June 2001
SMOKING INTERVENTIONIST TRAINING
Who: Nurses, Physicians, and Social Workers
What: Smoking Cessation Interventionist Training- A training session designed to teach
the assessment, planning, and implementation of treatments to help patients who use
tobacco products. This includes use of carbon monoxide monitors, AHCRP guidelines, stages
of changes, and other valuable information.
Mark Holley of the Nicotine Recovery Services* will be the instructor of this one-day
class and lunch and snacks will be provided.
*Nicotine Recovery Services was started with consultation from Mayo Clinic's
Nicotine Dependency Center. Both Mark Holley and Dr. Joyce Beitel completed the
extensive training at the Mayo Clinic and have incorporated that information into the
program here. Mark has over 18 years of experience working in the field of chemical
dependency and psychiatric nursing. He began working with individuals dealing with
nicotine addiction on an individual and group basis over 15 years ago.
Why: 7.7 INA CEU's and free food! (Note to physicians: CME credit has been
applied for)
When: Tuesday, June 26th
8:30 a.m.—4:30 p.m.
Fritz Conference Room, Forum
How: Call the Hospital Education Registration line at 3-6043, or call 6-2901 to reserve
your seat today. Please leave the following information:
Title of class : Smoking Cessation Interventionist Training
Your name
Department
Extension or home phone #
Social Security Number
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GENERATIONS:
FACING THE CHALLENGES
A Conference for Professionals
Working with Older Adults
Presented by the
Robert Young Center for
Community Mental Health
Friday, June 29
8:30 a.m.—4:30 p.m.
The Mark of the Quad Cities
1201 River Drive
Moline, IL
Objectives:
- Understand what dementia is and the current theories on causes
- Learn ways to effectively work with family members of older adults who are facing a
life-changing prognosis
- Identify blocks to effective communication with older adults
- Gain greater understanding of issues older adults and their families encounter when
considering nursing home placement
- Understand barriers to solving the problems of prescription drug abuse in the older
adult population
Registration is $50 per person before June 8, $60 per person after June 8.
For more information, call:
HealthTouch
(309) 779-2000
Toll-free 1-800-579-8820
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TEAMWORK AND COMMUNICATION
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
DOUG FOSTER
POWER ADVENTURES
June 11th
Schlarman High School—gym Danville
5:15—7:30 p.m.
Outside while the sun lasts (in case of rain, we will be in the
gymnasium)
You, your pastor, your committee, anyone who works closely with you and enjoys
FUN!
Come and see what is now a part of our program.
We MUST have RSVPs so please call
Bev at 326-2583
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COMMUNITY PARISH NURSE COURSE
FALL 2001
The Fall 2001 Community Parish Nurse Basic Preparation course will be held on:
September 21, 22
October 19, 20
November 16, 17, 18
Fridays 5:30—9:30 p.m.
Saturdays 8:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m.
Sunday 12:00—4:00 p.m.
Please encourage any nurses in your congregations that are interested to apply. Classes
will be held in Champaign County.
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We are looking for a location for our Fall Class 2001, and one for our dedication
ceremony on November 18 from 12:00 noon until 4:00 p.m. If you want it to be held at your
church, please call Faith at 326-2683.
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ANNUAL MEETINGS
Please call Bev at 326-2583 to schedule your annual meeting.
Spring Classes of ‘98, ‘99, ‘00 need to meet with Faith at this time. If
more than one nurse represents a congregation, we can meet together as long as you were
both in the same class.
Please call to schedule so that we don’t wear ourselves out trying to track you
down
J! Meetings may be
scheduled any day of the week from 7:30 a.m.—8:00 p.m.
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Documentation Class
NEED A REFRESHER??
Wednesday, June 13
5:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 23
9:30 a.m.
Held at Carle Hospital
Patient Care Administration
Conference Room
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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Welcome to our Newest Parish Nurses!
| Carolyn Artz |
St. Patrick's Catholic
Church |
| Marie Bozinovich |
St. Patrick's Catholic
Church |
| Bonnie Dewey |
United Methodist Church |
| Doris Foster |
Grace Baptist Church |
| Alexia Gossett |
Grace Baptist Church |
| Jane Halcomb |
Sacred Heart Catholic
Church |
| Kathie Herron |
Vineyard Christian
Fellowship |
| Helga Huhn |
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| Martha Jones |
Second Church of Christ |
| Jason Lohmeyer |
Windsor Road Christian
Church |
| Marcy Manuel |
Mt. Vernon United
Methodist |
| Carol Lisa O'Brien |
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| Carol Scharff |
Bellflower United
Methodist |
| Pam Sellers |
St. Matthew Lutheran
Church |
| Pam Shay |
St. John's Lutheran
Church |
| Sheila Sherman |
American Lutheran
Church |
| Diane Wardrop |
Hessel Park Christian
Reformed Church |
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WESTBERG PARTICIPANTS
As of 5/31 we have the following nurses attending the Westberg
Symposium:
Adrienne Andrews
Jean Bagaasen
Teri Brashear
Stephanie Cook
Lillie Davis
Helga Huhn
Jennifer Kelleher
Margie Koehler
Marie Lietz
Marlys Morris
Charlotte Peverly
Faith Roberts
Pat Tymchyshyn
Rita Vanier
Shirley Walker
Melissa Wells
Any parish nurse attending Westberg who completed their basic preparation course
through our program is welcome on the bus FREE.
Please contact Faith if you will be traveling with our group on the bus
and/or are looking for a roommate.
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Parish Nurses
17 nurses in Spring ’01 class
20 nurses in Fall ‘00 class
20 nurses in Spring ‘00 class
14 nurses in Fall ‘99 class
33 nurses in Spring ‘99 class
23 nurses in Danville class
34 nurses in Spring ‘98 class
40 nurses in Fall’ 97 class
201 Parish Nurses
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Prayer List
Please keep these fellow parish nurses and their
families in your hearts and in your prayers:
Kim Busboom
Charlotte Connerton & son
Pam Luhrsen
Rosie Graham
Adrienne Andrews
Gretchen Zedrick
Mary Weicherding
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To all my friends in Parish Nursing,
Hello to everyone! I just wanted to give you all an update on what is happening with
the transplant process. My husband and I made the trip to Madison, WI in April. I was
worked up for the pancreas/kidney transplant and everything is ok. I am officially on
“the list”. The hospital is beautiful and everyone there is very nice. I feel
very good about returning there for the surgery. I carry a beeper and a cell phone at all
times just waiting for “the call”. My husband and I both have a bag packed so
that all we have to do is jump in the car and go. I have a pilot on standby and hopefully
he will be able to fly me when the time comes. It is a 4-1/2 hour trip by car and 1 hour
by air. All they will tell me is that there are several on the list ahead of me, so that
means that I have no idea when to expect a phone call. I just keep praying that it is
soon. Dialysis is rough. I have good days and bad days. I am trying to work a few hours on
Wednesdays and Fridays. It has been great to get back to what I love so much. I can’t
begin to express my thanks for all of your cards, phone calls, visits and prayers. I feel
the blessings from all of you everyday. I don’t know what I would do without all of
your prayers and support. God’s blessings and grace to all of you.
Kim Busboom
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Our thoughts and prayers are with Gretchen
Zedrick on the tragic loss of her husband.
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MALLPACERS
HELP NEEDED
Thanks to all the wonderful nurses who have
volunteered their time to help with the Mall Pacer events. We have one nurse already
signed up for the Village Mall event on June 19 and will need one more volunteer. There
are also opportunities for 2 Champaign County nurses at the Lincoln Square Mall event on
July 17. Please call Bev at 326-2583 if you can take blood pressures. If you don’t
have equipment, we have some available in our office.
The events run from 5:15 to 6:30 p.m.
We need 2 nurses for each event
Sign up now!! We need you!
Village Mall—1 more
nurse needed
June 19
Lincoln Square Mall—2 nurses needed
July 17
Village Mall—2 nurses needed
August 21
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COORDINATOR’S CORNER
Graduations and end of school activities that fill our
calendars will soon be over ~ and I’m thankful for that! Listed inside are the names
of the newest nurses to complete our basic preparation course. Their dedication was held
at Grace United Methodist Church in Urbana. Our total now is 201 nurses representing 116
congregations. Annual meetings for the spring classes will be done in June and July.
Documentation classes are listed on page 5. If you would like to attend Westberg and want
to ride up with our group, give me a call. Presently we have 16 registered and many calls
coming in by interested nurses. For your health fairs this summer, call HAMP at 337-8000
(or toll-free at 1-800-851-3379) and ask for Lori Baldwin or Sara Laufenberg for help with
bicycle safety.
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HEALTH OBSERVANCES & RECOGNITION
DAYS
June/July
Fireworks Safety Month (through July 4)
Prevent Blindness America, 500 East Remington Road, Schaumburg, IL 60173
Website: www.preventblindness.org
12-18
National Men’s Health Week
National Men’s Health Week, 14 East Minor Street, Emmas, PA 18098
Website: www.nationalmenshealthweek.com
August
1-7
World Breastfeeding Week
World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action and La Leche League International, 1400 North
Meacham Road, Schaumburg, IL 60173
Website: www.lalecheleague.org
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If I could do it again. . .
If I had my child to raise all over again .. .
I’d finger paint more and finger point less.
I’d do less correcting and more connecting.
I’d take my eyes off my watch and watch with my eyes.
I would care to know less and know to care more.
I’d take more hikes and fly more kites.
I’d stop playing serious and seriously play.
I would run through more fields and gaze at more stars.
I’d do more hugging and less tugging.
I would be firm less often and affirm much more.
I’d build self-esteem first and the house later.
I’d teach less about the love of power—and more about the power of love.
Diane Loomans
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DANCING AT ANY AGE
"Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; thou
hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness." Ps. 30:11
The key value for the elder is spiritual courage; inner fortitude is an old-fashioned
way of describing this religious gutsiness. As we age, we get strong from the inside out.
We may not even know our full courage,but it is all there, just waiting to come out from
its blanket or its scars or its protective layers.
Finding spiritual courage is a matter of turning toward God, who peels off the
protective layers, bringing out what's in us. God teaches us how to dance as if no one's
looking, to love as we've never been hurt, and to "work as though we didn't need the
money".
Our children may leave home, but our links to them remain. We may attend more funerals
than weddings, but we can sill sense the fresh and new. Our bodies may act funny,
but we can still enjoy them. How do we learn to dance and keep that sill alive? Be
interested. Pay attention. Lean into the future to find out just what new and good thing
God will do next.
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Spiritual Acts to do with your
children
Consider adopting a few of these spiritual acts to do with your
children:
- Collect pennies for a charity of your children’s choice
- Say “I love you”
- Pray before eating
- Tell you children about a prayer you have had answered
- Plant a garden and talk about the good earth
- Perform one simple act of kindness for someone, anonymously, and let your children
participate
- Help them dream about what they can do to make this world a better place
- Tell your children how special they are to you
- Tell your children a story of a painful time in your life and how God helped you through
it.
Gary Collins, M.Div.
Prairie View Chaplain
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When you thought I wasn’t looking
(by a child)
When you thought I wasn’t looking, I saw you hang my first painting
on the refrigerator, and I immediately wanted to paint another.
When you thought I wasn’t looking, I saw you feed a stray cat, and I learned that
it was good to be kind to animals.
When you thought I wasn’t looking, I saw you make my favorite cake for me and I
learned that the little things can be the special things in life.
When you thought I wasn’t looking, I heard you say a prayer, and I knew there is a
God I could always talk to and I learned to trust God.
When you thought I wasn’t looking, I saw you make a meal and take it to a friend
who was sick, and I learned that we all have to help take care of each other.
When you thought I wasn’t looking, I saw you give of your time and money to help
people who had nothing and I learned that those who have something should give to those
who don’t.
When you thought I wasn’t looking, I felt you kiss me good night and I felt loved
and safe.
When you thought I wasn’t looking, I saw you take care of our house and everyone
in it and I learned we have to take care of what we are given.
When you thought I wasn’t looking, I saw how you handled your responsibilities,
even when you didn’t feel good and I learned that I would have to be responsible when
I grow up.
When you thought I wasn’t looking, I saw tears come from you eyes and I learned
that some times things hurt, but it’s all right to cry.
When you thought I wasn’t looking, I saw that you cared and I wanted to be
everything that I could be.
When you thought I wasn’t looking, I learned most of life’s lessons that I
need to know to be a good and productive person when I grow up.
When you thought I wasn’t looking, I looked at you and wanted to say, “Thanks
for all the things I saw when you thought I wasn’t looking.”
Each of us, parent or friend, influence the life of a child. How will you touch the
life of someone today?
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REACH TO RECOVERY
No One Should Have To Face Breast Cancer Alone
Reach to Recovery is a peer support program for
people with a personal concern about breast cancer. The American cancer Society’s Reach
to Recovery program has been helping women (and men) with breast cancer cope with
their diagnosis, treatment, and recovery for over 30 years.
When someone first finds out she (or he) has-or might have-breast cancer, she may feel
overwhelmed, vulnerable and alone. Not only is she concerned about a diagnosis of breast
cancer, but she must also begin to understand and sort out the huge amount of information
the doctors will provide.
Talking with a specially trained Reach to Recovery volunteer, who is herself a
breast cancer survivor, at this time offer a measure of comfort and some help in how to
begin making informed decisions. This volunteer can help by providing an opportunity for
the person with breast cancer to express feelings, verbalize fears and concerns, and ask
questions of someone who is impartial and objective and who has had similar experience.
The volunteer serves as a role model-someone who has not only survived breast cancer, but
has also gone onto live a normal, productive life.
Reach to Recovery uses carefully selected and trained volunteers who have fully
adjusted to their breast cancer surgery and treatment. A patient and volunteer may meet
face-to-face or by telephone. Volunteers are able to provide support and up-to-date
information, including literature for spouses, partners, children, other loved ones, and
friends. They can even provide a temporary breast form and information on types of
permanent prostheses, when appropriate, and lists of where they are available locally.
To request the services of Reach to Recovery, a patient can call the local
American Cancer Society at 1-800-252-1110, or visit www.cancer.org. The
patient’s health care provider, family member, partner, or friend can also make a
request. There is never a charge for the services Reach to Recovery volunteers
provide.
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Tell a Friend . . . A Mammogram
Could Save Her Life
An estimated 192,200 new invasive cases of breast cancer are
expected to occur among women in the United States during 2001. Breast cancer ranks second
among cancer deaths in women. According to the most recent data, mortality rates declined
significantly during 1990-1997. These decreases are probably a result of both earlier
detection and improved treatment.
Become part of a community-wide effort to make sure that every woman who needs a
mammogram gets one! The American Cancer Society (ACS) is looking for organizations and
groups, as well as individual volunteers, to become partners in effort nationwide to
ensure that all women aged 40 or older have regular mammograms. In Tell A Friend,
an ACS program designed to help achieve this goal, women (volunteers) contact friends and
encourage them to get a mammogram. The volunteers are trained to take on this important
job. Tell A Friend has been proven to be effective in reaching women and getting
them to have mammograms more often.
The primary audience for Tell A Friend is women who are least likely to get
regular mammograms. The American Cancer Society is seeking volunteers and partnering
organizations that have close links to such women. Any organization or group that has ties
to women who may need special encouragement to get regular mammograms, and will make a
commitment to Tell A Friend should call their local ACS office at 1-800-252-1110 or
visit www.cancer.org for more information.
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FAQ about HMA & Parish Nursing
At the Board meeting of the Health Ministries Association in
Atlanta, GA on January 28th, 2001 we had a discussion that focused on frequently asked
questions and the following was re-affirmed.
- Health Ministries Association (HMA) is a membership organization serving people who
serve the faith health ministry movement.
- HMA serves as the professional specialty organization for parish nurses and as such has
been accepted by the American Nurses Association for membership in the Nursing
Organization Liaison Forum (NOLF).
- HMA is the co-author with the ANA of the Scope and Standards of Practice of Parish
Nursing.
- The Scope and Standards of Parish Nursing provide the basis for educational programs and
curricula in parish nursing. The ANA does not endorse specific curriculum.
- ANA reviews scope and standards of practice every 5 years. The Scope and Standards of
Parish Nursing Practice is scheduled for review in 2003 under the leadership of
co-authors: ANA and HMA. HMA will be inviting input as this process moves forward.
- As the membership organization, HMA has taken the leadership in investigating the option
of credentialing for parish nurses through a certification examination. The process of
reaching a decision to develop such an opportunity for parish nurses is both long and
expensive so we are moving forward cautiously. We will continue to bring interested
stakeholders together as this discussion evolves with the American Nurses Credentialing
Center.
If you have any questions or comments about these long range activities for nurses
within the faith health ministry movement, please contact Peggy Matteson, Chair at
401-683-7475 or peggymatteson@home.com
No matter what your background we look forward to your active involvement within and
between all the disciplines working together to fulfill the mission and goals of Health
Ministry.
The Practice and Education Committee, Peggy Matteson, Chair
From Connections, The Health Ministries Association—Information & Contacts
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