Topical Index – 2016 – Volume 1

Mind, Body, Spirit: Linking Lives for Health and Wholeness

The Faith Community Nurse (FCN) Health Ministry Newsletter

Topical Index for 2016 – Vol. 1

Topic

 

Issue

Addiction (Also see Medication Management)

 

Alcohol Awareness Month

2

 

National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week

10

 

National Substance Abuse Recovery Month

5

 

Project Purple Initiative of The Herren Project

10

American Nurses Association

 

Faith Community Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice 3rd ed.

2

 

Guide to Nursing’s Social Policy Statement

2

 

Guide to the Code of Ethics for Nurses

2

 

Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, 2rd ed

2

Breast Cancer

 

Breast Cancer – women

6

 

Breast cancer – men

6

 

Congregational Care and Cancer

6

 

I Am….

6

 

“knitted knockers”

11

 

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

6

 

Susan Love Research Foundation

6

Caring for Caregivers

 

Caring for the Caregiver

8

 

Caring for Yourself When You’re Caring for Someone Ill

8

 

Family Caregiving: When It Wears You Down

8

 

Prepare to Care – A Planning Guide for Families (AARP)

8

Disabilities Ministries

 

A2A Disability Etiquette – What You Should Know

7

 

A2A Process: A Brief Guide for Churches

7

 

Any Body, Everybody, Christ’s Body

7

 

Center for Disability Information and Referral: Kids Corner

7

 

Disabled World

7

 

Disabilities Awareness Week

7

 

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to have a disability?

7

 

How to Welcome Children with Autism and Their Families

7

 

The Church Building and Program Accessibility Audit

7

 

UCC Access Sunday

7

 

UCC Disabilities Awareness Week

7

 

UCC Disabilities Ministries

7

Disaster Ministries

 

Community Arise – A Disaster Ministry Curriculum

4

 

Developing High Quality Emergency Operation Plans for Houses of Worship – FEMA

4

 

Disaster Ministry Handbook – Alten and Boan

11

 

Emergencies and Disasters: How Can We Prepare?  How Can We Respond?

4

 

How to Prepare a Home – Ready.gov

4

 

Keeping Safe During Fire Cleanup

4

 

Keeping Safe During Flood Cleanup

4

 

Light Our Way – A guide for Spiritual Care in Times of Disaster (NVAD)

4

 

Meeting God in the Ruins – A devotional for disaster volunteers  (ELCA)

4

 

Religious and Cultural Literacy and Competency in Disaster (FEMA)

7

 

The Silent Disaster: 21st Century Response to Technology-Caused Disasters

4, 7

 

12 Ways You Can Help Disaster Survivors Recover Through UCC Disaster Ministries

4

 

UCC Disaster Ministries

4

 

UCC Local Church Disaster Preparedness and Response Planning

4

 

Vol. 5 Management – Creating Safer Places for Ministry

4

 

When Disaster Relief Brings Anything but Relief

5

Domestic Violence Ministry

 

Clothesline Project

6

 

Domestic Violence Awareness Month

6

 

Domestic Violence: What Every Christian Needs to Know

5

 

Faith Trust Institute

6

 

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV)

6

 

What Every Congregation Needs to Know About Domestic Violence

6

 

What Faith Communities Can Do to Address Domestic Violence

6

 

Why Faith Communities Matter in Addressing Domestic Violence

6

End-of Life Planning

 

Consider the Conversation: A Documentary on a Taboo Subject

8

 

Five Wishes

8

 

My Wishes  (for children)

8

 

Tending to all their needs: Advance care planning for pediatric patients

8

 

Voicing My Choices  (for adolescents)

8

 

When It’s My Time to Go

8

Faith Community Nurse  – Credentialing

 

Board Certification as a Faith Community Nurse

2, 11

 

Minister of Congregational Health

1

Faith Community Nurse – Mental Health Ministry

 

A Resource Guide for Mental Health Sunday Worship Services

2

 

Center for Disease Control & Prevention – Mental Health

2

 

Healthfinder.gov – Mental Health

 

 

Information on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

10

 

Interfaith Network on Mental Illness

2

 

Mental Health- A Guide for Faith Leaders – APA

2

 

Mental Health First Aid courses

10

 

Mental Health Ministries

2

 

Mental Health Month

4

 

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)

2

 

National Institutes of Mental Health

2

 

National Suicide Prevention Week

5

 

Pack Up Your Sorrows: A story of illness, hope, and transformation – Meg Hutchinson

10

 

Pathways to Promise

2

 

PTSD in Children and Teens

10

 

Race, Ethnicity Affect Kids’ Access to Mental Health Care

8

 

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

2

 

Youth Suicide Prevention Program – A Parent’s Guide to Recognizing and treating depression in Your Child

2

Faith Community Nurse – Physical Health Ministry

 

A Discussion Guide for Living Well with Diabetes

7

 

Admit One: What You Must Know When Going to the Hospital – But No One Actually Tells You! – Kati Kleber

10

 

Adult Vaccines

11

 

Backpacks for Campers – including sun screen

3

 

Brown Bag Medicine Review

10

 

Eat Healthy – Be Active Community Workshops

11

 

The Frailty Syndrome: Definition and Natural History

10

 

Hand washing – Clean Hands Save Lives

5

 

Keeping Healthy by Being Physically Active

7

 

Mall Walking: A Program Resource Guide

7

 

Nutrition in a Lunch Box

5

Faith Community Nurse – Relationships Ministry

 

Bullying – Stopbullying.gov

5

 

Church Family Thanksgiving dinner

9

 

Clothesline Project

6

 

Creating a Memorial Communion Table Cloth

1

 

Domestic Violence: What Every Christian Needs to Know

5

 

End-of-Life Advanced Planning for Adults

8

 

Emergency Communication Plan

4

 

I Am … (support program for women dealing with breast CA)

6

 

“knitted knockers”

11

 

Our Whole Lives (OWL)

11

 

Out for Safe Schools

5

 

Pet and Animal Emergency Planning

4

 

Serving our Seniors – Linda Morgan

3

 

Spotlight – Discussion Guide

3

Faith Community Nurse – Role

 

Faith Community Nursing: Impact on 30-day Readmissions – Abbondanza & Reinbeck

11

 

Faith Community Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice 3rd ed. (ANA)

2

 

Health Ministers Guide (HMG) – Connecting Science and Community Health

10

 

How Ministry Teams Get Things Done

5

 

Informatics: Empowering ePatients to Drive Health Care Reform – Ramo Nelson

10

 

Manual on Faith Community Nursing

1

 

Stone Soup for the Community – The Story of a Faith-Based Health Coalition – Karen Jo Hahn

10

 

UCC Desk Calendar and Plan Book

1

 

UCC Faith Community Nurse Network

1

 

UCC Resolution: Reclaiming the Church’s Ministry of Health and Healing

1

 

“What will faith community nurses do next?”

11

Faith Community Nurse – Spiritual Health Ministry

 

A Resource Guide for Mental Health Sunday Worship Services

2

 

An Easter Reflection – Wendy Merriman

1

 

Blue Christmas Service

9

 

Children’s Sabbath

7

 

Healing Ceremonies – Creating Personal Rituals for Spiritual, Emotional, Physical, and Mental Health – C. Hammerschlag

9

 

Light Our Way – A guide for Spiritual Care in Times of Disaster (NVAD)

4

 

Longest Night Service

9

 

New Year’s Eve Service and Vigil

9

 

Reading the Bible for Guidance, Comfort, and Strength

6

 

Research, Spirituality, and Health: The Research and Clinical Implications – H. Koenig

9

 

Service of Light

9

 

Service of Remembrance

9

 

The Bible and the Transgender Experience: How Scripture Supports Gender Variance – Linda T. Herzer

11

 

UCC Women’s Week

1

 

Unfair by Quinn G. Caldwell – UCC Daily Devotional

1

 

Watch Night Service

9

 

What is Quality Spiritual Care in Health Care and How Do You Measure it?

6

Health Ministry (See Faith Community Nurse subcategories)

Insurance Board

 

Five Things a Church Can Do to Prevent Abuse

3

 

Hired and Non-owned Auto Coverage for your Church …Info You Should Know

1

 

Safe ConductTM  Workbench

6

 

Vol. 5 Management – Creating Safer Places for Ministry

4

 

Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls!

1

LGBT Health

 

The Bible and the Transgender Experience: How Scripture Supports Gender Variance – Linda T. Herzer

11

 

Out for Safe Schools

5

 

UCC Open and Affirming (ONA)

4

Medication Management

 

 

 

Brown Bag Medicine Review

10

 

Help Patients Remember How and When to take Their Medicine

10

 

Parents and Grandparents

10

 

Safe Guard Medicine in the Home

10

Mental Health Issues (See: Faith Community Nurse – Mental Health Ministries)

National Health Observances (NHOs)

 

Alcohol Awareness Month

2

 

American Heart  Month

1

 

Arthritis Awareness Month

3

 

Colorectal Cancer Month

2

 

Domestic Violence Awareness Month

6

 

Food Allergy Action Month

3

 

Hepatitis Awareness Month

3

 

Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention

3

 

Mental Health Month

4

 

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

6

 

National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week

10

 

National Healthcare Decisions Day

3

 

National HIV Testing Day

4

 

National Immunization Awareness Month

5

 

National Pediculosis/Head Lice Prevention Month

5

 

National Preparedness Month

5

 

National Safety Month

4

 

National School Backpack Awareness Day

5

 

National Substance Abuse Recovery Month

5

 

National Suicide Prevention Week

5

 

Prevent Blindness

5

 

Stroke Awareness Month

3

Physical Health Issues (See: Faith Community Nurse – Physical Health Ministries)

Public Health Issues

 

CDC 2015 STD Surveillance Report

11

 

Zika Virus

2, 5

Resources – general

 

Health bulletin inserts

7

 

The Joyful Noiseletter

10

Self-care

 

An Easter Reflection – Wendy Merriman

1

 

Clergy Health

2, 6

 

Compassion Fatigue: Are You At Risk? K. Sheppard

4

 

Countering Compassion Fatigue – Deborah A. Boyle

8

 

Helping Yourself Help Others – Rosalyn Carter

8

 

Meeting God in the Ruins – A devotional for disaster volunteers (ELCA)

4

 

Stress and Prayer – Deborah Ringen

3

 

Taking Care of You: Self-Care for Family Caregivers

2

 

The Badge of Business – Matthew Laney

5

 

The Physically Fit Messiah

10

 

The Value of a Vacation

5

 

UCC Daily Devotionals

1

Spiritual Health (See: Faith Community Nurse – Spiritual Health Ministries)

UCC Resources (These are listed with specific topic(s) it supports)