B1
Healing Soul Injury When Trauma Collides with Faith 
Rev. Dr. A'Shellarien Addison, Army Chaplain, Delaware Army National Guard

 

Workshop Summary:
This workshop will introduce Soul injury with a path to spiritual healing for faith-filled trauma survivors as they move from their current traumatized emotional state to a spiritually managed trauma recovery healing state through a therapeutic approach called S.H.I.F.T. (Spiritually Healing Inner-Emotions Focused Therapy).

 

 

B2
Navigating Family Readiness: The Role of the Chaplain in Transition to In-Patient Hospice
John E. Forsythe, BCC, MDiv, Staff Chaplain
Brian Blankenship, MD, Neurology Resident
University of Missouri Health Care

 

Workshop Summary:
There is a growing need to provide a standardized approach for in-patient hospice. Healthcare systems must identify patients and families in need, ensure timely supportive care, and work throughout the multidisciplinary team to ensure seamless care transitions for patients qualified for in-patient hospice. Chaplains play a significant role in advancing these goals. Due to their interaction with frontline staff, chaplains provide essential information to care teams and providers regarding end-of-life care. The need for clarity in communication in goals of care discussions is heightened; chaplains ensure readiness to have those discussions. We will examine the overall process of conversion to General In-Patient Hospice and the role of the chaplain to evaluate readiness, to communicate readiness to the clinicians, and to help families navigate a goals of care meeting where the plans to provide curative care may now shift to provide a palliative option in the form of in-patient hospice.

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B3
Don't Forget to Document!
Rev. Beverly R. Bateman, MSN, RN, Faith Community Nurse Coordinator|Educator, BCMMHC, CTP, RN Program Coordinator, Providence Alaska Medical Center | Alaska Faith Community Nurse Resource Center

Workshop Summary:
Literature review of faith community nurse (FCN) documentation practices as well as conversations with FCNs from many areas of the country indicate that documenting care faces many challenges. This workshop will explore answers to many of the questions asked and offer tools for the trade. Don't let the word documentation scare you off! We can do this!

 

 

B4
Chaplaincy for Dementia Caregivers
Rev. Judy Long   BCC, Palliative Care Chaplain and Educator
University of California San Francisco (UCSF)

Workshop Summary:
What do dementia caregivers really worry about?  What really helps?

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B5
The Role of Evidence-Based Spiritual Care for Increased IDT Effectiveness
N.C. Clair, M.S., M.T.S., CF, BCC, Chaplain, Clinical Spiritual Care-Hospice, Palliative, Critical Care, Gentiva Hospice

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Workshop Summary:
This workshop will outline the importance of fully integrating research-driven, evidence-based approaches to spiritual care to support positive health outcomes and to increase colleague support for other IDT/IDG team members.

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B6
The Healing Role of Spiritual Care in Making Mind-Body Connections
Matthew Heyn, Director for Spiritual Care, USC Arcadia Hospital and USC Keck Medicine
Doug Longstaffe, Regional Director for Spiritual Care and Multifaith Services, Vancouver Coastal Health

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Workshop Summary:
This workshop will reflect on the history of the relationship between mind-body key to developing a professional trajectory for Spiritual Care Practitioners (i.e. Chaplains) in an age wherein there is an emerging recognition that spirituality is scientifically beneficial for one’s physical health. Based upon the research findings of psychoneuroimmunology, CAM (Contemporary Alternative Medicine), and the highly documented “placebo effect,” spirituality can positively affect physical health outcomes. However, evidence has not always led to practical actions from chaplains in healthcare settings. Utilizing the metaphor of a “tapestry,” the authors argue that a dialectical method implies leadership strategies on the promotion of mind-body integration within one’s healthcare context. The presenters off tips on how this emerging opportunity for our profession can help us regain recognition in augmenting existing physical means of treatment. We offer practical interventions.

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