Arrowhead Parish Nurse Association May 2018
This Month our meeting will be on Thursday May 10, from Noon to 2:30PM at Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, 1325 N 45th Ave East, Duluth (218-525-1922) WE WILL START PROMPTY AT NOON – LUNCH WILL be PROVIDED. Feel free to bring along others from your congregations with this interest. Let Pam know if there will be a significant number attending.
PROGRAM: Kay King, Older Adult Program Coordinator and Community Educator from NAMI MN, will be our Trainer for the “Make It OK” Train the Trainer. This program is to help us Make the Conversations revolving around Mental Illness easier to start and more acceptable for those in our congregations.
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. Make a RIGHT on Glenwood and go to 45th Ave East. The Church will be on your right after a block.
From South: Take 35 North to London Road Exit (Hwy 61 North/London Rd). Stay on London Road to 45th Ave East. Make a LEFT going up the hill – cross over Superior Street – head up the hill for about 4-5 blocks – Church will be on your LEFT.
PEER GROUP
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart. . . He will make your paths straight.” Proverbs3:5-Remember those in prayer on their birthday – What a wonderful gift!
13 Margaret Rogers 23 Danny Johnson
19 Becky Hogan 28 Pam Franklin
Keep in your prayers:
- Pray for those that have this ministry on their hearts; to serve their faith community
- New opportunities for funding.
- Fellow Nurses who care for others each day – and those entering the Nursing Profession.
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RESOURCES:
Program Planning Helps: – – Just a Few suggestions, go to www.healthfinder.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
July:
Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month: aforders@arthritis.org
July 28: World Hepatitis Day: www.worldhepatitisday.info
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.
Make IT OK: – Northland Healthy Minds
A new joint non-profit group that grew out of the Make it OK trainings and impact. For a complete list of community FREE offerings, go to: www.northlandhealthyminds.org/events
I came across a great little booklet: “Stations of the Cross/Mental Illness” by Mary Button – it has artwork depicting the stages of the cross and a mental health focus for each. I will have a copy at the May meeting for you to look at – if you like. This is available on the Church Health website.
UPCOMING Events/Educational Opportunities:
May 3: Opioid Presentation at Salem Covenant Church,339 N 59th Ave W -Duluth 6:30PM
May 9: 8am to 4pm: (6CEU event) in Golden Valley sponsored by Thrifty White Pharmacy – Multiple sessions on Medications as well as technology in pharmacy – contact Emily Hagestad ehagstad@thriftywhite.com for more info this is FREE.
May 10: Monthly Parish Nurse Meeting: Training on Make it OKAY! for Mental Health Awareness Month. Noon to 2:30pm – Please be prompt! (this is part of our RAI Grant).
May22: “The Faces of Caregiving. A caregiver conference” at WITC-Superior. 8:30am – 2:30pm $29 and 6CEU’s call 715-394-3771 for more information.
June 14: Monthly Parish Nurse Meeting – Location to be Determined – Last Meeting before we take off for July and August
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.
August 2: Rise Above Seizures Walk for Duluth. Sponsored by the Epilepsy Foundation: to register a team call 1-800-779-0777 or visit efmn.org/walk or call Lisa Peterson for more info: 218-624-1330
October 12 & 13: 35th Annual St Louis County Health and Human Services Conference at the DECC in Duluth. Early bird registration (June-August) $60 after that $75 to $90. Register on Line starting in June at www.stlouiscountymn.gov/hhsconference – CEU’s available.
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
Northern Waters Parish Nurse Ministry of NW WI:
Jan Stevens will be retiring her role as PN Coordinator at the end of this month and on June 1, a familiar face, Ann Ord will be returning to the role. Thank you Jan , for all you have done for NW WI and Welcome Ann – May God’s hand continue to lead this health ministry.
THRIVENT Reminder:
Are you a member of Thrivent Financial who is eligible to direct Choice Dollars?
You and Your Choice Dollars recommendation can make a world of difference to OUR Organization. Look for Arrowhead Parish Nurse Association to direct your dollars. Go to Thrivent.com/thriventchoice to find us OR Call 800-847-4836 and say “Thrivent Choice” afterthe prompt. Thank you to those who give so generously!
Be sure to put this in your church bulletins to remind your congregates!
Thank you to all those that have made contributions to our organization. It is so appreciated.
April Meeting Update:
Thank you to Penny LaBerge and the Parish Nurses at Lakeview Covenant Church for hosting our April Meeting. St Luke’s Advanced Wound Care and Hyperbaric Center provided a training/CEU for us on basic wound care. They offer a great service to those that need care with challenging wound issues. Clients can “self-refer” for services needed. 218-249-3306
Looking Ahead:
Do you have an idea for a Presenter OR Program Topic you’d like to learn more about?
Please let me know your thoughts and ideas.
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
Upcoming Refresher Training for CDSMP, Diabetes, and Chronic Pain leaders
Please Pencil the following dates that are scheduled for refresher trainings. Katey or Georgia will contact you as the date approaches if their records show that you have not led a workshop in 12 months and do not have one scheduled to start within a couple weeks of the refresher
Fall 2018: October 4th, 12:30 – 4:30PM
Spring 2019: April 4, 12:30 – 4:30PM
Contact Katey Fornear to register or ask questions. (contact info above)
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
THE APNA has Scholarship monies available to help cover the cost of training!
Westberg Institute Updates I had the opportunity to attend the Westberg Symposium this past month in Memphis TN. There is always some wonderful information to be gained and shared. Helen Wordsworth from the UK was there to share about her role in training Parish Nurses in the UK and that there are PN’s all over the World. The World Forum on Parish Nursing will be held in Helsinki, Finland this June – There are Parish Nurses ALL OVER the World. At this Symposium, New Zealand and Swaziland were represented as well. It really is a World-Wide health ministry!! More on this in months to come.
To keep up to date on all that is going on – if you are not on the Platform yet – I would suggest joining – – go to westberginstitute.org, click on “FCN Platform” at the bottom of the home page. I also encourage you to sign up for their quarterly newsletter, perspectives. The subscription is $25 annually. You can also sign up for a monthly FCN Newsletter by emailing Dr. Sharon Hinton at HintonS@churchhealth.org
Reflection for Nurses Week
TWELVE BEATITUDES FOR PARISH NURSES
Nurses are “blessed” with a variety of gifts that make them uniquely attractive to church congregation’s striving toward holistic health. However, these blessings, not unlike other talents have their “dark or shadow” side. The following beatitudes should be understood acknowledging that caveat: From: Solari-Twadell, A., Djupe, A.M. & McDermott, M.A. (Eds.). (1991) Parish nursing: The developing practice. Park Ridge, IL; National Parish Nursing Resource Center
- Blessed be the parish nurse for she is caring!
2. Blessed be the parish nurse for she is available and accessible to most congregations!
3. Blessed be the parish nurse for she is knowledgeable about community resources and the process of referral!
4. Blessed be the parish nurse for she is cost effective!
5. Blessed be the parish nurse for she has a high tolerance for ambiguity!
6. Blessed be the parish nurse for she has had a generalist education and previous employment that have resulted in a broad variety of skills!
7. Blessed be the parish nurse for she is process oriented!
8. Blessed be the parish nurse for she is possessed with generosity of spirit, both of time and talent!
9. Blessed be the parish nurse for she is focused on priorities!
10. Blessed be the parish nurse for she is committed, dependable and persevering!
11. Blessed be the parish nurse for she has a heritage and tradition of pioneering!
12. Blessed be the parish nurse for she is a believer … in God, clients, nursing, herself and in a better world; here and in the hereafter!
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If I can be of any assistance, please feel free to contact me,
218- 310-0613 (Cell phone) OR 218-722-5451 (First Covenant Church)
parishnursenemn@gmail.com
Pam Franklin – Parish Nurse Coordinator/ Director
Arrowhead Parish Nurse Association
PO BOX 16328
Duluth, MN 55816