AFCNA was commenced to equip and support Faith Community Nurses. We’ve been here to promote, prepare and provide quality education and professional development for FCNs since 1996. Your annual membership in your professional association provides you with a number of benefits such as education, newsletters, documentation templates, resources, community of practice, mentoring (on an as needs basis), prayer support, and quality, affordable continuing professional development.
AFCNA provides Faith Community Nurses with:
- Internationally recognised preparation for Faith Community Nursing
- Continuing professional development courses that members can access at reduced price (some are FREE)
- Information and professional practice resources
- Regular ‘Whole Health’ e-News (for subscribers and members)
- Documentation templates to perform your role (AFCNA Documentation template packs are discounted for members and FREE for course participants enrolled in the ‘Principles and Practice of Faith Community Nursing’ course)
- Members can get support via AFCNA’s online ‘Community of Practice’ and mentoring is available on request
- Members can connect with international colleagues via knowledge sharing groups and platforms
- Members can ask for prayer from the AFCNA prayer network
- Members can receive short online email encouragers to their inbox weekly if they wish
- The board liaises with comparable national/international organisations on behalf of members to ensure global exchange of information and prayer support.
- The Members only section of the website provides unlimited access to:
- Spiritual Care resources – examples of spiritual care tools, ideas for rituals and their use, resources for personal faith development.
- Professional Practice resources– tools and templates to support you to meet your professional standards and responsibilities as a Registered Nurse. these include:
- Template for a ‘Professional Practice Portfolio’ to demonstrate your evidence of contribution to the Nursing profession.
- ‘Audit Information for Faith Community Nurses
- Professional Indemnity insurance requirements with templates to assess the adequacy of your insurance cover
- ‘Accountability Self-assessment tool’ for FCNs
