Parish nursing involves professional issues that include assessments and evaluations of services needed. The parish nurse must be knowledgeable about:
1. How clergy are trained and their areas of expertise
2. The economic status of the parishioners and their ability to pay the parish nurse
3. The policies and procedures of the religious order in which they practice
4. Lines of authority and channels of communication in the faith community
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Parish nurses must be knowledgeable about lines of authority and channels of communication as well as personnel decisions and how these are made in the congregation.
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