Mission, Vision & Goals
Mission
The Mission of the Faith Community Nurse Network is to champion
faith community nursing in Twin Cities metropolitan area in these
five areas:
- Education
- Networking
- Resource & Program Development
- Contributions to Research
- Leadership
Our efforts are focused on building and sustaining
effective faith community nursing programs in congregations of all
faith traditions and, in this way, bridging the gaps
between the faith and health communities.
Goals
FCNN’s has several ongoing and planned projects. The board has
chosen the following goals to carry out the mission of the
organization:
- Conduct a survey of metro area faith community
nurses to identify their employment status, education, services, and
program needs
- Partner with hospitals and health systems to
create links between faith community nurses and care coordinators or
chaplains.
- Offer continuing education seminars for
congregational nurses and other interested professionals
- Develop an interactive web site that will be
resource for nurses, congregations, and the community
- Financially support faith community nursing
programs to help reach low-income clients
- Encourage and participate in research to build up
the scientific basis of faith community nursing practice
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