Faith Community Nursing

Faith communities and health care organizations are both called to heal.  While they have different practitioners, vocabularies and tools, they share concern for the well-being of the people they serve. CHA is pleased to gather resources and practices on this page for sharing amongst faith community nurses and our members. For additional information or to recommend a resource for sharing, contact Julie A. Trocchio, BSN, MS, CHA senior director, Community Benefit/Continuing Care Ministries.

Recommended Resources

Improving the Lives of Older Adults through Faith Community Partnerships: Healing Body, Mind and Spirit

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Elders and Faith Community Partnerships webinar (May 5, 2017)



Recommended Reading

Blessed Hanna Chrzanowska, RN: A Nurse of Mercy, the first lay registered nurse to be beatified, recounts the extraordinary life of a holy, 20th-century woman whose tireless efforts to serve her patients both medically and spiritually - even in the face of Communist oppression - changed Polish healthcare and the worldwide Catholic Church.
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Materials from Previous Networking Calls:
Suicide Prevention from a Faith Community Nurse Perspective
Cari Moodie, RN - Coordinator, Faith Community Nursing 
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center

Centura Health - Lawrence Seidl, Group Vice President, Mission Integration, South State Operating Group, Penrose-St. Francis Health Services

Faith Community Nurse Networking Calls

The Catholic Health Association (CHA) is pleased to host networking calls among parish/congregational nurses working with Catholic parishes, Catholic hospitals or other Catholic health care organizations.


End-of-Life Ethics Guides

End-of-Life Ethics Guides These ethics publications, available in English and Spanish, are designed to help patients, families and caregivers think about end-of-life decisions and prepare an advance health care directive. CHA has developed these in collaboration with physicians, nurses, theologians and ethicists within Catholic health care. Although a reflection of the perspective of Catholic tradition, the information is helpful to persons from any religious tradition.

Teachings of the Catholic Church: Caring for People at
the End of Life

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Advance Directives: Expressing Your Health Care Wishes
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Inspiration for the Journey

Resources to feed the parish nurse emotionally and spiritually


Recommended Reading List

  • Faith Community Nursing by Janet S. Hickman
  • Faith Community Nursing: Developing a Quality Practice by Carol J. Smucker
  • Faith Community Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice by ANA
  • Parish Nursing: Promoting Whole Person Health Within Faith Communities by Solari-Twadell and McDermott