Professional Experience |
| Nurses Christian Fellowship (NCF), Publications
Director |
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Responsible for planning and developing
written and multimedia materials relating to spiritual
care, ethics and professional development from a Christian
perspective, 1992 to present |
| Director, NCF Press |
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Publishing books and resources that enable nurses to
view nursing through the eyes of faith, 2002 to present
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Editor, Journal of Christian Nursing |
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Responsible for planning, developing and
editing a 56 page quarterly professional journal, 1990
to February 2004. |
| Adjunct Faculty Yonsei University |
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http://nurse.yonsei.ac.kr/
Seoul, Korea, 2001 |
| Adjunct Faculty North Park University |
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www.northpark.edu
Chicago, 1998 |
| NCF Resource Developer |
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Writing materials, see "publications",
1987-1990 & 1976-1981 |
| NCF
Eastern Area Director |
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Supervised five field staff members,
Fund raising, 1985-1987 |
| NCF
Associate Director of Resources, 1981-1984 |
| NCF Campus Staff, 1970-1974 |
| Correspondent |
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Writing occasional articles
Pottstown (PA) Mercury, 1987 |
| Staff Nurse, Lankenau Hospital |
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Charge nurse, 1974-1976 www.mainlinehealth.org/lh |
| Family Practice Nurse |
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Patient assessment, direct care
and teaching, Springfield, OH, 1967-1970 |
| Staff
Nurse, Mercy Medical Center |
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Night charge nurse, Springfield,
OH, 1966-1967 http://216.68.156.42/regions/springfield/content/show_facility.asp?facility_id=36
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Courses
Taught |
Theology
of Caring and Health (3 sem. hr. graduate course) |
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North Park University, Chicago
(with John Weborg and Joan Zetterlund) August 1998
Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
(with Arlene Miller) July 2001 |
Basic Parish Nurse
Preparation Course:
Sections on theology of nursing and spiritual care |
|
Fellowship Deaconry, Liberty Corner,
NJ,
(With Arlene Miller and Marabel Kersey) April 2001
& 2002 |
Professional
Activities: Workshops and Seminars |
The
Knowledge Base of Nursing: |
|
NCFI Conference, plenary presentation, Herriot-Watt
University, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 4, 2000
with Arlene
Miller Korean NCF Summer Conference
Suwon, Korea, July 10-12, 2001 |
When Paradigms
Shift: A Worldviews Approach: |
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BriahLGH Center for Bioethics Conference,
plenary presentation Lincoln, Nebraska, October
13, 1999 |
Putting
It Into Practice...A Health Ministry in Your Church: |
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One-day workshop sponsored by Pottstown Memorial Medical
Center, and St. Joseph's Medical Center Pottstown,
PA Reading, PA October 1999 |
Toward a Theology
of Nursing: |
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Paper presentation at the Wheaton Theology Conference
Wheaton, April 1999 |
Spirituality and
Spiritual Care in Nursing Practice: |
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One-day workshop sponsored by Pottstown Memorial Medical
Center and St. Joseph's Medical Center, Pottstown,
PA
Reading, PA, October 1998 Sacred Heart Hospital
Allentown, PA, November 17, 1999 |
Walking with Patients
through Pain: |
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NCF Brunch Chicago area, September 1998 |
Values That Give
Us Courage: Contemplation, Community, Compassion: |
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Three one-hour plenary sessions at the North American
Conference for Nurses, "Jesus Christ: the Hope of
Nursing," San Diego, California, June
1998 |
Working Toward
Shalom: |
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Paper presentation Lindeboom Instituut, Ede, The
Netherlands, May 1998 Paper presentation at
Trinity International University conference co-sponsored
by Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity, Christian Medical
Society, Nurses Christian Fellowship and Christian Legal
Society, "The Changing Face of Health Care,",
July 1997 |
Spiritual Care: |
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Nurses Evangelical Fellowship Conference, Taipei,
Taiwan, 1992 Lankenau Hospital, Philadelphia,
PA, 1988 Eastern College School of Nursing,
St. Davids, PA, 1988 Korean Christian
Nurses Association, Seoul, Korea, 1987 |
Christian Ethics
in Nursing: |
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Nurses Evangelical Fellowship Conference, Taipei,
Taiwan, July 1992 Korean Christian Nurses
Association Conference, Seoul, Korea, July 1992 Messiah College NCF Conference, Harrisburg,
PA, April 1992 North American Conference
for Nurses, Northwestern College, Minneapolis, MN,
June 1991 NCF Summer Conference, Cedar
Campus, MI, June 1989 Nurses Christian
Fellowship International Conference, Eastern College,St.
Davids, PA, July 1988 |
Writing for Publication: |
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Nurses Christian Fellowship Summer Conferences, 1983,
84, 85, 90, 92, 97, 2002 North American Conference
for Nurses, Samford University, Birmingham, AL,
1994 Nurses Christian Fellowship International Conference,
Hong Kong, 1996 Sigma Theta Tau Conference,
James Madison University, 2004 |
Bringing
Good News to Today's Nursing Culture: |
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Nurses Christian Fellowship Leadership Conference, Samford
University, 1994 |
Knowing God in
Nursing: Living the Truth: |
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Nurses Christian Fellowship Summer Conference, Cedar
Campus, Michigan, 1995 Lutheran Theological
Seminary, Nurses Conference, Gettysburg (PA),
1995 |
Spirituality: Reaching
Toward the Unseen: with Arlene Miller |
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North Central Pennsylvania Nursing Education Consortium, May 9, 1996 District 16 Pennsylvania Nurses Association
program, Oct. 1996 |
Christian Concepts
in Curriculum Development: with Arlene Miller |
|
Nurses Christian Fellowship International Conference,
Hong Kong, 1996 Korean Nurses Christian
Fellowship Summer Conference, Suwon, Korea, 1996 |
Health Ministries:
A Dual Degree Program for Graduate Nursing Education: |
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Poster session at the Medical College of Virginia School
of Nursing/Sigma Theta Tau Annual Nursing Lectureship,
November 1997 Presented at the Westberg Parish
Nurse Symposium, September 1999 |
Honors
and Awards |
Sigma Theta Tau National Honor Society for
Nurses www.nursingsociety.org
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Lambda Kappa Chapter, 1998 |
Hoh Award |
|
Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia,
1975 |
Aid
Association for Lutherans Award for Outstanding Scholarship,
1975 |
Outstanding Young
Women of America, 1980 |
Who's Who in American
Nursing, 1986 present |
Evangelical Press Association www.gospelcom.net/epa |
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Higher Goals Award (First Place), Editoria,
1992 |
Evangelical Press
Association |
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Award of Merit, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2002 |
Evangelical
Press Association |
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Award of Excellence, 2001 |
Evangelical Press Association |
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Higher Goals Award (Third Place), 1991,
1996 |
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