Faith Community Nursing: Inclusive Practice, Accountable Service, and Community Partnership

Course Purpose

This course explores the professional nursing role in faith communities, emphasizing inclusive practice, accountable service, and community partnership. It is designed for nurses working within or considering a role in faith-based organizations who wish to enhance their practice by focusing on individual beliefs and preferences, accessible communication, and robust community engagement.

Continuing Education Credit Designation

This educational activity is credited for 3 contact hours at completion of the activity.

Overview

In the dynamic environment of faith community nursing, understanding how to balance professional responsibilities with the unique context of a faith-based organization is crucial. Nurses often encounter varying assumptions about their clinical authority and role, making it essential to clearly establish boundaries and practices. This course explores the professional role and its boundaries, providing a foundation for nurses to navigate organizational influences and ensure their practice aligns with professional standards, regardless of their employment setting or prior experiences.

Objectives

Upon completion of this independent study, the learner will be able to:

1. Differentiate a faith community nurse's professional nursing responsibilities from organizational expectations and unsupported assumptions about clinical authority.
2. Develop respectful approaches to care that respond to individual cultural health beliefs, communication preferences, and beliefs or no beliefs.
3. Plan language assistance and accessible communication consistent with the National CLAS Standards.
4. Use community assets, needs, demographic information, and partnership to prioritize faith community nursing services.
5. Apply the nursing-process standards identified by Faith Community Nurses International to individualized planning and evaluation.
6. Design understandable health teaching and health promotion activities responsive to community priorities.
7. Clarify coordination responsibilities and referral boundaries without assuming authority for unspecified home health or transitional care procedures.
8. Propose governance, quality improvement, complaint resolution, and reporting processes that support accountable faith community nursing practice.

Who this course is for:

Healthcare professionals who want to support inclusive community health while maintaining professional boundaries and respecting individual beliefs.

Course outline

12 sections · finish in any order across devices

1. 1

   Course overview and learning objectives

2. 2

   Introduction

3. 3

   Establishing the Professional Role and Its Boundaries

4. 4

   Respecting Individual Beliefs Without Making Assumptions

5. 5

   Language Assistance and Understandable Communication

6. 6

   Community Assessment and Shared Priority Setting

7. 7

   Individualized Nursing-Process Reasoning and Documentation Planning

8. 8

   Health Teaching and Health Promotion That People Can Use

9. 9

   Coordination, Referrals, and Unresolved Transition Needs

10. 10

    Governance, Quality Improvement, and Public Accountability

11. 11

    Nursing Considerations

12. 12

    Conclusion

This Course Satisfies

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Questions about this course

How many contact hours is Faith Community Nursing: Inclusive Practice, Accountable Service, and Community Partnership?

3 contact hours, credited at completion.

How much does it cost?

$15.00 on its own, or included with All-Access ($29.99 a year, renewing yearly until you cancel).

Can I listen instead of reading?

Yes — every section can be read or heard, on your phone or computer.

When do I get my certificate?

As soon as you finish the course requirements and the evaluation. It stays in your account.

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