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Parish Nurse

Wendy Bobadilla BSN, RN                                     Contact: wbobadilla@sjnchurch.com; 803-788-3252 ext 330

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CPR/First Aid Classes (American Heart Association)

Interested in learning CPR/1st Aid?  Please contact:

Wendy at 803-788-3252, ext 330 or email at wbobadilla@sjnchurch.com

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C-19 Vax Recommend

 

Vaccine Results

 

 

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COVID-19 

Do you need assistance getting your COVID-19 Vaccination?  Please contact Wendy Bobadilla, the Parish Nurse at 803-788-3252, ext 330, for assistance.

 People 5 years old and older are eligible for the vaccine.

Please follow local/state/federal guidelines for Mask protocols.  Please help prevent the spread of Covid-19 by

-Getting Fully Vaccinated

-Follow Protocols for where you are

-Wear a Mask, know your risk factors when deciding to or to not wear a mask 

-Keep Social Distancing, what does the situation dictate/encourage to keep you healthy?

-Wash your Hands/Hand sanitize when you can't wash=You can NEVER GO WRONG WASHING YOUR HANDS!!

-Get tested for Covid-19, as necessary, visit https://store.usps.com/ to get free test kits

PLEASE THINK OF OTHERS

There is a lot of information available regarding the virus and what you should be doing.  Please visit www.cdc.gov, www.SCDHEC.gov, for the most up-to-date information.

 

Feeling Particularly Distressed/Anxious regarding the Pandemic of COVID-19?

You can call 1-800-985-5990, the Disaster Distress Helpline that provides crisis counseling for people experiencing emotional distress related to natural or human-caused disasters.  Visit the website www.samhsa.gov, for more information and ways to contact them other than calling - such as texting or for help in languages other than English.

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Looking for Ways to Improve your Health?

Check out the NIH's program - Your "Healthiest Self"

The NIH have come up with a toolkit, to help everyone be their "Healthiest Self".

Each person's "Healthiest Self" is different.  We have different bodies, minds, living situations, and people influencing our lives.  Each area can impact your overall health.  This means we each have a unique set of health needs.  For more information, visit www.nih.gov/health-information/your-healthiest-self-wellness-toolkit.

The Checklists are in English and Spanish.

What surrounds you each day in your home, work, or neighborhood can affect your health.  Here are some tips to make your environment safer:

Environmental Wellness Checklist

Emotional Wellness is the ability to successfully handle life's stresses and adapt to change and difficult times.  Here are tips for improving your emotional health:

Emotional Wellness Checklist

Positive social habits can help you build support systems and stay healthier mentally and physically.  Here are some tips for connecting with others:

Social Wellness Checklist

Positive physical health habits can help decrease your stress, lower your risk of disease, and increase your energy.  Here are tips for improving your physical health:

Physical Wellness Checklist

Health screenings, vaccines, and guarding yourself from germs and bugs can help keep you feeling your best.  Here are tips to help you better prevent diseases:

Disease Prevention Checklist

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Fighting the Flu

The MOST important thing you can do is get your flu shot! 

Sign up at the flu shot clinic at St. John Neumann church/school, or stop by almost any pharmacy or health dept. to get your shot.  Your doctor may offer them as well.

Flu season is November thru May, the best time to get your flu shot is Mid-October, the shot takes 2 weeks to be effective.

The Flu Shot CANNOT give you the flu! 

Other things to do to help prevent not only the flu but other sicknesses are:

-WASH YOUR HANDS

-East right - fruits, vegetables and low-fat proteins

-Get enough rest

-Try to keep your stress levels down (I know how difficult this is)

-Drink enough water/fluids

-Exercise Regularly (Our virtual Walk to Bethlehem starts Sept. 23, 2019, come join us!)

-If you are immunocompromised, avoid crowds.  Attend Mass on the weekdays, instead of the weekend.

-If you are NOT feeling well, please stay home!

-If you feel like you have the flu, please CALL your health care provider as soon as possible, let them know your symptoms, and they will discuss with you what will be best for you to do.

 

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SJN Exercise Class

Tuesdays and Fridays IN-PERSON & VIA ZOOM at 10:30 am to 11:45 am

IN-PERSON CLASS is in Gillin Hall

Everyone is welcome!  Classes are Free.  Wear comfortable loose-fitting clothes.

Program is the Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program

This is an excellent program for people with any mobility issues, in need of an activity program that stretches and works the whole body and all its joints.

Expect to see improvements in balance, strength and flexibility.  Stand straighter, feel better and HAVE FUN!

Questions?  Contact Wendy at 803-788-3252 ext 330, 803-413-4797, or wbobadilla@sjnchurch.com 

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Tai Chi Classes

at St. John Neumann Church

100 Polo Road, Columbia, SC 29223

Mondays at 4pm and Thursdays at 3:30pm

Tuesdays at 4pm (this class is by invitation only)

Classes are free and everyone is welcome!

For more information, please contact Wendy Bobadilla at wbobadilla@sjnchurch.com or 803-788-3252 ext 330 or 803-413-4797. 

 

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A Nurse's Prayer

Give me Strength and wisdom,

When others need my touch;

A soothing word to speak to them,

Their hearts yearn for so much.

Give me joy and laughter,

To lift a weary soul;

Pour in me compassion,

To make the broken whole.

Give me gentle, healing hands,

For those left in my care;

A blessing to those who need me,

This is a Nurse's Prayer.

By Allison Chambers Coxsey

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Prayer for National Disasters

Compassionate Lord, we pray for those who have been devastated by recent natural disasters.  We remember those who have lost their lives so suddenly.  We hold in our hearts the families forever changed by grief and loss.  Bring them consolation and comfort.  Surround them with our prayers for strength.  Bless those who have survived and heal their memories of trauma and devastation.  May they have the courage to face the long road of rebuilding ahead.  We ask this in Jesus' name, Amen.

From 

www.catholicclimatecovenant.org

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What is a Parish Nurse, also known as a Faith Community Nurse (FCN)?

Faith Community Nursing is a specialized practice of professional nursing that focuses on the intentional care of the spirit as well as the promotion of whole-person health and the prevention or minimization of illness within the context of a faith community and the wider community.  An FCN is a registered nurse who is actively licensed in a given state and who serves as a member of the staff of a faith community.  The FCN promotes health as wholeness of the faith community, its groups, families, and individual members through the practice of nursing as defined by that state's nurse practice act in the jurisdiction in which the FCN practices and the standards of practice.

The Parish Nurse/Faith Community Nurse promotes whole-person care across the life span using the skills of a professional nurse and provider of spiritual care.  The FCN provides care during multiple encounters with parishioners over extended periods of time, which may include healthy growth and development as well as periods of change in functional level, illness, loss, and grief.

The Parish Nurse/FCN provides spiritual care in the faith community as well as in the broader community. 

The goals of the Parish Nurse/Faith Community Nurse are:

     -Protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities;

     -Prevention of illness and injury;

     -Facilitation of healing;

     -Alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human responses; and

     -Advocacy in the context of the values, beliefs, and practices of a faith community.

  From: Faith Community Nursing, 3rd Edition; Scope and Standards of Practice