1.
Recruit one or more members on
Membership Committee 2.
Connect and establish relationships
with the FCN Networks in all Regions by continuing to reach them by phone or
email. 3.
Recruit
a minimum of 25 additional members. a.
Membership
drive for new members March/April with a drawing. 4.
Maintain a retention rate of 90% of
2021 members 5.
Promote, expand, and encourage
members to invite non-members to Peer Sharing Gatherings. a.
Have all Directors encourage those
attending to do this each meeting. 6.
Reach out to churches and synod
offices of other Lutheran denominations for finding FCNs and/or promoting
FCN. 7.
Develop
a follow-up methodology for contacting lapsed members.
Grants
Committee
1. Offer
two $750 grants to congregations in 2022 2. Finalize
the Rubric for grant application review 3. Modify
grant guidelines and other forms as needed
Education
Committee
1. Host
4 education events in 2022, content/topics based on member feedback 2. Apply
for CEUs for all events 3. In
collaboration with the outreach committee, plan an education event for
schools of nursing partners on the role of the FCN and offering a FCN
Community Health experience or another topic. 4. Offer
a free (no registration) event as part of the annual membership meeting of
the organization
Communications
Committee
1. Based on
Google Analytics, develop a benchmark document for the most useful indicators
of website utilization. 2. Increase
ELPNA Newsletter Click rate to 60% a. Promote
member’s contributions to the newsletter, a minimum of two per issue. b. Improve
the number of likes and followers on our Facebook page to 185 each. 3. Evaluate
and update the ELPNA website to improve the appearance and usability a. Develop
a Power Point presentation that promote Parish Nursing/Faith Community
Nursing in congregations including what is a PN/FCN and impact of PN/FCN to
the congregation b. Provide
PNs/FCNs with educational programs that can be used to educate congregants
and colleagues. c. Add
Assessment tools, contracts 4. Increase
the number of photos on the web site related to parish nurse activities and
promote the use of the photo release form. 5. Keep
Regional pages updated by: a. Update
each Regional page a minimum of twice a year. b. Encourage
each regional director to regularly examine and update their Regional
page. 6. Update
the Brochure and evaluate the need for a printed copy 7. Develop
various ways to improve visibility, communication, and support for Lutheran
PN/FCN a. Orientation
class for new members or orientation to WA b. ELPNA
Effusion – (Possible name of this discussion forum) bring issue to discuss c. Enhancing
local communication with other health care agencies, synods d. Display
for congregations to have for events and for synod events e. Encouraging
publications from ELPNA to IJFCN and JCN f. Supporting
members to present (poster or podium) at conferences to represent ELPNA
Outreach Committee
1. Establish and further ELPNA’s relationship with
seminaries. a. Letters
were sent to the 10 Lutheran seminaries last fall with 3 responses. b. Send
a follow-up e-letter with a link to the ELPNA resources to share with faculty
and students. c. Continue
to develop contacts with the seminaries through personal connections. 2. Collaborate
with Lutheran College Schools of Nursing to increase knowledge of faith
community nursing as a specialty practice within nursing. a. Letters
were sent to 23 Lutheran SsON last fall with 3 responses which we responded
to b. Work
with the Education Committee to develop an educational program via Zoom for
the community nursing faculty of these schools focusing
on the spiritual component of the practice; the various congregational
structures; how this role fits into
community health; the variety of experiences within the congregation and the
larger community; the Scope and Standards for Faith Community Nursing; a Q & A time; and information about
ELPNA as an organization, the web
site, and resources available for congregations. c. Explore
expanding our connections with secular SON through the zoom program. Several members have provided clinical
experiences for students enrolled in secular SON. d. Discuss
with the Membership Committee the idea of creating a Affiliate membership
category for Lutheran SON faculty. 3. Establish and
further relationship with Lutheran denominational and Synod leaders, and with
the national ELCA office. a. Continue
working with the staff at churchwide on placing questions about faith
community nursing on any survey going to congregations. b. Contact
staff in the new home area of churchwide, Service and Justice, about a zoom meeting to
discuss our organization and possible connections within the organization.
Parish nursing will fall under this
section led by Rafael Malpica Padilla,
in the new structure. c. Continue
meeting with LC-MS parish nurse representatives to discuss possible areas of collaboration.
Carol will be making a presentation at
the annual conference in May and ELPNA will have an informational display and
letter of welcome in the conference brochure. d. In
an effort to identify parish nursing in the local congregations, a suggestion
was made to send e- letters to the bishops in
each synod within a region asking about parish nursing in their
congregations. This was done in Region
7 with some positive results. This
would also provide a connections within each synod office for placement of
information about our organization and the grants available to congregations. e. Continue
to work with Gather Magazine in providing articles about parish nursing. One suggestions: How did congregations survive during the
COVID pandemic?
Public Health
Advisory Committee
1. Receive
suggestions from members for potential gift recipients of our charitable
contribution that follow our giving guidelines of promoting justice,
compassion, and respect for human life. 2. Evaluate
options where ELPNA’s 2022 charitable contribution will be directed and make
a recommendation to the board.
Bylaws Committee
1. Review the ELPNA Bylaws and
propose recommended changes to the board