AFCNA invites you to be part of God's work in the world!
Faith Community Care and Faith Community Nursing are biblical responses of compassionate, helpful and hopeful care of the whole person provided by Christian individuals and faith communities.
Faith Community Nurse
Faith Community Nurse
– your partner in whole person health
The Faith Community Nurse role is an advanced form of community nursing founded upon Christian principles which seeks to support and strengthen the health and wellbeing of individuals, families and communities.
A Faith Community Nurse (FCN) can provide HEALTH:
Health promotion
- promote whole person health
- promote family and community health
- empower self-care and support self-management
Education and counselling
- help people understand their health issues
- support individuals, families, groups and community with health education via print, seminars, groups and personally
- brief health counselling
Advocacy and Referral
- enable people to navigate the health system
- locate resources, obtain referrals, source health support
- advocate with services if necessary
Training and Coordination
- develop health and pastoral care volunteers to ensure quality support in all activities
- care coordination and case management support
Listening and visiting
- discuss health, social and spiritual concerns
- visit at home, residential care, hospital and after discharge
- enable people to stay connected to family and community
Hope and Spiritual Care
- sustain spiritual growth and healing
- prayer and spiritual support
- provision of pastoral care
All FCN functions are undertaken to promote HEALTH, HEALING and WELLBEING of the WHOLE PERSON – body, mind and spirit.
AFCNA can help prepare you to become an FCN, support you as an FCN, and help churches establish the FCN role in their faith community.
- How do I become an FCN How do I become an FCN? – AFCNA
- How AFCNA supports FCNs Supporting Faith Community Nurses – AFCNA
- Steps to establish Faith Community Nursing in your local church Establishing faith community in your local church – AFCNA
Learn about the FCN role
The FREE ‘Introducing Faith Community Nursing course‘ has 5 short sessions to increase your understanding of the role and covers some of the basic practicalities to start the role as a nurse and for churches to establish Faith Community Nursing in your local community
