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What is a Parish Nurse?

Health Facilitator | Health Counselor | Health Educator

Ways that a Parish Nurse is a Health Counselor
  • Answering health resource questions
  • Hospital discharge planning
  • Grief and bereavement assistance
  • Marriage and Family counseling
  • Alcohol and drug related problems
  • Codependency and other personal needs
  • Visits at church, home, or nursing home
Ways that a Parish Nurse is a Health Facilitator
  • Training of volunteers to assist families in crisis
  • Referral consultant to other community resources
  • Small group facilitation
    • Single parents
    • Marriage Encounter
    • Good Grief Lunch Bunch
Ways that a Parish Nurse is a Health Educator
  • Health Screenings
  • Health Related talks to age groups
  • Yearly Health Fair
  • Wellness activities: aerobics
  • Health library and pamphlet file
  • Expanding the understanding of the Parish Nurse role

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