Pastoral/Spiritual Nursing Programs

For Licensed Nurses Only

 

Are you looking for a way to integrate your spirituality with your nursing profession?

 

The Pastoral/Spiritual Nursing (PN&SM©)¹ Program provides a way for nurses to integrate their spirituality with their nursing knowledge. A P.N. is a licensed nurse who senses a call to serve in a religious body, a hospital, or in a community center. By working in partnership with the organization, the PN's role would be to address the wholeness (physical, emotional, and spiritual) needs of the people. The primary purpose is to promote holistic health through prevention. Pastoral means one who provides overall spiritual guidance.

 

The Certified PH&SM©)² is equipped to serve in the Chaplain Department position of the hospital's Pastoral Care Team. 

 

PHM Function 

Holistic & Spiritual Minister

The PHM addresses identified needs of individuals and groups through the Congregational Assessment Tool³ (CAT) and provides whole-health teaching and personal ministry. The goal is to encourage people to grow in wholeness, which includes acquiring and maintaining their optimal level of wellness. Other practical applications of role function includes: visitations, acting as a referral agent, resource agent, networking, and providing community outreach to prisons, schools and other public agencies.

 

Sample Areas of PHM Ministry

   ●  Pastoral Visitations

   ●  Volunteer Coordinator

   ●  Personal Whole-Health Counselor

   ●  Home Health Minister

        -  Health Monitoring & Screening

        -  Health Resources & Referral Agent

        -  Resources for People of Special Needs

        -  Transitions from Home to Nursing Home

        -  Personal/Family Crisis Intervention

        -  Medical Service: Uninsured/Working Poor 

 

Health Educator

   ●  Parenting Classes

   ●  Wellness Classes

   ●  Caring for Youth

   ●  Chronic Illness

   ●  CPR & First Aid

   ●  Hospital Visitation

   ●  Visiting the Sick

   ●  Caring for Elderly

   ●  Healthy Eating

 

© PHM (Pastoral Holistic Minister) is a copyrighted title for our nurses.

¹ PN&SN (Pastoral Nurse & piritual Minister) is a copy written title for our nurses.

² PH&SM (Pastoral Holistic & Spiritual Minister) is a copy written title for our nurses.

³ A Community Assessment tool

 

 

PHM Programs 

Basic Certification Requirements (Non-Degreed & Non-College Credits)

   ●  Wholeness

   ●  Women's Issues

   ●  PN/SN Modules with Practicum

   ●  PN/SN Certification Course

   ●  The Ancient Art of Meditation

 

Degree Programs

 Bachelor Degree in Pastoral Nursing/Spiritual Nursing Ministry:  122 Credit Hours

   ●  Senior Paper

   ●  PN/SN Certification

 

 Master of Pastoral Holistic Ministry:  47 Credit Hours

   ●  Master's Thesis/Project

   ●  PN/SN Certification

 

 Doctorate Degree of Pastoral Holistic Ministry:  63 Credit Hours

   ●  Doctoral Dissertation/Project

   ●  PN/SN Certification

 

Core Course Selection

 

   ●  Wholeness

   ●  Building a Foundation - A

   ●  Building a Foundation - B

   ●  Women's Issues

   ●  PHM Modules

   ●  PHM Practicum 

   ●  PN/SN Certification/Ordination Course

   ● Death & Dying

   ●  Prayer & Meditation

   ●  Family Violence & Abuse 

   ●  Basic Counseling

   ●  Depression & Suicidal Thoughts

   ●  Codependency

   ●  Divorce & Remarriage

   ●  Proverbial Wisdom & Ethics

   ●  Old Testament History

   ●  New Testament History

   ●  Food & You

   ●  Focus Treatments

   ●  Focus Meditation

   ●  Prophets & Mystics

   ●  The God of the Universe

 

  Electives are available to complete degree requirements

 

Required Practicum

The PHM Program requires the student do a practicum in a local congregation or community agency within their area. During the practicum, the nurse will actually be responsible to set up the founding base unit for a Holistic Ministry of Nursing.

 

 

Application Schedule

Fall: 15 Sep

Winter: 15 Dec

Spring: 15 Mar

 

Fill out an APPLICATION now.