Index:
- Education Opportunities
- Prayer List
- Volunteer Opportunities
- Parish News
- Resources
- Past Issues of Blessings
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January 2001
Education Opportunities
The Russel D. Acton
Professional Practice Series
Sponsored by Carle Development Foundation
Wednesday, February 7, 2001
Blending
Complementary and Alternative Therapies with Traditional Western Medicine
Keynote Speaker: Barbee Bancroft, RN, MSN, PNP
Holiday Inn
Conference Center
1001 Killarney Drive
Urbana, IL
Registration Deadline: Monday, January 29, 2001
Early registration is encouraged. Space is limited.
Free
to Carle employees & parish nurses
For more information, call 383-7011
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DOCUMENTATION CLASS
NEED A REFRESHER??
Please feel free to join us as we review our documentation procedures. Class lasts
approximately 75 minutes and CE credit is awarded.
Monday, January 29
5:30 p.m.
Carle Conference Room 303B
OR
Tuesday, January 30
5:30 p.m.
Paris Community Hospital
OR
Thursday, February 1
6:30 p.m.
Carle Conference Room 303B
Stats are due by the 5th of the month. If you have fallen behind, PLEASE
update your numbers with us—we need them for program evaluation. THANKS!
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LONG TERM CARE INSURANCE
This subject is one of the most requested for educational
programs. Learning the difference in cost and services in Medicare supplemental policies,
what is good nursing home coverage vs. poor, etc. Two contacts that have spoken for our
congregations (and us!) are:
Elsie Eisenman or JoAnne Zunich
at 359-1713
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SHARING SESSIONS
What are you doing in your church that works? What are your
biggest challenges? How about some time to network with other parish nurses? Please join
us for a Sharing Session and pizza at one of these locations:
Monday, February 5
Pizza Inn—Danville
5:30—7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, February 6
Monicals on Kirby
5:30—7:00 p.m.
Thursday, February 8
First Christian Church
701 S. Main Street—Paris
5:30—7:00 p.m.
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COMMISSIONING CEREMONY
For many of our parish nurses a commissioning service was held
by their church for them as a way to formally recognize their work in their congregation.
As our program grows, we continue to get requests as to how these services are set up.
Please e-mail (faith.roberts@carle.com) or call me (326-2683) with the details of your
ceremony. The plan is to feature this information in an upcoming newsletter.
Thanks!
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Understanding Health Ministries—
Awaken to the Call of the Faith-Health Movement
HMA Conference 2001
J une 18-20, 2001, Cincinnati, Ohio
The Cintas Center at Xavier University
Keynote Speakers:
Benjamin S. Carson, M.D.
Surgeon and Author of Gifted Hands, Think Big,
and The Big Picture
Rabbi Irwin Katsof
Author of Powerful Prayers and How
to Get Your Prayers Answered
Diann Uustal, R.N., Ed.D.
Caring for Yourself-Caring for Others: The Ultimate
Balance
Registration Beginning January 2001
Call 1-800-280-9919 for more information. Or email at hmassoc@mindspring.com
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Prayer List
Please keep the following parish nurses and their families in your hearts and in your
prayers:
Kim Busboom
Carol Humpherys
Tammy Tucker
Joyce Williamson
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Volunteer Opportunities
MALLPACERS—2
YEAR ANNIVERSARY EVENT
The 2 year anniversary for Mallpacers at Lincoln Square will be
held on:
January 16
Lincoln Square Mall
Thank you to the 2 nurses who volunteered to take blood pressures, and the 2
nurses who volunteered to station a booth for the Vial of Life Program for this event. You
will need to be there at 5:30 with the screenings/display booth finishing at 6:30 p.m.
The guest speaker for the night will be
Faith Roberts
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MALLPACERS
Vermilion County
Please call Bev at 326-2583 if you can take blood
pressures at the next Mallpacer event in Vermilion County.
You will need to be there from 5:15 to 6:30 p.m.
We need 2 nurses.
Village Mall
February 20
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Parish News
COORDINATOR’S CORNER
Happy New Year! 2001 has arrived! Now let’s see
how many checks I mess up before I get it straight in my mind J. On December 3rd our fall class was dedicated in a touching ceremony at
Temple Baptist in Urbana. Fifteen out of seventeen pastors attended, as did many parish
nurses. The ceremony and reception were organized by Bonnie Boswell, Karen McKinzie and
Melissa Parks who are the parish nurses for Temple Baptist. Rev. Scott Boyd spoke
glowingly of the work done by parish nurses and I had several pastors comment on how
impressed they were by the ceremony.
HMA Health Ministries Association will hold it’s national
conference in Cincinnati, Ohio June 18-20. Sandy Reifsteck and I attended two years ago in
Atlanta and presented a poster session on our program and Sandy spoke also on the genesis
of our course. Last year it was held in Texas and Sandy was again selected as a presenter
and spoke on communication. This year since it is close to us, we would very much like to
have a group attend. HMA is the professional organization for parish nurses, chaplains,
social workers, ministers, etc.—anyone who is involved in a healing ministry. There
are many breakout sessions and topics that would be of interest to you as a parish nurse.
Feel free to call me at 326-2683 if this sounds like a conference you would like to
attend. If we have enough interest, we will look into getting a bus to take us there and
back.
You can refresh your knowledge on documentation by attending one of the classes
being offered this month. Please attend and please continue to send in your stats every
month!
Thank you for all that you do for your congregations!
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Fall Annual Meetings
Attention Parish Nurses from the following classes:
Fall 97
Fall 98 (Danville)
Fall 99 (Paris)
It’s that time again for annual
appointments. Please call Bev at 326-2583 (or e-mail her at: beverly.talbott@carle.com) as
soon as possible to schedule your appointment with me .
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Bone Density Screening
A strong draw for a health fair is to offer bone density
screenings. Like cholesterol it is guaranteed to have a line of people interested in
receiving the service. My name is Lynn Gallagher and I am the Nurse Educator for the Carle
Mobile. I wanted to take this opportunity to let you and the Parish Nurse program know
that we have recently added a bone densitomiter to our screening devices. As always the
Mobile Clinic staff is more than willing to provide screening at our local churches for
free and we can now add osteoporosis screening to that service. We have in the past
assisted many churches at health fairs and we would love to continue to provide our
services at those kinds of programs. Contact Lynn at 383-3647
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Welcome
to our Newest Parish Nurses!
| Name |
Church |
| Susie Allred |
First
Christian Church, Casey |
| Adrienne
Andrews |
Cathedral of
the Immaculate Conception, Springfield |
| Aziza Awate |
St. Matthew
Lutheran Church, Urbana |
| Amy Bellman |
Homer Church of
Christ, Homer |
| Judy Benninger |
First Baptist
Church, Savoy |
| Teri Brashear |
Emmanuel Zion
United Methodist Church, Marshall |
| Charlotte
Connerton |
St. Mary's
Church, Marshall |
| Sherry Curl |
Chrisman Church
of the Nazarene, Chrisman |
| Jeannette Handal |
St. Patrick's
Catholic Church, Urbana |
| Jennifer
Kelleher |
Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church, Champaign |
| David Lohnes |
Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church, Hoopeston |
| Judy Milanec |
Forty Martyrs
Catholic Church, Tuscola |
| Anne Monahan |
St. John the
Baptist Catholic Church, Arcola |
| Jung Park |
Korean
Presbyterian Church, Urbana |
| Anita Rohwedder |
Grace Lutheran
Church, Champaign |
| Joy Uduehi |
Urbana Assembly
of God, Urbana |
| Rita Vanier |
Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church, Champaign |
| Barb Vogelsang |
St. Malachy
Church, Rantoul |
| Melissa Wells |
Armstrong United
Methodist Church, Marshall |
| Gretchen Zedrick |
Holy Cross
Catholic Church, Champaign |
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HEALTH OBSERVANCES & RECOGNITION
DAYS
January
Cervical Cancer Month
Contact: National Cervical Cancer Coalition, 16501 Sherman Way Avenue, Suite 110, Van
Nuys, CA 91406
Website: www.nccc-online.org
National Birth Defects Prevention Month
Contact: March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation—Resource Center, 1275 Mamaroneck
Avenue, White Plains, NY 10605
Website: www.modimes.org
National Glaucoma Awareness Month
Contact Prevent Blindness America, 500 East Remington Road, Schaumburg, IL 60173
Website: www.preventblindness.org
February
American Heart Month
Contact: American Heart Association, 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75231
Website: www.americanheart.org
March
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Contact: Cancer Research Foundation of America, American Digestive Health Foundation, and
National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable
1600 Duke Street, Suite 110, Alexandria, VA 22314
Website: www.preventcancer.org
National Kidney Month
National Kidney Foundation, 30 East 33rd Street, New York, NY 10016
Website: www.kidney.org
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*** MISSING VIDEOS ***
We are missing our American Heart Association video set on
stroke.
Please look in your materials and see if you happen to have this out and return it to
our office. We have a parish nurse who would like to borrow it.
Thanks!
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Resources
Lifeline
The Typical Lifeline Subscriber Has One or
More of the Following Characteristics:
Lives alone
At risk for falls
Multiple visits to the emergency room
Multiple hospital admissions
Feelings of isolation, loneliness, anxiety, depression
Chronic medical conditions such as:
Arthritis
Heart Disease
Diabetes
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Osteoporosis
Parkinson's Disease
Call toll free (877) 419-5565 or visit their website at
www.lifelinesys.com/safe
Two convenient ways to make a referral to your local Lifeline program and redeem the “Free
Installation” coupon—a savings of up to $75.00. Refer now or give a FREE
INSTALLATION coupon to a potential Lifeline subscriber. Offer expires February 16, 2001.
Call Bev at 326-2583 for a coupon for free installation.
Lifeline is now handled through Carle Homecare
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