I would like to have the Health Needs Assessment Survey.
Thank you for offering this.
Sincerely, Merry B merryb@...

----- Original Message -----
From: <PamMescallRN@...>
To: <ParishNurse@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 8:02 AM
Subject: Re: [ParishNurse] Starting a new Ministry


> A great place to start is with a Health Needs Assessment Survey. We
found a
> nice one page survey that covers all the bases and has room for folks to
put
> their comments. We have an English and a Spanish one-page version that
we
> did 2-sided to save paper. The best way to get a good response is to
have the
> Pastor make an announcement and have one of the Nurses give a little talk
> about what the program is all about. We put the surveys and map pencils
at the
> ends of each pew and asked people to please take a few moments to fill
out
> the forms and turn them in on their way out of the church.
Unfortunately, if
> you let folks take them home and bring them back the next week you don't
get
> very many returns. If you would like a copy of our survey, let me know
and I
> will fax it to you.
>
> A couple of the churches that we work with let us put a "Parish Nurse's
> Notes..." corner in the bulletin.....we usually base our notes on the
monthly
> health observances or anything seasonal like sun safety, etc. We have
lots of
> great little projects going on....like having the Sunday-schoolers make
cards
> that we send to the homebound for holidays, birthdays, or "thinking of
> you"....We collect baby blankets for Christmas to give to a shelter or
hospital (we
> have a senior's craft group that makes beautiful blankets)..etc etc...that
> way there is giving and recieving that encompasses the whole
mind-body-spirit
> spectrum.
>
> Sorry for rambling, but I am 2 + years into Parish Nursing and love it!
> (Even through the waxing and waning times....lol)
>
> Pam