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Zashagalka, That is very interesting that you should bring up Duke. I had a friend who went to work there soon after graduating from Nursing School with a BSN. She was working 12-hr. shifts and...

hdnacres, as one of the previous posts points out, most of the time being a Parish Nurse is volunteer. However, some medical centers and hospitals have programs where they arrange with churches to...

Artis, Just keep in mind you probably will not be able to make a living for a while in this wonderful, fulfilling role. The best thing is to do a lot of reading and get all the information you can...

Emrettig, I conducted a survey a few years ago using these items to address teen and children. Hope it helps a little. Conflict/Communication Peer Pressure Eating disorders Depression/Suicide...

i'm going to have to disagree with the nonproductive sexist view "it's a typical female-dominated occupational problem: lots of complaining, little to no cooperation, too much back-biting and...

goingCoastal, as an ANA member, I feel I need to respond to your statements about ANA not doing anything for the nurses. The reality is that the few nurses who do finally join simply do not take an...

Colrainrn, I was a student in a hospital program in the late 50's. The memories are far from all good. We had to live in the nurses' residence. You could not be married. However, I had one...

Hello AKANARN, Age has nothing to do with it. 1st, do you really want to be an RN more than anything? 2nd, do you have the ability to finish the education and do the work? And 3rd, do you...

Lady, It is a well-known, much written-about, fact that artificial nails and painted nails carry a lot of bacteria of all sorts. They have been implicated in many incidents of spreading of infection,...

Hello IL RNs, I am interested in trying to develop an organization in my area for retired nurses. What do you think? If you are retired, would you be interested in meeting with other retired...

LolaRN, the only experience I have is that I recently took the initial "Disaster Response Training" offered through my church for people in this part of the state. We were given information about...

lossforimagination, you definitely have a point. I have come to the place where I feel that until nurses see the need to organize and be empowered, instead of complaining helplessly, no progress can...

I find these stories to be very distressing. I was in home care for 30 years, so am fortunate enough to remember the "good old days," when there was less paper work, less required at a visit, fewer...

When I looked at these results, which is a very unscientific but interesting survey, it makes me wonder if the older nurses aren't responding because not that many are computer savvy. At my last...

Coral, I found a letter to the editor in the Journal of Christian Nursing, Fall, 2004, that discussed computerized documentation for Parish Nursing. It was titled the SJMM-PNN doucmentation system. ...

ivy's mom, could I ask what the purpose of the kit is for? You are calling it a "parish first-aid kit." Is it for use just in your church? Or for several churches? Or for certain functions? That...

Hello Beaston. I was also a home care nurse until retirement, and have developed a Congregational Health (or Parish Nurse) Program in my own church since retiring. I have done a lot of reading and...

Tiffany, you really need to hang in there. Nursing is not a piece of cake. You are now in the process of finding that out. There is no ideal job or shift, but there are those positions that at least...

Hello Chuckie44, Thanks for the welcome. I was also in home health...30 years. 11 yrs. before retiring, I read an article in Journal of Christian Nursing about Parish Nursing & knew that's what...

When our Congregational Health Committee met to plan for next year, we decided to take a different approach. Our program is only 1 year old, and we have been having a different emphasis each month...

Hello Ren, I know exactly what you are talking about when it comes to income related to Parish Nursing. I caught the fever 11 years ago. Since I live in a small town, I knew the possibility of...

Hello all, Just introducing myself and sending initial greetings. Looking forward to exchanges regarding Parish Nursing (or Congregational Health) and retirement as a nurse. RetiredMSN