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What is the history of the Meritus Medical Center Parish Nursing Program?

April 26, 2017center History medical meritus nursing Parish program

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What is the history of the Meritus Medical Center Parish Nursing Program?

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Gail Petre, RN, MS, pioneered the parish nursing program at Washington County Hospital in 1996. Six congregations joined in partnership with this new and exciting health ministry. Those churches were Hagerstown Church of the Brethren, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Welty Church of the Brethren, Christ’s Reformed United Church of Christ, Hancock United Methodist Church, and Mt. Zion Mennonite Church. Ms. Petre retired in 1998, and Wendy Zimmerman, RN, BSN, took on the parish nurse coordinator role. Currently, Meritus Health partners with fifty congregations and supports the work of over one hundred unpaid parish nurses.