PRAYERS & BLESSINGS †

Prayer to Be a Better Listener

We don't really listen to each other, God. Instead of true dialogue, we carry on two parallel monologues. I talk. My companion talks. But what we're really concentrating on is how to make our points strongly, how to outshine the person we're talking with. Teach us to listen as your Son listened to everyone who spoke with Him. Remind us that, somehow, You are trying to reach us through our partner in conversation. Your truth, Your love, Your goodness are seeking us out in the truth, love and goodness being communicated. When our words are harsh, hostile, angry, we convey the very opposite of those qualities. Teach us to be still, Lord, that we may truly hear our brothers and sisters – and, in them, You. Amen

Leonard Foley, O.F.M. & Patti Normile, editors

Every Day and All Day – Catholic Prayers.

ROLE COMPARISON OF PARISH NURSE AND HOME CARE NURSE

Types of Nursing Services:

Parish Nurse: No hands on service. Praying with patients.

Home Care Nurse: Skilled nursing services. Billable services only.

Focus of Care:

Parish Nurse: Focus on health promotion, disease prevention, with emphasis on spiritual care.

Home Care Nurse: Focus on nursing problem list specific problems.

Accountable For:

Parish Nurse: Patients, faith-based community ministerial team, or hospital-based team.

Home Care Nurse: Patients home care agency.

Doctors Order and Plan of Care

Parish Nurse: Not needed.

Home Care Nurse: Mandatory.

Functions:

Parish Nurse: Counselor, referral source, educator advocate.

Home Care Nurse: Case manager, direct caregiver.

Client's Payment Method

Parish Nurse: No payment from client, health agency or insurance.

Home Care Nurse: Client billed through home.

Nurse's Payment Method:

Parish Nurse: Volunteer, or paid by faith community.

Home Care Nurse: Salary from Home Health Agency.

Nurse-Client Relationship:

Parish Nurse: Member of client's faith community, may know family and friends.

Home Care Nurse: Professional relationship based on personally therapeutic relationship.

Location of Visit:

Parish Nurse: Home, nursing home, hospital, screenings, and health fairs.

Home Care Nurse: Home visit.

Visit Limit:

Parish Nurse: Viable, one visit to ongoing.

Home Care Nurse: Restricted to 60-day maximum.