Arrowhead Parish Nurse Assocation
JUNE 2018
This month our meeting will be on Thursday June 14, from Noon to 2:30pm at First Covenant Church, 2101 W 2nd Street, Duluth. (218-722-5451) Pam Franklin is the host for this Annual Meeting. Lunch will be provided. There will be no meetings held in July and August. Save the date for our September 13th Meeting. Watch newsletter for location.
PROGRAM: Cindy Conkins and Rebecca Sash will be our presenters for a Dementia Friends Information/Training Session. This is part of a global movement that is striving to create more dementia friendly communities by changing the way people think, act, and talk about dementia. The Action can be Big or small – every action counts! See attached Information!
We have had a lot of trainings this past year with the hope to prepare you to better serve those in your congregations. – – There will also be an International Update from the Westberg Symposium that Pam attended in April.
Directions:
From South: Take Hwy 35N to the 21st Ave West Exit (Left lane). Then staying in the Right lane, circle around under the freeway – the Church will be on your LEFT.
From North: Take 53 into Duluth. Go past the Mall, and at Trinity Rd make a Right (follow signs to 35W) coming down Piedmont Ave – exit at the 21st Ave West ramp. The Church will be directly in front of you.
In Duluth: the church is on the corner of 21st Ave West and 2nd street, across from Mid-Town Manor in Lincoln Park.
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!
5 Linda Wiig 15 Jeannine Faldet
9 Mary Jagunich 17 Linda Susens
10 Mary Hepola
Keep in your prayers:
- Pray for those that have this ministry on their hearts; to serve their faith community
- Pray for renewal of ideas for upcoming ministries for those we serve.
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RESOURCES:
Program Planning Helps: – – Just a Few suggestions, go to www.health.gov OR www.nationalwellness.org
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
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 — Looking Ahead
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 will offer training in both of these areas to YOU! Our May Meeting was a TRAINING in Make it OKAY through the NAMI educators.
Make IT OK: – Northland Healthy Minds
Thank you to those that participated in the training we had last month. Kay King from NAMI came up from Mnpls to provide the training. Thank you to Becky Buchanan for hosting the meeting at her church, Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd.
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 had a copy at the May meeting and will also have it at the June meeting for you as well. It is available on the Church Health website.
UPCOMING Events/Educational Opportunities:
June 4 – June 7: Concordia University, Mequon WI – “Christian Caregiving” (Parish Nurse Training). Contact Carol Lueders Bolwerk at Carol.Lueders.bolwerk@cuw.edu or 262-243-4233 $400.00
June 7: Noon to 1pm, “Depression: Treating our Elderly Patients” Held at Superior Rehab Center, 1800 New York Ave, Superior WI – CEU Provided. Presented by Thrifty White Pharmacy. RSVP by June 4, to Debbie Isakson at 218-464-7258
June 14: PN ANNUAL Meeting – First Covenant Church – Duluth
June 16: NAACP, Juneteenth Event (Noon to 6pm) see below.
June 20: First Steps, Facilitator Certification 8:30am -5pm at St Mary’s Hospital, Superior. Registration Deadline is June 13th. There is a PDF Registration Document Attached to this email. Or contact Barb.Krause@essentiahealth.org It states that a donation is helpful – let me know if you register as we have funding for this training as well.
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 (see attached trifold)
August 3: 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 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.
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
Juneteenth Event On June 16th is the Juneteenth Celebration, held in Duluth from Noon to 6pm at 12 East 4th Street. The organizers have asked if the Parish Nurses would like to host a Blood Pressure Booth, 12:30 to 2:30pm that day. If you are interested – please let Pam know (parishnursenemn@gmail.com) Juneteenth is also known as “Freedom Day” An American Holiday that commemorates the June 19, 1865 abolition of slavery.
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” after the 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.
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 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 Bokinski 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
Advance Care Plan Training Consider taking the this Training, it gives you more tools to enhance the conversations you are already having with those you serve. There is no fee – just let me know if you are planning on attending and our organization will make a donation for this purpose.
Rise Early
Rise early when summer darkness still enwraps the trees.
Walk into the dark forest with only your attentive heart.
Gaze toward the east, take a deep breath, and wait.
After a short while you will see God carrying a lantern through the forest,
Bits of light bobbing up and down, in and out, higher and higher,
The light climbs, spilling over into the spaces
between the leaves and on into the world beyond the forest.
Then the beautiful darkness hands you over to the light.
It slips away reverently into the bark of the tree trunks, into the black earth,
Into all those other countries that wait for its return.
Lift your face to the daystar now.
Experience the coming of dawn.
Bathed in morning light, pray that the lantern of your life move gently this day
Into all those places where light is needed.
By Macrina Wiederkehr,
“The Circle of Life” Joyce Rupp and M. Wiederkehr.