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Why has the name changed from “Parish Nursing” to “Faith Community Nursing”?

April 26, 2017changed faith community nursing

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Why has the name changed from “Parish Nursing” to “Faith Community Nursing”?

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The term Parish Nurse came about in the 80s when this practice was first started by a Chicago Lutheran chaplain, Granger Westberg. Recently the American Nursing Association wrote a revised Scope and Standards for this nursing specialty. The ANA needed a term to describe this specialty which would be universal – hence Faith Community Nursing.