Today we are facing a major health care problem in America, too many in our community are without access to health care due to lack of insurance. Everyone has an opinion on how to solve the problem. I’m not professing to have the answer however I do believe that the Faith Community can play an important part. Prevention and early intervention is very important in maintaining good health.
Faith community nurses provide health educational programs, arrange preventive screening programs, and act as health advocates providing appropriate referrals to members of their congregation and the community. These are just a few examples of how a Faith Community Nurse (FCN) can make a difference. They do many things, from teaching the youth to comforting the hurting.
I don’t mean to make it sound as if faith community nurses are the only answer for health care change but I do suggest they can be a part of the equation. FCNs bring it all together, the body, mind, spirit for the entire community serving one person at a time, one church at a time.
If every church had a faith community nurse, just think about the impact we could have on the health of our country!
Faith community nurses provide health educational programs, arrange preventive screening programs, and act as health advocates providing appropriate referrals to members of their congregation and the community. These are just a few examples of how a Faith Community Nurse (FCN) can make a difference. They do many things, from teaching the youth to comforting the hurting.
I don’t mean to make it sound as if faith community nurses are the only answer for health care change but I do suggest they can be a part of the equation. FCNs bring it all together, the body, mind, spirit for the entire community serving one person at a time, one church at a time.
If every church had a faith community nurse, just think about the impact we could have on the health of our country!
- Paulette Golden, RN
Manager of Community Health and Faith Community Nursing
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