St. Mary's Parish Nurse Ministry Program
Ruth E. Williams, RN, MEPD, MSN

Peace to all in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. "Entrust your works to the Lord, and your plans will succeed." (Proverbs 16:3) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Pittsburgh,PA...This compilation of Parish Nurse Ministry newsletters covers three and a half years of concern for the health of body, mind, and soul. Each newsletter coincides with a calendar month's concepts and aspects of life and faith: care of the heart, strokes, skin cancer, care for caregivers, the power of prayer and healing, diabetes, forgiveness, faith and health, clean air, hope, vision, and loneliness versus solitude, to name a few. And every month's newsletter blends Scripture with healthful interventions to make our lives happier.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ruth E. Williams RN,MEPD,MSN, a Wisconsin native, has been a parish nurse since 1992, and an instructor of nursing for sixteen years at Viterbo University and twelve years for Southwest Wisconsin Technical College. "The parish nurse," she says, "is the listener. Parish nurses do therapeutic listening. They listen with their ears as well as their whole being and their heart. Parish nurses listen to every word of their patients/clients in order to intervene for their need, to help them spiritually, physically,and emotionally." This was the subject for her master's thesis "Use of Active Listening as an Intervention by RNs in Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Community Health Agencies and Other Areas of Practice," 1991. DORRANCE PUBLISHING CO., INC. is pleased to announce the publication of A COLLECTION OF PARISH NURSE NEWSLETTERS ($10.00) ISBN# 0-8059-7067-3, paperback, Publication Date:July 17, 2006. For more information please contact Jessica Cunningham Stillwell, Promotion Manager, at 701 Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, phone 412-288-4543 or fax 412-434-8430. To place an order, or to learn more concerning information, please call our Merchandising Coordinator at 800-788-7654, or order on-line here: www.dorrancebookstore.com/coofpanune.html. John 10:10 states, "I have come that you may have life, and have it more abundantly."