A role of the parish nurse

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INTRODUCTION

• A role of the parish nurse
• Facilitator of faith and health integration

More understanding of this integration in the
frail elderly is needed
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PURPOSE
METHOD

• Qualitative design
• Taped interviews

• Describe the pattern of faith/health
  integration of frail elders affiliated with a
  Christian congregation

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THEORY

Boykin Schoenhofer
Caring Relationships
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QUESTIONS
Perceived relationships

• Faiths influence on health
• Healths influence on faith
• Churchs role in facilitating integration of
  faith and health

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• MODEL

Intentional Life-review
Review of functional abilities
Integrity of self
Review of church affiliation
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For detailed information
Go to nursing.bethel.edu Click on Faith Health
Integration
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SAMPLE (n10)
Age Range 74 to 97 Mean 86
Gender 8 females 2 males
Church Affiliation Roman Catholic Protestant
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FINDINGS

• Faith and doubt may
• co-exist
• Isolation from the church and its staff is
  experienced

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FINDINGS

• Compare themselves to other seniors.
• Need for meaning, purpose and giving
• Speak of limitations
• instead of diagnoses

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CONCLUSIONS

• Integration of faith and health is
  facilitated by
• Intentional life review (established patterns of
  meaning, purpose, roles, and responsibilities)
• Review of functional abilities (assets and
  challenges to health)
• Review of church affiliation (affirmation of self
  as valued by God and others)

Faith and health integration contributes to
integrity of the self