Lourdes Parish Nurse & Health MinistryFaith Community 2014 Accomplishments

Welcome to Lourdes Parish Nurse Ministry

Parish Nurses provide the link between traditional health care and spiritual health…Health is wholeness, salvation, shalom, integration of physical, psychological, social and spiritual aspects of the client's system and harmony with self, others, the environment and God. Church is envisioned as place where individuals live in harmony with each other, nature and God, fully participating unselfishly in meeting each other’s needs; and values the unique gifts of each person…

World Council of Churches, Geneva, Switzerland. 1990

A Note From Your Coordinator2014 has been a busy, yet joyous year! In February, Mike and I lost his mother, who had lived her last year of life with us in our home. Thanks to Hospice and a host of other people in our lives, we pulled through a difficult transition in our life, with caregiving tips and bereavement expectations. Thank you for all your condolences; and those who assisted us through our grief process.

Activities throughout the year consisted of: health fairs, community outreach, seminars & webinars, community committees and boards, Lourdes Spiritual Renewal Days, Rescue Mission Meal Ministry, ACT Meal Health Ministry, Lourdes Mission Services, health education through a variety of media, start ups with new health ministries, connections with regional and national health ministries, editor of Mustard Seed newsletter, editor Spirituality in the Workplace newsletter through the summer edition, starting a pilot parish nurse Lourdes Hospital discharge program and arranging for an autumn Parish Nurse Retreat at Sky Lake. I am privileged to have a strong advisory board to guide me through the health ministry maze.

I so appreciate all of you; and your health ministry contributions. I admire the friendships. Networking is vibrant through monthly meetings with a variety of providers offering education to the faith communities. Networking is alive through social media, seminars, webinars, Back Door Reading from Your Parish Nurse, and a myriad of other resources passed along. One goal for 2015 will be the expansion of the parish nurse hospital discharge program, with many more faith communities joining in……

There will always be more health education needed for the faith communities. What does Parish Nursing and Health Ministry look like? Well, it can be visiting the sick, homebound & hospitalized, Eucharistic ministry, consulting and referrals, education, and well grounded and busy congregants in their faith communities. I cannot accomplish any of this without your Love for Parish Nursing and Health Ministry! We need to keep in mind, that we cannot do it without the love of God; and to practice in Body, Mind and Spirit…

Kathy Medovich

Mission, purpose and strategic vision

Lourdes Parish Nurse MissionIntentional integration of practice of faith with nursing practice sopeople may achieve wholeness in, with and through community of

faith in which nurse serves

Lourdes Parish Nurse PurposeChallenges the nursing profession to reclaim spiritual dimension of nursing care

Challenges the health care system to provide whole person careChallenges the faith community to restore its healing mission

Lourdes Parish Nurse Strategic VisionAccess to a parish nurse ministry in every faith community

Philosophy

Recognized specialty practice that combines professional nursing and health ministry, emphasizes health and healing within a faith community, embraces shalom as health and wholeness, and is collaboration with pastoral staff and congregants with ongoing transformation of the faith community into sources of health and healing.

Specialty practice and professional model of health ministry which reclaims the historic roots of health and healing found in many faith traditions, to live out the early work of monks, nuns, deacons and deaconesses, church nurses, traditional healers.

Spiritual dimension is ESSENTIAL to parish nursing and health ministry practice. All persons are sacred, must be treated with respect and dignity. Parish Nursing serves, advocates, assists, supports, coordinators, integrates, educates, councils, advises.

Health is a dynamic process – embodies spiritual, psychological, physical and social dimensions of a person. The focus of practice is the faith community and its ministries, collaborates with clerical staff and congregants, is a source of health and healing, partners with other community health resources and fosters new and creative responses to health and wellness concerns.

Parish Nurse Ministries ExemplifyLourdes Core Values and Principles

Service of the Poor Generosity of spirit for persons most in need

Reverence Respect and compassion for the dignity and diversity of life

Integrity Inspiring trust through personal leadership

Creativity Courageous innovation

Dedication Affirming the hope and joy of our ministry

Faith Community Nurse & Health Ministry Role

Integrator of Faith and Health:Assists parishioners to achieve higher levels of wellness by improving both

spiritual and physical health.Health Educator:

Provides opportunities for the congregation to learn about health issues, individually, and in groups.

Health Counselor:Discusses health concerns, emphasizing early response

to small problems, and encouraging healthy lifestyle changes.Referral Advisor:

Provides referral to healthcare and social services within the community.Health Advocate:

Speaks out to help members of the congregation or community obtain needed health related services.

Developer of Support Groups:Facilitates the development of support groups

for the faith community and others served.Volunteer Coordinator:

Recruits, prepares, and oversees congregational volunteers who help those in need.

Job or Ministry

A job is at your choice;A ministry is at Christ's call.

In a job you expect to receive;in a ministry you expect to give.

In a job you give something to get something;In a ministry you return something that has already been given to you.

A job depends on your abilities;A ministry depends on your availability to God.

A job done well brings you praises;A ministry done well brings honor to God.

…James N. Spurgeon

The Mustard SeedNewsletter - Samples

T H E P E R S O N I N T H E M I R R O R R i t a B e r g e v i n , R N - B C , M A , C W C N , L o u r d e s W o u n d C a r e C e n t e r &

B U A s s o c i a t e N u r s i n g P r o f e s s o r

C O O R D I N A T O R ’ S C O R N E R K a t h y M e d o v i c h , R N , B S , L o u r d e s P a r i s h N u r s e C o o r d i n a t o r

E d i t o r M u s t a r d S e e d

L O U R D E S H O S P I T A L T R A N S I T I O N A L C A R E D I S C H A R G E F O L L O W - U P P R O G R A M

K a t h y M e d o v i c h

Y O U T H G A M B L I N G : W H A T ’ S T H E D E A L ?M a r i a F a b r i z i , L o u r d e s Y o u t h S e r v i c e s

Mustard Seed contribution articles

Health & Human Service Events Sampling 2014

Community Outreach & Health EducationACT Meal Health Ministry -monthlyHealthy Heart – Oakdale Mall - FebruaryBinghamton University Health Fair - MarchTioga County Office for Aging Health Fair - OctoberBroome County Office for Aging Health Fair - SeptemberNYSE & G – Old Vestal Road - AugustAnglican Church of Good Shepherd Health Fair and Ice Cream Social - JuneCatholic Charities Health Fair – Front Street - AugustRichford Potato Festival - SeptemberBroome Senior West - Insurance and Medicare Information & Fair - OctoberTOPS – Health Education and BMI Update - NovemberTioga County MAPPS Committee - ongoingNeighbors Helping Neighbors Conference - MaryRescue Mission – Outreach Committee, Freeze 5K, Meal Ministry - FebruaryCentral NY Episcopal Diocese – Ministry Fair - MayHealth Now Health Fair - JuneBAE Health Fair - OctoberFirst Assembly of God, Binghamton - Health Fair - SeptemberBCC FIA Lives of Commitment - MayWebinars/Seminars – ongoing monthlyBackdoor Reading from Your Parish NurseCaregiver Support - monthlyAutumn Parish Nurse Retreat - OctoberMonthly Educational Meetings - monthlyDonate Life-Organ Donation & Advance Directive Program at Holy Trinity -NovemberPilot Lourdes Hospital Home Discharge Follow-up Program – November launched

Back Door Reading from Your Parish Nurse - Samples

Community Involvement

Boards, outreach, committeesACT Meal Board, Health Ministry and Meal MinistryLourdes Mission Committee: Achieve, Christmas Project, Thanksgiving Baskets, Rescue Mission, School Backpack ProjectRescue Mission Outreach Committee, Meal Ministry, Freeze Out 5KLourdes Spirituality in the Workplace: Lourdes Renewal Days, Newsletter Lourdes Diversity CouncilCommon GroundsMustard Seed EditorHealth Fairs, Seminars & WebinarsTioga County Health Department MAPP CommitteeAscension Health Affinity GroupLourdes Continuum of Care – Pilot Home Discharge Follow-upInternational Parish Nurse Resource CenterHealth Ministry AssociationNational Episcopal Health MinistrySt. Paul’s Episcopal, Owego: Care Team: El Salvador Medical Mission, Angel Tree, Health Education & Advocacy, A New Hope Center, Caregiver, Support Group, Plant Sale, Visits, Pilot Lourdes Hospital D/C

OCTOBER 31, 2014Lourdes Parish & Health

Ministry Retreat @ Sky Lake Camp & Retreat Center

Lifting the Hands that Heal: Cornucopia of Blessings

With Rev. Marlene Steenburg & Iveta Dervay

16 attendees

Community Outreach Samplings…A New Hope CenterEl Salvador Medical MissionBirthrightBCCC FIA VolunteersLourdes Occupational Health - Flu ClinicsHealth Fairs/ Health SeminarsDanielle HouseOffice for AgingLourdes Youth Services - GamblingArticles for Mustard Seed NewsletterTioga County Health Department – MAPPRural Health Network – Food and Health NetworkACT Meal Health MinistryVisitationsBereavementPrayer ChainsPrayer Shawl MinistriesSoup Kitchens & Food PantriesRescue MissionSOS ShelterYWCA/YMCABCCC Jail MinistryCatholic CharitiesNational Health ConventionsHaiti MissionsNeighbors Helping NeighborsTioga County Rural MinistryMHASTSky Lake Camp NursingMothers & Babies Perinatal NetworkPilot Home Discharge Follow-Up: 4 churchesFamily AnonymousHope Dispensary

Coat Drives/ Hats & MittensSTEOLC/End of Life Education

Donate Life-Organ DonationCaregiver Support Groups

CPR/AED/First AidBlood Pressure Screenings

Eucharistic ministryHand Hygiene & Flu Season

Legion of MaryAltar Guild

Angel TreesFirst Aid Kits

Craft FairPlant Sale

Operation Christmas Child-Shoe BoxesStephen’s Ministry

Back Door Reading from your Parish NurseHospice & Palliative Care

Blood DrivesSupport Groups

Altar Rosary SocietyHealth Surveys

Pillowcase Dresses & PantsBed Roll Ministries/Crazy QuiltsBrochure racks/bulletin boards

Cooperative Extension - VolunteersMother Teresa’s Food Pantry

Volunteers of AmericaMom’s House

Samaritan HouseBrochure racks, lending libraries

Healthy kitchens

Health Education Topics for 2014

January – Severe Cold (canceled) February- Hope Dispensary& Haiti Mission

Experience March – Severe Snow (canceled) April – Lourdes Youth Services: Gambling

concerns May –Pilot hospital discharge follow-up program June – Office for aging & Lourdes Palliative care September – YMCA: program update October – Donate life; organ procurement Caregiver Retreat @ Sky Lake November – Family anonymous support group December – Christmas Dinner Party

FAITH COMMUNITY NURSES & COMMUNITY LEADERS

Advisory board members

Robert Henrich, Most Holy Rosary & Church CommonsMary Alice Westerlund, Director Lourdes Spiritual CareDeacon Tom Picciano, St. Vincent’s Pastoral CareJessica Wylde, Director, BCCC, FIAKathleen Tinklepaugh, St. AmbroseJoan Pozzi, Holy TrinityKathy Medovich, Lourdes Parish Nurse CoordinatorSue Glann, Memorial Baptist ChurchEllen Burns, St. Thomas AquinasDeb Overfield, 1st Congregational, BinghamtonRev. Cris Mogenson, Director BCCC Jail MinistryDeacon Rev. Dorothy Pierce, Episcopal Binghamton DistrictFaith Vavra, YMCA Health Educator/Program DirectorSue Fuchs, RN, Lourdes Director of Nursing (Retired Dec. 2014)

Faith Communities

St. Paul’s Episcopal,OwegoSt. Paul’s Church,BinghamtonMemorial Baptist Church,VestalSt.Luke’s Lutheran Church, SidneyEndwell UMCFairview UMCVestal UMCOwego UMC – ACT MealNimmonsburg UMCSt.Thomas Aquinas,BinghamtonSt.Ambrose,EndicottSt.Pat’s/Blessed Trinity,OwegoMost Holy Rosary,MaineHoly Trinity,BinghamtonSt. Francis of Assisi, HillcrestOwego 1st Baptist ChurchAnglican Church of Good Shepherd,BinghamtonTemple Concord, BinghamtonACT Meal: 10 Tioga Co. Churches CoalitionSt. Vincent DePaul/Blessed Sacrament

St. Anthony of Padua & St. Joseph, EndicottSt. James, Johnson City 1st Congregational Church, Binghamton Interdenomin.Health Ministries, Union SpringsSt. James Episcopal, SkaneatelesSt. Gregory RC Church, Williamsville, NYBarre Congregational, VTAsburn UMC, Watertown, NYBryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, PhiladelphiaCarthage Episcopal Church, Carthage, NYUMC, Westborough, MAIthaca Lutheran ChurchOrder of Saint Luke the Physician - OSL CrossPoint Community Church, BinghamtonSt. Luke’s Lutheran Church, SidneySt. Vincent DePaulBCC of Churches – Jail Ministry & FIATioga County Rural MinistrySacred Heart, Cicero

…And many, many more local, regional and long distance faith communities

LOURDES HOME DISCHARGE FOLLOW-UP

F O U R C H U R C H E S & P A R I S H N U R S E S P A R T I C I P A T I N G :

M O S T H O L Y R O S A R Y – K a t h y T e w k s b u r y1 S T B A P T I S T , O W E G O – G l a d y s S i r v e n tS T . P A U L ’ S E P I S C O P A L , O W E G O – E l a i n e C a r r i lS T . T H O M A S A Q U I N A S – E l l e n B u r n s

November 2014 Pilot Program started

Faith Community Annual Report Samplings

• St. Paul’s Episcopal – Shawl Ministry, visits, pilot d/c program (2 clients since November 2014), caregiver support, ACT Meal Health Ministry, Kindness Counts & Tioga Co. Senior blood pressures, Angel Tree- 7 families from Tioga Co. Rural Ministry, Samaritan Purse Christmas Child Shoe Boxes – 18 boxes, El Salvador Medical Mission, bereavement, prayer team, Memorial Garden, CPR/AED recertification, medical equipment lending closet, blood pressure screenings, homebound visits, Plant Sale, Lourdes PN mtg.

• St. Thomas Aquinas – blood pressures, pilot d/c program (6 since November 2014), volunteer for Danielle House, volunteer RN assessor for BCCC FIA + board member, Lourdes PN mtg. + advisory bd., pastoral visiting team

• Most Holy Rosary – homebound visits, telephone calls for referrals, pillowcase dresses/pants for Africa ministry through Dress Ministry and HumanDevelopment, blood pressures, pilot d/c program (2 clients since November 2014), OOA/Medicare/Medicaid, Lourdes PN mtg., blood pressure screenings at Knight of Columbus breakfasts, assisted BU nursing student in Youth Group, attended Upstate Medical symposium: Transitions in Health Care, offered presentation in June: Office for Aging Services, Senior News, Shawl Ministry,

• 1st Baptist Church, Owego – Nutrition education, Winter Safety tips, Ebola information, Walk for Life, Flu Education, Suicide education, Heart Disease education, webinars, NHDD, visits, heart education and seminars, blood pressures, pilot d/c program (0 clients since November 2014), flu and suicide education, Lourdes PN mtg.

• Memorial Baptist Church – blood pressures, seminars, visits, Lourdes PN mtg. + advisory bd. • Anglican Church of Good Shepherd – Health Fair and Ice Cream Social, Prayer teams• Holy Trinity – End of Life Seminar, blood pressures, visits, Birthright nursing home visits, hospital visits, bereavement, rosaries, Oncology teaching day, Lourdes

PN mtg. + advisory bd. • St. Ambrose – blood pressures at soup kitchen, shawl ministry, funeral/bereavement, Eucharistic Ministry,

Rosary Society, Rosary Leader, Prayer network, Balance Class, St. Jude Novena, Legion of Mary, Scripture Study, Parish Tea, Litany Leader, Fellowship, Lector, Miraculous Medal Novena, Lourdes PN mtg. + advisory bd.

• Cross Point Community Church – 2 American Red Cross Blood Drives• Memorial Baptist Church, Vestal – 3 ER visits, 5 hospital visits, 1 emergency during church service, 1 transport to PT, CPR recertification• ACT Meal – Weekly blood pressure screenings, April & May Cooperative Extension Vegetable potted plants, nutrition, smoking cessation, diabetes, Catholic

Charities, Link to Life• Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus – Haiti Medical Mission – February Parish Nurse Guest: Sherrie Rinker• Fairview UMC – Rescue Mission Meals, summer camp nurse @ Sky Lake, health education, meal ministry• St. Pat’s, Owego – Bereavement, visits, shawl ministry, Lourdes PN mtg., Life Choices baby bottle collection, Birthright, Mobile food pantry, Stephen Ministry,

bulletin boards & articles @ 4 Tioga Co. Church sites• Temple Concord – visits, volunteer RN assessor for BCCC FIA, Lourdes PN mtg.• Vestal UMC – Bone Saver Arthritis chair exercise classes, 6 blood drives, Bereavement Team, CPR/AED/First Aid, Eye Glass Collection, blood pressure

screenings, Reaching Out to God, Reaching Out to Others – helping neighbors as needed, newsletter, brochure rack & bulletin board• 1st Congregational, Binghamton – Blood pressure clinics 3 x yearly, Heart Centered Spiritual Program, Reiki, OSL, homebound transportation• NYS North Country Health Ministry Collaborative – Home referrals and visits to elderly homebound and underserved population

Thank You!Faith Communities Everywhere!Parish NursesHealth Ministers & CommitteesClergyDeacons and Pastoral Associates Lourdes Youth ServicesHope DispensaryLourdes Mission IntegrationLourdes Continuum of CarePilot Churches: Discharge F/OCommunity Outreach: i.e. YMCA, Donate Life, Office for Aging,

Family Anonymous Support Group, Haiti Medical MissionSpiritual ConsultantsLourdes Parish Nurse Advisory BoardSt. Vincent DePaul – hosting parish nurse advisory board meetingsSky Lake – hosting Autumn RetreatLourdes e-catering – Bob WeslarLourdes Spiritual Care, Hand Blessing – Mary Alice WesterlundMusic by Rev. Cris Mogenson, BCCC Jail MinistryLocal, Regional, National & E-Mail Connections

God’s Peace & Health to All,

Kathy Medovich, RN, BS, FCN, Coordinator

Lourdes Parish Nurse & Health Ministry Programwww.lourdes.comkmedovich@lourdes.comC# 607-321-2633 or W# 607-321-2633

Just because you’re not sick, doesn’t mean you’re healthy! ….Author Unknown

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine; but a broken spirit drieth the bones…Proverbs 17:22

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