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January 2017

Community Parish Nurse Program—Sponsored by Carle Center for Philanthropy

Blessings

In this issue

Coordinator’s Corner 2-3

Parish Nurses Retire 3

Prayer List 4

NEW BP Cards 4

Resources

Grant for Health Ministry 6

Support for Caregivers of

Veterans w/Dementia 6

Something to make you

Smile 7

Brighten Up 9

Faith Community Nursing WINTER

CLASS for 2017

Dates: Feb 24, 26 & March 10, 11

Location: Champaign County

PLEASE encourage fellow nurses in

your workplace and/or congregations

to join you in this ministry!

Consider presenting at Sunday school,

during a service, before or after mass,

fellowship hall, bulletin inserts, ANY

WAY YOU CAN to get the word out.

Jeannie Cisney (Fall 2014) did a fabulous

job on Channel 3 promoting our class

Ads running in Champaign and

Vermilion newspapers on Jan 15th

Due to low enrollment the fall class had

to be cancelled.

PLEASE help us encourage others to

attend this class!

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Coordinator’s Corner

D.C. where I had presented at a nursing

conference. I was feeling stressed over the

cancelled class, anxious about the

upcoming holidays and in general,

apprehensive about what this new year

would bring,

As you know I am an experienced

traveler so I didn’t even look at my

boarding pass until I entered the plane…

that is when I found out I was in the

bulkhead seat. I don’t like those seats for

one reason-nothing and I do mean

nothing-can be with you. As in work,

readings, PURSE etc. All must be stored

for take-off and landing. Of course

during the flight you can get them IF

you are tall enough, and not in the

window seat and would need to disrupt

TWO SLEEPING passengers between

you and the aisle.

Great! What else could make me more

frazzled?

That is when I stopped focusing on

me and listened for that small still

voice….

Wow Faith, you have two hours to

THINK, ACCEPT, FORGIVE and PRAY.

You can listen to what God is saying in

your heart. Within 5 minutes I realized

I was smiling…

I started with what frustrated me and

realized that all of it was “stuff” and I

was giving it way too much of my time.

I focused on all of you and what you

Finding bliss in the bulkhead

My fall was like everyone’s, full of

family, work and parish nurse

activities. I had the privilege of teaching

a 5 Wishes program for Linda Andris

(Winter 2007) at her Milford Christian

Church in Milford. The group was

delightful and willing to discuss what

is for many, a tough topic. Fall is my

favorite season followed by winter so it

is an uplifting time for me.

This year though I was dealing with

frustration over the cancellation of our

fall class due to low enrollment. One of

the applicants ended up attending an

online course and will be in our group

for CE, newsletter, retreat etc. I was

painfully aware that the others were

dismayed over the cancellation and are

counting on us having a winter class

for them. I attended the Magnet

conference in October only to have it

cancelled within 24 hours due to

Hurricane Matthew. Interesting process

to see 11,000 nurses try to get out of

town quickly :-O!

In November I spoke for the Nursing

Management Congress and am pleased

to note that they have asked me to

present next year on Faith Community

Nursing! That would be a first for that

group.

The first week of Lent found me

headed home to Indy on a non-stop from

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have brought to your faith families

while investing in your own spiritual

growth.

I focused on my family…all of them

from the Philippines to Vancouver BC to

the U.S. and how lucky we are that we

remain connected.

I focused on what a gift God has

given me to speak to nurses and share

where we are similar while honoring our

diversity. I am thankful that this gift

has allowed me to meet so many

wonderful men and women who share

our passion for helping others

I sat back, took a breath and smiled

some more. I remember starting out

lamenting that I was terribly behind in

newsletters to you and ending the trip

grateful for finding bliss in a

bulkhead seat.

The feeling of letting go has

continued. My husband and I took a

week to celebrate our 40th anniversary

and I stayed AWAY from the computer

(big accomplishment for me). We took

time to visit a friend the weekend

BEFORE Christmas and I didn’t fret

that I had “too much to do”.

We enjoyed a wonderful Christmas

in Albuquerque with our middle son

and daughter in love.

I am committed to keeping God front

and center and letting the other “stuff”

keep its rightful place in my priorities.

You never know…I just might sign

up for another bulkhead seat again……

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY

NEW YEAR

Know that you are loved!

Blessings,

Faith

Best wishes and a HUGE Thank-You to these Parish Nurses on their

retirement.

Bev Branning (Fall 2003) , Trinity Lutheran Church in Bloomington.

Doris Gerber (Fall 2003), First Presbyterian Church, Gibson City.

Thank you for the countless hours and gifts you gave your

parishioners!

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Prayer List

Thanksgiving for the parish nurse who completed cancer treatments and had a clear PET scan!

Faye Williamson

For the parish nurse receiving radiation and chemo

For the parish nurses caring for one of our own……….gratitude beyond measure

For the parish nurse whose spouse is in declining health

For the parish nurse stepping out to start their new ministry

For the parish nurse who has completed cancer treatment and now is healing from the aftermath

For the parish nurse struggling to build a relationship with their pastor

For the nurses caring for a family member

For the parish nurse who feels alone in their efforts to bring health ministry to their congregation

Our Blood Pressure cards have been

updated and redesigned. If you are in

need of any, please feel free to contact

Bev Talbott and she will send you some—

Beverly.Talbott@carle.com or (217) 326-

2583.

Blood Pressure Cards

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March National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month Prevent Cancer Foundation 1600 Duke Street, Suite 500 Alexandria, VA 22314 (800) 227-2732 www.preventcancer.org Materials available National Nutrition Month® Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000 Chicago, IL 60606-6995 www.nationalnutritionmonth.org/nnm/ Materials available

January National Birth Defects Prevention Month National Birth Defects Prevention Network 1321 Upland Drive, Suite 1561 Houston, TX 77043 nbdpn@nbdpn.org www.nbdpn.org/national_birth_defects_prevent.php Materials available February American Heart Month American Heart Association 7272 Greenville Avenue Dallas, TX 75231 (800) 242-8721 www.heart.org Materials available

National Health Observances

Resources

Materials available “Source: 2017National Health Observances, National Health Information Center, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion,

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC.” http://healthfinder.gov/NHO/

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I’ve approached you because your institution, in the past, has provided the Foundations of Faith Community Nursing course. I felt the best place to begin to market this grant would be with new Faith Community Nurses just as they come out of the course. Could you please use whatever marketing tools are available to you to spread the word about this new foundation? I want to get the word out to as many organizations as possible with the hope that more Health Ministries and Parish Nurse/Faith Community Nurse Programs will get a much-needed boost from these grants. Thanking you, in advance, for your assistance. For further information, please refer to our website at www.williamswishes.org. Teresa Keller, RN, FCN Executive Director William’s Wishes 717-329-8507

I am writing for the purpose of introducing you to William’s Wishes – a foundation for the promotion of Health Ministry. The lives of many people are touched and improved by the care given by Health Ministries and Parish Nurses/Faith Community Nurses. As Executive Director of William’s Wishes (www.williamswishes.org), I have been a Parish Nurse for over 15 years and have discovered that funding is the greatest stumbling block for an organization to develop and sustain a Health Ministry. I have also seen first-hand the difference that a Health Ministry can make within a non-profit organization and the community in which it is located. For this reason, William’s Wishes seeks to help fund these programs via its Hands of Health grants. These grants are one-time matching grants of $500-$1000 awarded four times per calendar year.

Grants for Health Ministry—A New Foundation

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once-a-week group telephone call, for six

consecutive weeks. The call is toll-free. The

group will focus on skill-building in the

areas of problem solving and mood

management and will provide an

opportunity to share with and learn from

other group members.

Call: Mike Hedin

(217) 554-5126

The VA Illiana Health Care System provides

a telephone support group free of charge

to anyone who provides care in the home

to a Veteran with dementia, or a Veteran

who provides care in the home for a family

member with dementia. The Veteran must

be enrolled in VA, must have a VA primary

care physician and a diagnosis of dementia

(any type), made by a VA provider. To

participate, you must be the person who

provides hands-on care to the Veteran.

Caregivers will participate in a one hour,

Telephone Support Group for Caregivers of Veterans with

Dementia

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Humor, once again, may be the best defense you have to any kind of leftover. Think of it as an emotional antacid. When tensions arise from the holiday planning or holiday crowding, (in your living room), try reaching for some quiet time with the Sunday funnies. How about one of those silly holiday movies that make you laugh and groan and laugh again? You can also say to Aunt Mildred’ “Let’s play ‘I love Lucy episodes on you tube,” while you both do the dishes. Either she will love it or she will leave the room. Either way you win. Most important, learning to forgive yourself and chuckle at your humanity helps deal with the leftover blues.

November 15th is National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day. You can then prepare the space for leftovers without over crowding. Clean out and make room in your emotional refrigerator (where you get nurtured) for more humor, laughter, and joy, especially around this time of year. Take a daily dose of mirth as a re-laxative. It can prevent hardening of the attitudes.

Nowadays, I have Thanksgiving at our home early in the holiday week. It helps our stepfamily and my brother’s family attend to the other 4 holiday dinners. We have sushi and Italian beef, and a veggie platter in the shape of a turkey.

Laughs, jokes and humorous story telling are really the main course. And we always have plenty leftovers of joy.

Thanksgiving blessings of Gratitude, Humor, Laughter, Mirth and Joy,

Debra Joy Hart RN BFA CLL (Fall 1997 class)

About 5 years ago, my brother and his family lived without a refrigerator. They had 2 ice chests with frozen jugs of water that they had to replace about every other day. They made the kids do that. And what prompted them to this 17th century way of living? Leftovers! Leftovers? Yes, leftovers were one of the reasons they gave up their refrigerator. It wasn’t the only reason, but it’s the one that stuck out in my mind. November is filled with national “food” days. There is Candy Day, Deviled Egg Day, and Cashew Day (which goes with the fact that it is National Peanut Butter Lover’s Month.). November includes “Cookie Monster’s” birthday and the day that William Tell took a bow and arrow and shot an apple off his kid’s head. (NOTE: Parents, this is not legal.)

Halloween candy that was hidden under the bed has now been found by a younger sibling. Aunties and Grandmas are making fruitcakes and cupcakes, oodles of noodles, cookies and tortes, candy wreathes and three story gingerbread houses and last but not least…..there is Thanksgiving. People from the good ol’ U.S. of A. gobble up 690 million pounds of turkey each Thanksgiving. I have no idea how many pounds of stuffing, mash potatoes, yams or cranberry sauce/relish are made. I do know there will be leftovers.

Food is not the only leftover. There are left over people lying on your sofa, left over rude cousins that don’t know when to go home and there are leftover dishes and arguments as to whom or what will do the dishwashing. There is leftover trash outside created by city wildlife. Leftovers can be so overwhelming. What’s a person to do?

Even though this is LATE, it remains…

Something to make you smile

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For more information, contact Erica Malloch at EricaM@brightpink.org

Note: I have attended one of Erica’s sessions and it was excellent! Faith

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