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Health Information
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Parish Nurse Functions:
The functions of the Parish
Nurse are:
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Counselor -
Parish Nurses provide personal and confidential counseling
regarding health concerns, and they make home, hospital or
nursing home visits whenever needed. They encourage
clients to participate in their own healthcare decisions,
offering suggestions on modifying life styles and linking
personal habits of faith and health.
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Health Educator
- Parish Nurses offer education in various ways: health
education programs, articles in their faith community's
weekly bulletins and monthly newsletters, literature racks
and support groups. They also offer diet and exercise
classes, health fairs and screenings.
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Health Advocate
- The Parish Nurse works with the client, faith community
and primary health resources to provide the best care to the
client, and is their voice when they seem to have none.
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Resource Agent -
Parish Nurses serve as a liaison by making the appropriate
referrals to community, hospital and faith community
resources when the assessed faith/healthcare needs are
beyond the scope and practice of the parish nurse.
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Coordinator of
Volunteers - Parish Nurses recruit and train volunteers
to assist with programs and client care.
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Developer of Support
Groups - Parish nurses assess the needs of the faith
community and when appropriate assist to establish needed
groups for support.
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Integrator of Faith
and Health - Assesses the needs of the human spirit
within the presenting health concern and incorporates the
client's values, beliefs and practices into the plan of care
focusing on whole person health; body, mind and spirit.
You may contact us at:
ParishNurse@LeeMemorial.org
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