov OR www.nationalwellness.org
April
National Alcohol Awareness Month: national@ncadd.org
National Autism Awareness Month: info@autism-society.org
National Child Abuse Prevention Month: info@childwelfare.org
Oral Cancer Awareness Month: info@oralcancerfoundation.org
April 7: World Health Day. www.who.int/world-health-day/en/
April 28: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day; https://takebackday.dea.gov
May
Mental Health Month: www.mentalhealthamerica.net/may See note below on Training
Arthritis Awareness Month: http://www.arthritis.org
Food Allergy Action Month: www.foodallergy.org/life-with-food-allergies
Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month:
www.aad.org/public/spot-skin-cancer/programs/skin-cancer-awareness-month
National Stroke Awareness month: www.cdc.gov/stroke/index.htm
May 13-19: National Women’s Health Week: www.womenshealth.gov/nwhw
May 26: Don’t Fry Day: www.skincancerprevention.org/programs/dont-fry-day
June:
Men’s Health Month: www.menshealthmonth.org
Cataract Awareness Month: www.preventblindness.org
National Safety Month: media@nsc.org
June 3 – 9 Rip Current Awareness Week: www.ripcurrents.noaa.gov
Other resources that you can sign up for:
Journal of Christian Nursing, National Institute of Health www.nih.gov , or for Health Observances (like those listed), go to: www.healthfinder.gov/nho
Care Transition Program – –
I hope you have had a chance to listen-in on the conference calls; there has been some good tips and info. Our St Luke’s Contact is Amanda Klingelhoffer RN- Discharge Advocate in the Discharge Planning office 249-5699. She also has our Professional Listing. PHR forms are printed and available in the Case Manager office on 2W – (Just outside the 2W main doors).
Please take note of the Projects we have in place:
- Rural Aging Initiative Grant. This Grant focuses on our aging populations and keeping those we serve in their own homes as long as possible. Advance Care Planning and Mental Health are the 2 most prevalent tasks that health systems in our cities are working on collectively. Through this Grant funding we will offer training in both of these areas to YOU! Our May Meeting will be a TRAINING in Make it OKAY through the NAMI educators.
- Transitions Coach program still ongoing. We have been keeping up with what is being done on a national level. Keep practicing on those in your congregation when discharged.
Our May Meeting will be a “Make it Okay” training for YOU to bring back to your congregation. This is part of a Duluth/Community-wide focus on Making it OKAY to talk about Mental Illness not only in the workplace, but what about the places we workshop??
Please make an effort to attend this training on THURSDAY MAY 10. – Location to be determined NOON to 2:30pm. This may also be a good spring-board for other mental health topics in your congregation (Depression in our senior population, Bi-Polar disorder, PTSD, etc)
UPCOMING EVENTS/EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
April 9 -11, 2018: International Westberg Symposium for Faith Community Nursing in Memphis TN “Expanding Horizons of FCN Practice” Pam will be attending , hoping to bring back some update information
April 12: Monthly Parish Nurse Meeting ; CEU Offered by St Luke’s Hospital Wound Care Dept – Held at Lakeview Covenant Church – see page 1.
April 13 & 14: Interprofessional Discussion of Healthcare Ethics Conference: UMD Kirby Rafters (4/13) and UMD Kirby Ballroom (4/14). 4/13 is 6pm to 9:30Pm and 4/14 is 8am to 4pm, Call Alyssa Dindorf at UMD for more information 218-726-8977.
April 18: Great North Am. Holistic Nurses Assoc CEU Event. “Mind, Mood & Food” Presentation over dinner – Presented by Jean Larson, RDN, LD. 5:30-7:30PM Northland Country Club $30 includes dinner and 1.5CEU’s. Register by 4/11 – contact Jenni at jenniftcarlson@gmail.com
April 18: Conscientious Eating: Mental Health, Inflammation and the Aging Brain. 8:30am to 4pm at Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (DECC). $79 6CEU’s, call 866-652-7414
April 21 (Saturday): Life After Stroke Conference 12:30 – 4:30PM at Clyde Iron works in Duluth. Contact Sheila Davidson at 218-786-4228 to register or more information.
April 30: 8:30am to 1:30pm, “Substance Abuse, How Faith Communities Can Help” Held at St Barnabas Lutheran Church in Plymouth MN Sponsored by the ELPNA (Ev Lutheran Parish Nurse Association)$50 for members /$65 for non-members see attachment. 4 CEUs offered.
May 10: Monthly Parish Nurse Meeting: Training on Make it OKAY! for Mental HealthAwareness Month. – Watch for details (this is part of our RAI Grant).
Save the Date: July 31, 2018: Twin Ports Dementia Conference – Kirby Student Center/UMD – Registration starts June 4 at alz.org/mnnd or call Maggie at 218-722-1713
June 14: Monthly Parish Nurse Meeting – Location to be Determined – Last Meeting before we take off for July and August.
ANY CHANGES? – If you have changed your RN Status, not renewed your license – – have decided to “leave your role” – – OR you have recruited a New RN to assist you! Please let me know so our Professional Listing can be updated. Thank you so much – – Pam
April PN Meeting:
We had a small grouping of Parish Nurses that learned about what a SRES- Realtor does.
SRES is a Senior Real Estate Specialist that goes through a certification and is qualified to assist seniors in housing sales and purchases. To obtain this designation, additional education is required to assist seniors and their families with “later-in-life” real estate transactions.
Reisa Varin was our guest presenter and holds this certification.You can contact her at 218-343-6636 OR reisavarin@edinarealty.com
Leadership Training for Health Promotion Workshops: JUNIPER WEBSITE
Future Leadership Training classes: See below.
The Arrowhead Area Agency on Aging is seeking professionals or volunteers to become leaders to facilitate groups of people with chronic health conditions or chronic pain through Living Well Workshops. Living Well with Chronic Conditions and Living Well with Chronic Pain workshops help people manage their symptoms, build confidence, and maintain an active lifestyle. Limited scholarships are available upon request for the noted trainings (below). For more information or to register, visit www.yourjuniper.org OR Contact Georgia Lane at 218-529-7525 or glane@ardc.org or Katey Fornear at kfornear@ardc.org
April 12-13 Tai Chi Quan: Moving for Better Balance Leader Training: 8:30am – 5pm each day Cost is $100. Held at the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Retail Center, 425 W Superior St. Duluth.
If interested in these trainings use the contacts above to register
Please feel free to add this information in your church bulletins as they are looking to train volunteer leaders as well as get referrals for classes. Parish Nurses can help “spread the word”! To make a referral for classes please use Katey as the contact (see above).
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2018 Preparation Course Offerings around the State
April 9 -13, 2018: , The Faith Community Nurse Network (FCNN Office) in St Paul. Monday – Friday, April 9 -13, 8:30am to 5pm (Closing convocation at 2pm on Friday). 41.5 CEUs/$450 with possibility of scholarships to assist. Call 651-204-0904 or email contact@fcnntc.org
Learn more at their website http://www.fcnntc.org/FoundationsCourse
April 16-20, 2018: Centracare of St Cloud MN will offer the Faith Community Nursing Foundations Course April 16-20, 2018 at Grace United Methodist Church in St. Cloud. Joyce Simones and Carol Engelhart are the Faculty Educators. For more information on price, contact hours and to obtain a brochure contact Annette Jesh at (320) 249-0280 OR annette.jesh@centracare.com
Foundations for Faith Community Nursing Course offered by Sanford Health
September 14-November 19, 2018
Sanford health offers the foundations for faith community nursing certified course taught by professional nursing faculty who are experienced faith community nurses representing an array of faith traditions. The course is a pre-requisite for RNs who want to enter faith community nursing practice.
This course explores the specialty practice of faith community nursing that combines professional nursing and health ministry, emphasizing health and healing within the faith community and the larger community. It offers registered nurses with a strong spiritual faith the knowledge to implement and facilitate a faith community nursing ministry, as well as practical opportunity to apply learnings from the course to the dynamic nature of their faith community and its particular needs. This course derives from the curriculum endorsed by the Westberg Institute for Faith Community Nursing.
The course starts with a weekend retreat near Watertown SD then continues on-line on Monday evenings. Course cost is $390 for RNs not employed by Sanford Health. This fee covers the cost of the retreat, books and other course materials.
For more information or questions about the foundations of faith community nursing course, please contact Karla Cazer at (605) 339-7295 orkarla.cazer@sanfordhealth.org
Concordia Program of Moorhead MN offers the Basic Preparation course each year. The cost of the week-long course remains at $450.00 which covers the cost of meals and most materials to start a health and healing ministry. For more information contact Jean Bokinski at 218-299-3825 or bokinski@cord.edu the informational brochure is at http://wwwp.cord.edu/offices/parishnurse1.php
After eight days His disciples were indoors again, and Thomas was with them.
Even though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them.
He said, “Peace to you! (John 20:26)
Risen Christ,
You came through the locked doors
of the fearful disciples’ house.
Come through the locked doors of my inner dwelling place.
Bring your enveloping peace
to where I am most in need of it.
I open the door of my heart to you.
I open the door.
“Open the Door: A journey to the true self” by Joyce Rupp (2008)
~~God’s Peace to you in the Risen Christ~ ~