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Jaclyn Herzlinger RN on helping nurses connect

On Recognizing Your Worth and Potential

I am a Faith Community Nurse. I am Jewish. I direct a nursing program in Springfield, NJ for three synagogues. One is Orthodox, one is Conservative, and one Reform. I also work for the St. Barnabas Healthcare System as a hospice nurse. I have been in community nursing, oncology and hospice for twenty years.

If it were not for chaplains along the way, I would no longer be working in the field. As Rev. Larry Austin said in a recent issue of PlainViews (Vol.2, No. 22), if you are not careful, “pain will sneak up and steal your soul.” For helping me remain in my profession, I would like to thank: Rabbi Moshe Abramowitz, Rabbi Richard Address, Cantor Amy Daniels, Rabbi Goeffrey Dennis, Reverend Jeffrey Garland, Rabbi Joshua Goldstein, Rabbi Ephraim Karp, Rabbi Zvi Karpel, Sister Janet Lehman, Rabbi Mark Mallach, Father John O’Brien, Dr. Carol Ochs, and Rabbi Simkha Weintraub. Some of these individuals knew they were ministering to a troubled soul. Others helped perhaps unknowingly with their innate goodness and sensitivity.

I have a more important point.

There are hundreds of thousands of registered nurses in this country. For those whose education level is Bachelor and beyond, TWENTY FIVE PER CENT of their practice is by definition in the spiritual domain. They (we) all took Nursing 101 or the equivalent. We saw the words. NOwhere in my nursing school or elsewhere was there any formal information on how to serve the Spiritual Domain. Each individual has had to seek this knowledge for her or himself. Many of us have done so.

Chaplaincy education is what I need. Now that you have identified your profession for me, I challenge you to help me and all nurses, not only for our own sustenance, but for the well being of our patients. Your influence will be extended exponentially. You will help promote a kinder, gentler world. Please help educate nurses. To those in your denomination, offer tutoring and courses in how to use the tenants of your own theology to help others of your faith. Help nurses connect spiritually to all their patients. Help us learn how better to serve the spiritual part of the self.

Jaclyn Herzlinger RN, has a degree in English from Smith College and nursing credentials from Rutgers University. In 1998 she approached Rabbi Richard Address of the Union of Reform Judaism with the Parish Nurse format, which is now known as Faith Community Nursing. She asked for help introducing the service to the greater Jewish caring community. Progress has been slow, but there is now the beginning of a nursing element in each of the major movements of Judaism.



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10/5/2005 Vol. 2, No. 17 - The Rev. Emanuel Williams: evangelizing v. proselytizing
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4/6/2005 Vol. 2, No. 5 - The Rev. Dr. Walter J. Smith, S.J. : identity and ongoing efforts to trust each other
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3/2/2005 Vol. 2, No. 3 - The Rev. John D. Emmart: seeing the sameness in each other
2/16/2005 Vol. 2, No. 2 - Chaplain Jim Rowland:  a Professional Effort Toward the Process at Life's End
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