NO meetings these months Take time to refresh yourself, your soul
and your ministry See you in September (9/13 – Save the date!)
I always look forward to seeing you at our meetings. I hope and trust that the connections you make with each other are valued friendships in growing your ministries.
Thank you to those of you who make the effort through the year to attend the peer group meetings when you are able, it is encouraging to our wonderful hosts and guests as well. Please give me any suggestions you may have for future meeting topics/programs, locations or formats.
PEER GROUP
“Trust in the lord with all your heart. . . He will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6
Remember those in prayer on their birthday – What a wonderful gift!
July August
11 Sharon Holte 27 Dedie Moore
29 Gene Maki
31 Jean Bokinskie
Keep in your prayers:
- Pray for those that have this ministry on their hearts to serve their faith community
- Those with family members who suffer from Chronic Diseases
- Board members with gifts in bookkeeping.
- Those of all ages who are vulnerable in our world that are taken advantage of.
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Resources:
Program planning helps: – – just a few suggestions, go to www.health.gov or www.nationalwellness.org
July:
Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month: aforders@arthritis.org
July 28: World Hepatitis Day: www.worldhepatitisday.info
August:
National Breastfeeding Month: www.usbreastfeeding.org
National Immunization Awareness Month: www.cdc.gov/vaccines/events/niam/default.htm
Psoriasis Awareness Month: www.psoriasis.org
September
Fruits and Veggies – More Matters Month: www.pbhfoundation.org
Healthy Aging Month: media@aao.org
National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month: publicinfo@acsm.org
National Head Lice Prevention Month: npa@headlice.org – – – don’t forget we have the lice lounge here!
National Yoga Month: www.yogamonth.org
Ovarian Cancer Month: www.ovarian.org
Prostate cancer awareness month: www.zerocancer.org
Sept 13: National Celiac Disease Awareness Day: www.nationalceliac.org
Sept 9-15: National Suicide Prevention Week: www.suicidology.org
Sept 22: Falls Prevention Awareness Day: marissa.whitehouse@ncoa.org
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 have offered you training in both of these areas! Our May meeting was a training in Make it Okay through the NAMI Educators.
- If you or any of your RN friends that might be interested in this health ministry – please let them know we have Scholarships Available to assist with the cost of the Preparation Course (trainings)
UPCOMING Events/Educational Opportunities:
July 17 – APNA Board Meeting. – 4:30 to 6pm Tuesday at First Covenant, Duluth
July 31: Twin Ports Dementia Conference at UMD- Kirby Center Registration Opens June 4th at www.alz.org/mnnd or call Maggie at 218-722-1713 $75 for CEU
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
August 13 OR 14: Youth Mental Health First Aid Training at UWS: $25 includes lunch. 8am – 4:30pm each day. UW-Superior, Swenson Hall. Call 715-394-8170 for more info OR to Register.
August 19: PN Providing a First Aid Station at the 10th Annual Bubblefest at Duluth Children’s Museum
Sept 8: Walk to End Alzheimer’s, Duluth. Go to www.alz.org/mnnd
Sept. 13: FIRST PN MEETING FOR THE NEXT SEASON.
Sept. 14: Enhance the Lives of our Residents/Patients with Heart Failure 4CEU’s FREE 11am-3pm at Essentia Health/St Mary’s Medical Center Auditorium Call: 218-786-2101 to register by 9/7.
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.
October 26 – November 4: Conversation Sabbath (See Below for more information)
June Meeting Recap – Dementia Friends:
Thank you to those that participated in the training we had last month. Cindy Conkins and Rebecca Sash did a great job of leading us through the training on what we can offer our congregations . Penny shared that she has incorporated this in her “Through the Wilderness” Presentations to her congregation.
People with Dementia need to be understood and supported in our community. You, me and all our friends and neighbors can help by becoming a Dementia Friend!
What Makes You a Dementia Friend? You become a Dementia Friend by attending a one-hour informational session to learn what dementia is, what it’s like to live with the disease and how to turn your understanding into action that supports people living with dementia.
What Happens at the Information Session? The one-hour session is a face-to-face discussion led by a Dementia Friends Champion; it’s not a formal training or education session. The session is informal and includes activities and interaction. You’ll learn 5 key messages about dementia and tips for communicating with people who have dementia. Everyone who attends is asked to consider a practical action that can help someone in their community. The action can be big or small — every action counts!
If you Missed this and are interested in hosting a training – contact Rebecca Sash at: 218-529-7512 OR RSash@ardc.org.
Are you on the PLATFORM?? Keep up to date with other Parish Nurses around the Nation –
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
ANY CHANGES? – If you have changed your RN Status, not renewed your license OR 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
Upcoming Preparation Courses – Please let Pam know (218-722-5451) if you would like financial assistance – we have monies available for this.
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 Bokinskie at 218-299-3825 or bokinski@cord.edu the informational brochure is at http://wwwp.cord.edu/offices/parishnurse1.php
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
October 26 – November 4: CONVERSATION SABBATH
The Conversation Project is hosting Conversation Sabbath during this time frame- I have attached the 16-page booklet of guidelines for you share with your Pastor/Priest/Leaders. OR you can go to www.theconversationproject.org/faith/ for more Information and Ideas on how to incorporate this in the life of your faith community.
As you Rejuvenate over the summer months – May you also find Peace.
Father, Give a Tranquil Spirit
Father, give a tranquil spirit as the day comes to its ending;
let the peace of higher places still the woes of striving humankind.
Let the vastness of the heavens give our thoughts a nobler setting;
Let the fever of posssession pass in nobler aspiration, like the passing whims of children end at night in sweet contentment.
Father, give a tranquil spirit as a seal of thy devotion;
Grant a fullness of thy Spirit in the inward empty places.
Grant that wings of soul may guide us to a purer contemplation,so that we in every burden may discern a heavenly purpose,
adding work to human story, ending with thy benedicition. Amen
(Hymn #659 – Covenant Hymnal: Eric Hawkinson (words), Frank Earnest (music) )