Faith Community Nurses International upcoming events

Springing from Grief for Parish/Faith Community Nurses (04/30/2026)

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 23:00:00 GMT

Springing from Grief for Parish/Faith Commuity Nurses

Date: Thursday, April 30, 2026

Time: 6 pm to 7 pm Central Time on Zoom

Description: This session will cover how nurses witness, educate, support, and guide individuals through sorrowful times in their lives and need development of nuanced nursing skills to do so. Participants will participate in grief education activities to understand the ongoing process of the physical, emotional, and spiritual journey through the grief cycle and to facilitate the ability to name, claim, and reframe grief. They will learn strategies for sharing individual grief stories and facilitating healing among individuals and families in faith communities.

Bio: Peggy Weber is a RN who has worked in psychiatry and nursing throughout her career, with her last 17 years spent in parish nursing in Wisconsin. For years, she has been involved in course development for age-appropriate curricula for high school students, children’s groups, and age-appropriate programs for cancer patients. As a mental health advocate for patients and staff, she educated others on end-of-life issues, new life-threatening diagnoses, and communication/conflict issues. She facilitated crisis debriefing for years and was a frequent lecturer at area colleges. She is involved in faith communities and committees in the community such as United Way, the “No One Dies Alone” program, and non-profit boards including senior needs, health committee, and safe community initiatives. The Wisconsin Nurses Association named Weber the Psychiatric Nurse of the Year, and she volunteered for 5 mission trips in the past. Her volunteer facilitation currently includes a mental health support group, cancer support group (for over 20 years), and professional retreats. As a Certified Grief Educator, she facilitates numerous groups including those experiencing grief and those who have survived suicide.

Learning outcomes:
1. Discuss the challenges of people facing change, grief, and difficult times.
2. Identify 2 examples of their own strengths and resilience in supporting others in need.

Registration: CNE 1.0 ANCC contact hours. Link is on the home page.

$20 for Members; $40 for Nonmembers

Register: www.fcninternational.org

Practice Committee (05/07/2026)

Thu, 07 May 2026 21:00:00 GMT

FCNI Board Meeting (05/12/2026)

Tue, 12 May 2026 23:00:00 GMT

Annual Confeence Planning Committee (05/14/2026)

Thu, 14 May 2026 22:00:00 GMT

Education Committee meeting (05/28/2026)

Thu, 28 May 2026 05:00:00 GMT

Practice Committee (06/04/2026)

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 05:00:00 GMT

FCNI Board Meeting (06/09/2026)

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:00:00 GMT

Annual Confeence Planning Committee (06/11/2026)

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:00:00 GMT

CNE: A Primer on Research, EBP, and QI for the Faith Community Nurse (06/11/2026)

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 23:00:00 GMT

A Primer on Research, EBP, and QI for the Faith Community Nurse Date:

Thursday, June 11, 2026

Time: 6 pm to 7 pm Central Time on Zoom

Description: This session will cover the basics of nurses conducting scholarly inquiry including the process and examples of projects and/or studies in Evidence-Based Practice (EBP), Quality Improvement (QI), and Nursing Research, both Qualitative and Quantitative methods.

Bios: Mary Lynne Knighten, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, is a transformational academic and practice leader and a board-certified nurse executive with 40+ years of progressive management experience in leading patient care operations, developing staff, building clinical programs, improving patient satisfaction and quality outcomes, mitigating cost inefficiencies, controlling budgets, ensuring regulatory compliance, educating, conducting research, and negotiating contracts for major medical centers and teaching hospitals. She has taught RN-to-BSN and DNP programs at private faith-based universities. Dr. Knighten is a recognized expert, international speaker, and published author in the areas of leadership, palliative care, patient- and family-centered care, patient/family engagement, finance, health policy, and faith community nursing. Dr. Knighten is the Immediate Past-President for Faith Community Nurses International. She is currently a reviewer for nursing publications and an author of multiple articles and book chapters.

Donna Callaghan, PhD, RN-BC, CNE, is the Associate Dean of Teaching and Learning and Professor at Widener University Dwyer School of Nursing, Chester, PA and teaches the Research and EBP course in the undergraduate program. Dr. Callaghan is a Past President of FCNI and past chair of FCNI’s Research Committee. She is a certified faith community nurse (ANCC) and is the Coordinator of the Health and Wellness Ministry at her New Jersey church. She is the lead faculty for the Westberg Institute for Faith Community Nursing’s Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Curriculum at her university. Her program of research and community engagement focuses on health promotion within faith communities.

Lori Kokoszka PhD, RN is an assistant professor in the School of Nursing at Widener University in adult health and gerontology. She is a qualitative researcher and has published on caregiving of persons with Alzheimer’s disease. She recently expanded her research interests to include the experiences of individuals coping with sudden loss and its profound psychological and social impacts including her reflection about being a survivor herself. Her work emphasizes the need for compassionate interventions and shaping a more empathetic and informed approach to grief care and recovery.

Learning outcomes: At the conclusion of this session, learners will be able to:
1. Differentiate the characteristics of Evidence-based Practice (EBP), Quality Improvement (QI), and Research and how each relates to faith community nursing practice.
2. Identify the types and components of qualitative research.
3. Identify the steps of the quantitative research process.

Register: www.fcninternational.org

Scholarly Discussion: with Matthew Hottie (06/16/2026)

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 23:00:00 GMT

Hottle, M. D. (2025). Conservative Anabaptists Descriptions of Delay, Comfort in Connectedness, and Ease in Cultural Tension when Seeking and Responding to Healthcare. International Journal of Faith Community Nursing, 11(1), 7.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87861584411?pwd=cxOM0UVgbyi1BE16shy1zmcmvS5kyi.1

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Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:00:00 GMT

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Thu, 02 Jul 2026 05:00:00 GMT

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