Faith Community Nursing: Emerging Trends and Impact
On Wednesday, March 27, Alyson Breisch, MSN, BSN, RN-BC, will present "Faith Community Nursing: Emerging Trends and Impact" in the Aging Center Conference Room, Duke South, Room 3512.
Breisch was the Administrative Director of the Duke Health and Nursing Ministries graduate degree program from 2001-2009. Alyson is a nationally recognized consultant. She achieved ANCC certification by portfolio in faith community nursing (FCN) in 2015. She received the NCNA Nursing Impacting Society award in 2015. In 2017, Alyson received HMA’s Wilkerson-Droege Award in recognition of her vision, creativity, and faithfulness to the faith-health movement. She was recently recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as the 2019 Board Certified Faith Community Nurse. Alyson was lead editor for Faith Community Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice, 2nd and 3rd editions. She has conducted FCN workshops in 18 states on standards of practice and emerging trends. Alyson has 19 years’ experience as a Parish Nurse. She chairs the United Church of Christ national Wellness Ministries Leadership Team. She is an advisor to Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) students; she is currently advising a DNP student on use of spiritual reminiscence in persons with dementia.
Faith community nursing (FCN) is dynamic and has evolved with changes in knowledge, the healthcare environment, and society. This presentation will define the scope of professional practice, emerging trends, and impact of faith community nursing. Faith community nurses promote whole person health across the life span using the skills of a professional nurse and provider of spiritual care. FCN practice exemplars serve to illustrate provisions of the 2015 Code of Ethics for Nurses. Integrated whole-person care during life transitions is examined as well as the more recent hospital-based transitional care models. Research highlights will include nursing interventions, cost containment, cost benefits, and clinical outcomes.