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Parish Nurse and Health Minister Support Meeting

Parish Nurse and Health Minister Support Meeting
Sat. Feb. 9, 2008
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Mercy Hospital
Sr. M. Ferdinand Clark Auditorium

Topics:

Stroke Prevention

  • Stroke screenings and educational programs for your church
  • Learn to identify signs and symptoms of a stroke
  • Learn about the newest treatment

    Speaker: Kathy Seiler, RN, BSN
    Mercy Stroke Prevention Coordinator


    Automated External Defibrillators
  • Should your church have an AED?
  • What’s an AED Program?
  • Discounted AEDs for churches
  • New CPR/AED Standards

    Speaker: Frank Poliafico, RN, BSN
    Director, Initial Life Support Foundation

    Call or e-mail to register.
    No charge for the meeting.
    Earn 2 CEs. Cost $20

    Share your own program ideas with other participants

    Free parking in the Mercy garage

     

    New Resources

    Recipes for Caring: An Expression of Parish Nursing and Health Ministry
    Our nurses have compiled a 184 page book of stories about parish nursing, program ideas, poems and favorite recipes. These varied ways of caring will warm your heart, encourage you in your ministry and fill you with good food. Donation $10

    Blood Pressure Training and Course
    Attend a four hour class to learn and review the one and two step method for taking blood pressures. Call to register interest. A class will be scheduled according to participation. Cost $20. Earn 4 CNEs.

    Blood Pressure Training Kit now available with DVD
    Our Blood Pressure Training Kit is now available for purchase. It contains a teaching DVD and a CD of useful handouts to refresh your nursing staff in the most accurate way to take a blood pressure. Cost, $40 introductory offer.
    Price will be $60 after January 31, 2008.
     

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