Pam, I would really like to get a copy of the one page survey you
used for your Health Needs Assessment Survey. I am trying to decide
how and when to do the survey. Our congregation is taking pictures
for a directory soon and thought that may be a good place to catch
people. Do you still have the survey?

Dona

--- In ParishNurse@yahoogroups.com, PamMescallRN@a... wrote:
> 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
>
>
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