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Vol. 21, No. 1
Defining chaplaincy in a golden nugget
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Patient satisfaction scores: How reliable are they?By Michelle Lemiesz, MDiv, BCC Mount Carmel Health System in Columbus, OH, which is a member of the Trinity Health System, utilizes the Press Ganey patient satisfaction tool. Surveys are sent randomly to inpatients from all units except the intensive care units and to patients who have been seen in the emergency department. As is true for most hospital surveys, the bulk of the questions revolve around the patient’s experience with nursing and physician care... |
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What characteristics make chaplaincy a profession?By David Lichter, D. Min.
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Nomination Panel helps identify candidates for NACC BoardAt its October 2010 Board meeting, the NACC Board discerned its board needs for the coming years. We have two newly elected Board members for 2011, Jane Mather and Mary Lou O’Gorman. We will need another elected Board member for 2012, thus our leadership discernment process has begun anew... |
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Don’t miss out on 2011 Prayer Cards for World Day of the SickClick here to order 2011 prayer cards 
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ISSN: 1527-2370
Executive Editor
David A. Lichter, D.Min.
Editor
Laurie Hansen Cardona
Lcardona@nacc.org
Graphic Designer
Gina Rupcic
The National Association of Catholic
Chaplains advocates for the profession of
spiritual care and educates, certifies, and
supports chaplains, clinical pastoral
educators and all members who continue
the healing ministry of Jesus in the name of
the Church.
NACC Editorial Advisory Panel:
James Castello
Austine Duru
Marika Hanushevsky Hull
Sandra B. Lucas
Michele LeDoux Sakurai
Jane A. Mather
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What is professional chaplaincy and how do you explain the ministry to others so that they might better understand it? Two NACC members recognize the importance of encapsulating the non-negotiables of professional chaplaincy, although they express them in distinct ways and from different perspectives...
Happy New Year to you all! As we begin 2011 together, I cannot but look to our NACC Mission Statement for a renewal of purpose and direction. Do you remember how it begins? “The National Association of Catholic Chaplains advocates for the profession of spiritual care.”