The Nursing Division of the Spiritual Care Association focuses on the spiritual dimension of professional nursing practice including registered nurses, advanced practice and specialty practice nurses from a wide variety of hospital and non-hospital-based settings.
The Nursing Division of the Spiritual Care Association proudly partners with the Westberg Institute of Faith Community Nursing to support the advancement of the spiritual care component of nursing practice as an integral aspect of high-quality whole person care for all including the professional providing the care.
Mission:
Our mission is to support best-practice nursing spiritual care and self-care through education, mentoring, and resources for nursing professionals and nursing-related organizations.
Vision:
- All nurses will have access to high quality, practical spiritual care information.
- Nurses specializing in spiritual care as a component of whole-person care will be recognized for their expertise.
- Nursing-related organizations will work in partnership with SCA to improve health outcomes and support the health of professional care providers.
Why Join?
If you are a nurse interested in incorporating spiritual care into your practice, the Nursing Division of the Spiritual Care Association is perfect for you.
Advance your career!
Learn about the specialty practice of faith community nursing and spiritual care aspects of professional nursing through resources, courses, and presentations from national and international experts. As you develop knowledge of spiritual care and strengthen your understanding of other faiths and cultures, you will also explore your inner self as you strengthen your personal spirituality. As a member of the Nursing Division of SCA, you will find opportunities to find fellowship with nursing colleagues and other allied health professions such as social workers and chaplains, work with a mentor or become a mentor to increase your confidence as a healthcare provider assisting hospitals and other healthcare organizations to integrate spiritual care back into health.
Benefits of membership include:
- Affiliation with worldwide spiritual care experts
- Access to the latest spiritual care research and best practices
- Spiritual care articles and opportunities to write articles for Grand Rounds and other SCA publications.
- Discounted webinars from the Westberg Institute and the SCA Education Center including the Spiritual Care Generalist Certificate
- Significantly discounted rates for the annual Westberg Symposium at the Caring for the Human Spirit Conference
- Fellowship and ongoing communications with nurses from around the world through specialty groups on our FCN Knowledge Sharing Platform
- Access to mentors and other experts in the field to assist you with developing your spiritual care expertise
- Discounts for the FCN to Certified Chaplain and Board Certified Chaplain tracts
- Access to archived webinars and articles related to nursing, spiritual care, and FCN research
- Free Spiritual Care Tips emailed regularly
- Discounts for the Journal of Christian Nursing and Nurses Christian Fellowship Membership
- Opportunities to attend Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) through our partners at ICPT.edu
How to Join?
Membership is $95 annually and it includes all the member benefits listed above. During the registration process, select the “Professional – Nurse Membership” to be added to the Nursing Division of SCA.Click here to download our Nursing Division brochure.
Questions?
Education and Training Program for Nurses
The Westberg Institute for Faith Community Nursing is now a program of the SCA Nursing Division.
To get more information about the Westberg Institute, faith community nursing and available resources, please click here.
Foundations of Faith Community Nursing
Foundations of Faith Community Nursing is a 36.5-hour course focusing on the entry-level knowledge necessary for FCN practice. Its sections include spirituality, professionalism, wholistic health and community. This course fulfills the educational requirement for entry into practice in faith community nursing.
The 4-hour Educator Course is a webinar for faculty identified by educational partner organizations that have contracted with the Westberg Institute to provide the 2019 Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Course (the 2024 edition is coming soon).
Click here to learn more about Foundations of Faith Community Nursing.
Updates in Transitional Care Series
(Part 1 and Part 2)
The Updates in Transitional Care Series assists the participant to discover best-practice, research-based methods to enhance the care of people experiencing transition from one level of care to another by encouraging collaboration between the hospital and faith community in order to encourage wholistic health. Transitional care enhances the patient discharge experience from hospital to home and strives to eliminate unnecessary hospital re-admissions. Nursing professional development (CNE) contact hours will be provided. The Spiritual Care Association Nursing Division is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
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Become an FCN Coordinator
The FCN Coordinator Courses are being updated. Watch for updates via the monthly eBulletin and on the FCN Knowledge Sharing Platform.
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The Westberg Symposium is the Premier gathering and networking event for Faith Community Nurses around the world. The Westberg Symposium is held in conjunction with the Caring for the Human Spirit conference®.
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The SCA Online Learning Center offers courses for nurses interested in strengthening their spiritual care training based on standardized, evidence-based scope of practice and quality indicators developed by interdisciplinary panels of experts. These courses or self-guided and can be completed at your own pace. Nursing professional development (CNE) contact hours will be provided. The SCA Nursing Division is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Click here to access the catalog of courses.
Advanced Educator’s Series
Based on the 2024 Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Curriculum created by the Westberg Institute, this interactive webinar series is for new and experienced lead faculty, additional educators affiliated with an educational partner organization and others interested in becoming educators. By completing the webinar, participants will be better prepared to plan, market, fund, conduct, and evaluate a Foundations of Faith Community Nursing course according to best-practice standards.
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Perspectives: Nursing Spiritual Care and Faith Community Nursing Practice is a publication of the SCA Nursing Division and the Westberg Institute. It features research news, educational articles and practical stories about the different aspects of faith community nursing practice along with spiritual care information and resources for nurses in all practice settings. Perspectives is published twice annually with occasional special themed issues and is a free benefit exclusively available to SCA members.
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Westberg Newsletters
The Westberg Institute routinely sends out newsletters, called Bulletin, to keep nursing professional informed of the latest news. Below are the most recent newsletters:
August 30, 2023
August 9, 2023
August 2, 2023
July 18, 2023
July 12, 2023