The Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Curriculum, updated by Westberg Institute in 2024, is a comprehensive curriculum preparing licensed registered nurses for the specialized practice of professional nursing focused on intentional care of the spirit, promotion of whole-person health, and preventing or minimizing illness.
Faith Community Nurses
are actively licensed RNs who focus on whole-person health and the intentional care of the spirit. FCNs are of all faiths and practice in many different settings.
Course Methods: Advanced degree faculty includes FCNs who share real-life situations. Interaction and sharing by students is encouraged. Our student evaluation ratings average in the 95- percentile for both content and instruction quality! FCNNTC's offering is a mix of virtual synchronous learning via Zoom and asynchronous learning modules.
Contact hours: 37.5 contact hours for RNs. This course is jointly provided by FCNN and the Spiritual Care Association Nursing Division. The Spiritual Care Association Nursing Division is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. ANCC Provider Unit # P0623.
Course Content: The Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Course has modules that cover the following aspects of a faith community nurse's practice, please note that not all topics are shown here. Beginning your ministry; Prayer; Spiritual Care; Health Promotion; Legal and Ethical Issues; Documentation; Grief and Loss; Substance Use and Abuse; Behavioral Health; Assessment; Transitional Care; Trauma; etc.
Fee: $435
Limited Number of Scholarships may be available based on financial need and population served.
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