Educator Information
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Educational partners teach the Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Curriculum to registered nurses in their communities. Educational partners are agencies such as colleges, universities, health care systems, or community health agencies who connect with the IPNRC through a contract and purchase the curriculum. Each partner identifies a faith community nurse, who has completed a foundations course in faith community nursing and has an advanced degree, to serve as faculty coordinator for their program. These faculty coordinators attend the Faith Community Nursing Curriculum and are commissioned through the IPNRC to teach the Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Curriculum and Equipping the Saints: Continuing Education for Faith Community Nurses and Congregations. In 2011 there were 140 educational partners teaching parish nursing in their communities and on-line. At the completion of the local course, the names of participants are added to the IPNRC database in an attempt to track the number of faith community nurses in the United States and abroad.

Some Assumptions of PN Practice & Curriculum

• The participant is a registered nurse with a current license or a student in a baccalaureate nursing education program
• The practice is considered a calling where ministry shapes the practice
• The practice encourages a partnership model between parish nurses, individuals, families, faith communities, and communities across the life span
• The practice values Faith Community Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice (ANA/HMA 2011) in the US; other countries area accountable to their specific standards of practice
• The curriculum focuses on core concepts of spiritual formation; professionalism; shalom as health and wholeness; and community; incorporating culture and diversity
• The curriculum is developed from a Judeo-Christian theological framework of care and applicable to and respectful of other faith traditions
• The curriculum develops the nurse for a leadership role in collaborative health ministry
• The curriculum supplies the content to develop and sustain faith community nursing practice and individual spiritual growth

Roster of Educational Partners and Instructors

• Roster of Educational Partners and Instructors
• Courses, Dates, and Locations
• Curriculum Descriptions

Educators Only – Forms

• Course Completion Record (Word Format)
• Course Completion Record (Pdf Format)
• Course Posting Form
• Order Form for Foundations Course Items

Contact Information for Director of Curriculum 

If you have any questions about the curricula, educator partnerships or educator events, please contact Andrea West, Director of Curriculum and Research.