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Vision
- July-August 2017
  - Behavioral health patients in the emergency department get interdisciplinary approach
  - Breaking the sound barrier: Chaplains, speech therapists help stroke survivors
  - Chaplain and case manager collaborate on difficult patient
  - Chaplains need skill and confidence to write effective chart notes
  - Chaplains’ interdisciplinary role has made progress
  - Doubt becomes opportunity to grow in faith
  - How do others on the team use chaplains?
  - Interdisciplinary chaplains: Perspectives from research
  - Pediatric team of specialists help each other work better
  - Physician and chaplain team up for patients with heart failure
  - The interdisciplinary team model: Clinician perspectives
  - Transdisciplinary care:
    The next frontier
- May-June 2017
  - A Diverse Set of Workshops
  - Business meeting: Past successes, future opportunities
  - Every year, conference brings renewal and fellowship
  - Is research part of our Emmaus journey?
  - Literary dialogue partner invites reframing of story
  - Love is Contagious: Anointing
  - Many paths, one truth; many faiths, one God
  - Megan McKenna: Walking the road, telling the story
  - NACC’s road to Emmaus covers a lot of ground
  - Newly certified chaplains get warm welcome
  - On the road to interpretation
  - Recognition for Nancy Cook, George Fitchett, Cecille Asekoff
  - Restored and renewed
  - Reyes offers catalytic conversions with conversing narratives
  - Wind of the Spirit pushes retreat participants
  - ‘Art of Dying’ translates imperfectly to secular age
- September-October 2017
  - Facilitation skills necessary in many settings
  - How has the certification procedure changed?
  - Learning to see through the door
  - NACC certification: Meeting the hardest competencies
  - Revised competencies took a lot of work and collaboration
  - Skill at assessments carries many other benefits
  - Summer institute makes research more accessible
  - Understanding organization’s culture helps to cope with change
  - Understanding the business of healthcare
  - What does endorsement for ministry mean?
- January-February 2017
  - Creating a culture of patient- and family-centered care:
    The role of chaplains
  - Finding the spirituality
    in all of life
  - Home care ministry includes family caregivers, too
  - Spiritual Care in a Public Healthcare System
  - Spiritual care helped this son say goodbye
  - Rituals help patients and family mark turning points
  - Ceremonies let families say goodbye after miscarriage
  - Chaplains can help families make difficult decisions
  - Young caregivers
    need to be recognized
  - Ministry to families:
    What the research tells us
  - Ministry to Families at End of Life: Chaplaincy 360
  - What awaits you at the NACC conference?
- March-April 2017
  - The End of the Island provides companionship on our journey
  - Catholic collaborations extend NACC’s reach
  - Cooperation vs. collaboration: A black Lab explains
  - Five cognate groups unite to revise Common Standards
  - Four associations put egos aside to revise writing guide
  - Looking back at a decade of collaboration with CHA
  - NACC participates in Transforming Chaplaincy
  - Partners in Planning: How can quality spiritual care spread outward?
  - Partnerships help NACC accomplish more
  - Research collaboration also yields personal growth
  - Spiritual care speaks with one voice to The Joint Commission
- Vision archives
- Vision Seeks Writers, Researchers
- Fr. Joe Driscoll’s column archives (1997-2003)
- January-February 2011
- January-February 2013
  - Author’s gift for storytelling evident in new book
  - Certification timeline has changed over the years
  - Changes made in NACC certification, renewal of certification, certification appeals procedures
  - Chaplains on mobile integrated care teams transmitted hope, peace to Sandy survivors
  - Collaboration along nation’s border means listening, self-renewal, redefining roles
  - Disaster victims minister to fellow victims of Sandy
  - Embrace anew call to be people of hope at 2013 NACC National Conference
  - Family, chaplain, rabbi plan bedside wedding on Oncology Unit
  - Featured Volunteer: Kathleen Brady, OP
  - Featured Volunteer: Ed Horvat
  - Home hospice far from home: A transformative journey marked by sadness, intimacy, grace
  - In 2013, chaplains called to reach into communities, beyond walls of institutions
  - Indiana medical center chaplains find new partners in ministry
  - Logistics can complicate clergy collaboration, but meaningful connections worth the effort
  - Outreach into community:
    Creating collaboration through the skills of chaplaincy
  - Poor benefit from interdenominational collaboration at community hospital
  - Research abstracts
  - Serving with American Red Cross a true privilege
  - Sharing stories: A life’s journey inscribed, a day of blessing
- January-February 2014
  - 2014 NACC National Conference to be entryway to strategic, compassionate leadership
  - A Basketful of Hearts
  - A Letter to Laurie Hansen Cardona
  - Book offers insights for chaplains, reflections on ethics, spiritual care
  - Book reveals vibrant faith lived out amid struggle, poverty
  - Changing lives changes chaplain’s life, too
  - Chaplains key component of developing palliative care programs at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa
  - Featured Volunteer:
    Deacon Thomas J. Berna, BCC
  - Featured Volunteer:
    Judith A. Shemkovitz
  - Get out the word on benefits of palliative care
  - Goodbye Laurie!
    Welcome back, David!
  - Ma couldn’t miss granddaughter’s wedding
  - Matching treatment plans to patient goals involves piecing together patient puzzle
  - Opportunities, challenges abound on
    interdisciplinary palliative care team
  - Palliative care and hospice:
    a new NACC specialty certification
  - Palliative care is ‘extra blanket of care’ that builds trust, strengthens relationships
  - Physician finds teamwork helps palliative care patients and families
  - Q and A with
    Cynthia X. Pan, MD, AGSF, FACP
  - Reflection on forgiveness in pastoral and palliative care: A case study
  - The Empty Chair
  - Wedding celebrated in hospital unit where ‘death hovers’
  - When end of life is near life’s start, palliative care helps family members embrace short time they have together
  - ‘Till Death Do Us Part’:
    Three weddings in palliative care
  - ‘Yes,’ is best response to requests for spiritual, religious care
- January-February 2015
  - 2015 brings yearlong celebration of NACC’s jubilee
  - Certification applicants have a year to adjust to new standards
  - Chaplain Overboard!
  - Conference time is drawing near; please register!
  - Congratulations to our newly-certified members!
  - Helpful resources for CPE supervisors and Catholic students
  - History and mission of NACC ignite passions
  - In the future, certification may not mean competency
  - Palliative care and hospice now have specialty standards
  - Questions and answers about the revised NACC Standards
  - Standards call for research-informed co-workers
  - Standards Commission takes pride in revisions
  - The Approval of Standards – A USCCB Perspective
  - Why did we revise our Certification Standards and Procedures?
- January-February 2016
  - Advance care planning helps patients in palliative care
  - Chicago offers deep, rich Catholic presence
  - Chicago: Your, my, our kind of town!
  - Journey to palliative certification took many steps
  - Massage therapist’s ministry to homeless presented revelations
  - Palliative care chaplains must understand their vulnerabilities
  - Palliative Care Needs
    for Persons on Dialysis
    and Implications for Chaplains
  - Palliative care patients find sources of meaning
  - Palliative care standards aim to produce qualified practitioners
  - Palliative care standards help to develop confident chaplains
  - Pediatric pastoral care
    is also for the parents
  - Supportive Care Coalition promotes excellence in palliative care
  - Three common myths about palliative care
  - We have time to adjust to change in NACC Revised Standards
- July-August 2013
  - Book Review:
    The Best of Being Catholic
  - CHA president says chaplains model loving concern of God
  - Chaplains learn history, hear about recent disaster responses at Disaster Spiritual Care training
  - Conference call offered to allay concerns of certification interviewees
  - Conference-goers give more than ,900 to Pittsburgh’s Operation Safety Net
  - Drumming by the river: The healing power in the heartbeat of the drum
  - Featured Volunteer: Fr. John (Jack) T. Crabb, SJ
  - Featured Volunteer: Nancy Cook, MDiv, MSW, BCC
  - For first-timer, attending conference was a true ‘chaplain’s holiday’
  - Jesuit calls on chaplains to be competent
  - Karen Pugliese, ‘woman of passion,’ receives 2013 Distinguished Service Award
  - Latina theologian focuses on grace-filled moments in ‘messiness’ of daily life
  - Multiple models suggested for determining adequate chaplain staffing
  - NACC honors Bishop Dale Melczek with the Outstanding Colleague Award
  - NACC membership evolving, plan in place to create ‘resilient’ organization, streamline governance, certification
  - Paradigm shift for pastoral providers: Use pilot programs to take spiritual care beyond hospital walls
  - Powers of forgiveness, love essential in people’s lives, Father Goergen says
  - Research leads to insight, understanding, ‘a place at the table’
  - Response by Bishop Dale Melczek, recipient of NACC’s Outstanding Colleague Award
  - What’s kicking at Certification Commission meeting?
  - You are there! Mass, missioning of newly certified in Pittsburgh a moving, sensory experience
- July-August 2014
  - 2014 Board of Directors Election
  - Business meeting welcomes new board members
  - Chris Lowney: Chaplains’ leadership is vital
  - Conference’s disaster training and deployment enrich each other
  - Services for new chaplains, healing offer special moments
  - Another fulfilling, renewing conference is in the books
  - Conference offers space for workshops, reunions, friendships, worship
  - Going Retro: Considering the art of dying at the 2014 NACC Day of Reflection
  - Journey to certification took unexpected final step
  - Spiritual care is medicine’s missing element, Sulmasy says
  - Sr. Patricia Talone:
    Mercy, justice, and compassion at the bedside
  - Tracy Balboni:
    Research Critical in Compassionate Care
- July-August 2015
  - Assessment tool helps evaluate chart notes
  - Chaplain Encounters: Suffering child’s compassion can teach adults
  - CPE students learn to see charting as part of ministry
  - Efforts to improve spiritual care can help whole institution
  - Entering the World of Charting and Spiritual Assessments – by Mary M. Toole
  - How do we measure quality in charting?
  - How do you chart if the patient is reading your notes?
  - Looking under the hood: Documentation of spiritual care
  - Paper and electronic systems both struggle with drawbacks
  - See you next spring in Chicago for the NACC conference!
  - Seven Narratives for Chaplain Charts
  - System’s self-examination leads to better chart notes
- July-August 2016
  - A good strategic plan can help your department thrive
  - A leadership path interrupted
  - Chaplains’ leadership may come in unconventional forms
  - Clergywomen work through trauma of perinatal bereavement
  - Conflict with a supervisor can end constructively
  - Leadership Begins at the Heart: Reflections of a Novice Leader
  - Many leadership qualities overlap strengths of spiritual care
  - Many paths — and pitfalls — on the way to leadership
  - Pastoral leadership means feeding and tending
  - Reflection, action … and even more reflection
  - “Laying track as I go”: The chaplain as entrepreneur
- March-April 2013
  - Collaborative inquiry: An accessible, relevant approach to chaplaincy research
  - Critical need for research unabated; thankfully new efforts abound
  - Featured Volunteer: Sherry L. Christ
  - Many essays strong, but handbook lacks editorial vigilance
  - Q and A with D.W. Donovan
  - Research in chaplaincy: Where we are now, and where we are going
  - The Easter moment: Easter’s meaning in the context of hospital chaplaincy
  - Top reason to embrace evidence-based chaplaincy care is to improve spiritual care
  - When embarking on research, mentor can be immensely helpful
  - Years after Dad’s lesson at the beach, research continues to spark curiosity
- March-April 2014
  - Book review:
    A practical theology of dementia
  - Book review:
    Establishing and exploring the field of ‘neurotheology’
  - Chaplain at Newtown and Boston knew she wasn’t alone
  - Conference speaker Balboni has published significant research on spirituality, illness
  - CPR, dignity, and choices at the end of life
  - Deployments after Missouri and Oklahoma tornadoes reveal despair and resilience
  - Disaster chaplaincy in the research literature
  - Featured Volunteer: Kay Gorka
  - Featured Volunteer: Matthew Kammer
  - Fifteen years of helping Red Cross respond with compassion to disasters
  - For chaplains at disaster scenes, self-care is vital
  - Gratitude for our NACC members, and all chaplains, involved in Disaster Spiritual Care
  - Ministering to same-sex couples in healthcare settings
  - New-old editor returns to Vision
  - Responding to tornadoes in Missouri and Oklahoma brings renewed sense of grace and love
  - Spirit of St. Louis:
    Reflections of a Conference Task Force Member
  - Watching Red Cross respond to disaster offers inspiration
  - We announce a new 2014 Conference speaker, Tracy Balboni
- March-April 2015
  - A personal Egypt:
    Passover offers chance to seek other freedoms
  - Aging parents, ancient wounds come to life in cartoon memoir
  - Certification in the NACC:
    From two-week workshop to full professionalism
  - Companion on a journey
    to the end of life
  - For our 50 years, let’s celebrate and be grateful
  - Invitations from others led to rich NACC experience
  - Leading NACC was unexpected challenge and blessing
  - The NACC in midlife: How do we make it count?
  - The privilege of chaplaincy
  - Walk-through-abandoned-unit-brings-memories-of-ministry-By-Mary-Lou-OGorman
  - We’ve come a long way, baby!
- March-April 2016
  - Behavioral health staffers face unique issues of moral distress
  - Case studies may shake chaplains out of their routine
  - Conditions in pediatric hospital ripe for moral distress
  - Family meeting resolves son’s moral dilemma
  - Healing from the Inside Out
  - Moral distress, up close and personal
  - Moral Distress: Are There Solutions?
  - Others offer valuable resources for moral distress
  - Out of chaotic hospital scene, love and hope emerge
  - Relationships built in long-term care may lead to moral distress
  - Study of resilience can benefit chaplains and patients
  - Support group gives nurses a chance to process feelings
  - What does the literature tell us about moral distress?
  - What is moral distress? An overview
- May-June 2013
  - A case study: Using mantras in pastoral care to help patients with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
  - Assist the mentally ill to live full lives:
  - Book review: Let Your Voice Be Heard
  - Book review: The Cost of Hope
  - Chaplain finds a path to hope with haiku
  - Chaplains can let mentally ill know they don’t walk alone
  - Discovering spirituality in an addiction detox/rehab unit
  - Encouraging God helps us navigate starts, stops of new beginnings
  - Featured Volunteer: Kathy Ponce
  - Featured Volunteer:
    Timothy John Doody
  - Four lines of pastoral inquiry aid chaplains to ‘comprehend the human soul’
  - It’s time for Chaplain Group!
  - Q & A with Donna Markham, OP, PhD
  - Relationship key to integrating spirituality though small group meditation
  - Research Abstracts: Ministry to the mentally ill
  - We need to better inform ourselves about mental health care
  - Welcome to two members of NACC’s Editorial Advisory Panel: Elaine Chan and Isabelita Boquiren
- May-June 2014
  - Beyond theodicy: Let emotional support shape reaction to suffering
  - Book review: Jesus Was a Migrant
  - Book review: What’s So Blessed About Being Poor?
  - Can chaplains reduce a hospital’s readmission rate?
  - Categorizing CEUs for Renewal of Certification
  - Conference outlines research agenda for spiritual care
  - NACC promotes awareness of chaplaincy’s value
  - The case for chaplaincy: If not me, then who?
  - The value of chaplaincy? Priceless
  - What is the value of CPE to an institution?
  - What we hold: Chaplaincy’s ministry to institutions
- May-June 2015
  - Anointing service offers profound reassurance
  - Business meeting unveils new logo, takes hard look at membership
  - Certification Commission welcomes new members, new specialty
  - Conference honors the gift of 50 years of ministry
  - Day of reflection offers many forms of prayer
  - Driscoll thanks NACC for memories, charting new ground
  - Finding God in the NACC National Conference
  - NACC Conference –
    Guided by the Spirit
  - NACC members honor the gift of streamed conference speeches
  - Newly certified feel warmth of others’ welcome
  - Plenary speaker Garrido finds meaning in administration
  - Potential disaster responders learn to be flexible
  - Sociologist discusses chaplaincy’s current place in healthcare
  - Vatican reporter describes pillars of the Francis agenda
  - Widening the tent: Conference workshops give primer on research
- May-June 2016
  - Anointing of the spirit; anointing of community
  - Carol Taylor: When cure is off the table…
  - Conference 2016:
    Chaplains make new connections, illuminations, and spirits
  - Disaster Spiritual Care: A feeling of gratitude
  - Embracing the divine milieu: The NACC Conference retreat
  - Fitchett describes present and future of spiritual care research
  - Jewish wisdom book offers guidance for growing older
  - Life-giving relationships sustain newly certified chaplain
  - Love yourself as you love others, White reminds audience
  - NACC business meeting considers new directions
  - Newly certified chaplains feel grace of missioning ceremony
  - Pastoral psychotherapy resource can help chaplains
  - Sofield finds the humor of resilience
  - The steps we take
    to make all things new
- November-December 2012
  - 2013 NACC National Conference plenary speakers announced
  - A time of change, a season of thanks
  - Chaplaincy in long-term and short-term home care: Advantages, disadvantages and challenges
  - Chaplaincy services offered at subsidized housing communities
  - Dying patients thrive on ‘own turf’
  - For many, home hospice means life lived in a richer way
  - Furry feline visited lonely, comforted dying
  - How are we perceived in the workplace?
  - Life’s graces: Those in assisted living minister to me
  - Outpatient ministry allows chance to build more relationships
  - Teamwork, interdisciplinary efforts especially important in hospice work
  - Therapy dog Henrietta a favorite
- November-December 2013
  - 2014 NACC conference to focus on compassionate leadership
  - A history of using visuals
    to teach the Gospel
  - Advent is time to reflect on how to imitate Christ
  - Beyond a sequence of sounds: Healing music reaches ‘secret places of the soul’
  - Chaplain uses iPad to calm, soothe and educate
  - Chaplain-harp therapist witnesses unfolding grace of God
  - Do you recognize ‘Big Brother god,’ ‘Egghead god,’ or ‘Genie god’?
  - Former music therapist sees power of music to provide insights, but cautious about its use with patients
  - From singing at the bedside
    to commissioning the CEO,
    opportunities abound for
    music in pastoral care ministry
  - Hymns’ meaningful words speak volumes to dying
  - In Seattle, holiness revealed in song and through artwork
  - Playing it by ear:
    Music background proves to be powerful assist in chaplaincy work
  - Research Abstracts By Austine Duru
  - Song, guided meditations, perseverance lead to God in psychiatric unit
  - The Voice: Not just a TV show
  - Therapeutic effects of Native American flute evident in older adults
  - Years as chaplain have been ‘grace-filled’
- November-December 2014
  - 2015 50th Anniversary Conference Theme: Honoring the Gift
  - Book review: Mortal Blessings. A Sacramental Farewell
  - Chaplains can serve valuable role on ethics committee
  - Comprehensive senior care also includes in-home spiritual care
  - Explore the gift of a good workshop
  - Focus on patients’ spiritual health, not distress
  - Four noted plenary speakers to honor 50th anniversary conference
  - Healthcare executives walk a difficult line
  - Outpatient chaplaincy:
    Mercy goes where
    the people are
  - Seeking, Finding: Advent helps nurture the waiting heart
  - Spiritual care providers can find a new basket of skills – by Janet Stark
  - Telechaplaincy: Personal (but not in-person) spiritual care
  - We’d like names of deceased NACC members
  - What does personal integration look like in a certified chaplain?
- November-December 2015
  - After drifting away from spirit, “wellness” needs to come back
  - Breath prayer brings God into the body
  - Chaplains must model self-care for other staffers
  - Chaplains promote spiritual wellness as foundation
  - Community finally accepts woman’s wish for natural death
  - Conference can fill your soul with laughter, praise and wisdom
  - Eucharistic ministers need chance to absorb spiritual hospitality
  - History and mission of the NACC inspires gratitude
  - Investigating Spiritual Well-Being: Insights from Research
  - Learn your limits to avoid burnout
  - Let’s think more broadly about spirituality of wellness
  - Plenary speakers to address themes of conference
  - Schwartz Center rounds help alleviate moral distress
  - Take a moment to reflect and bless your cell phone
  - Talking to true friend offers hint of divine presence
  - Teaching gratitude and forgiveness improves patients’ lives
- November-December 2016
  - 2017 Conference Speakers
  - Common Qualifications and Competencies are ready to go
  - Conference offers diverse array of workshops
  - Dementia: The testimony of silence
  - Doubt: A meaningful part of Mother Teresa’s story
  - Essays use the voice of women to seek justice for all
  - Mental illness affects everyone
  - Mental patients’ families seek peace in the storm
  - Plot lines: Allegories of recovery help adolescents
  - Prison worship helps cope with mental illness
  - Repeat mental patients strain staff’s compassion
  - Spiritual care
    and mental health:
    What the research tells us
  - Toxic religion: The unhealthy relationship of “bad theology” to mental illness
  - Young offenders rebuild relationships in group therapy
- September-October 2013
  - An Epic year in review: The positive and negative in terms of electronic health records
  - Book offers parents of seriously ill children practical tips, inspirational material
  - Chaplains interact, learn from each other on new online network
  - Email conversations in CPE lead to deepened connections, friendship
  - Featured Volunteer: Fr. Timothy F. Bushy
  - Featured Volunteer: Linda Anne Bronersky
  - How can chaplains explain what we do?
  - In-house media access system brings prayer, music, relaxation to patients
  - iSpirit helps chaplains reach patients in new ways
  - Journey home: A dying man’s honored guest
  - May we be pioneers in discovering social media benefits
  - New palliative care certification, interviewing concerns discussed
  - Research Abstracts
  - Resource-packed chapplain ~~apps~~ can enrich ministry
  - Technology indispensable, social media helpful in promoting chaplaincy work
  - The rise in social media about end of life and its impact on chaplaincy knowledge and practice
  - Today’s professional chaplain must stay current, set new goals as ministries evolve
  - Upcoming upgrades: Using tools to make connections
  - ‘Meet me in St. Louis’ in May 2014
- September-October 2014
  - As chaplains, let’s find existing needs to meet
  - Cast your vote for the NACC’s Board of Directors
  - Certification Commission reviews recent interviews
  - Effective pastoral visitors transcend language to meet spiritual needs
  - Eucharistic minister finds rewards in hospital setting
  - From Everlasting to Everlasting
  - Letter:
    Telling doctors to leave isn’t productive
  - Song to the Caregivers
  - The balancing act of chaplaincy: Pastoral, personal, professional and financial
  - Thinking outside the hospital for models of pastoral care
  - Washington area offers plenty of sights, activities during 2015 conference
- September-October 2015
  - Working in low-income rural clinic demands new skills
  - Chaplains need to know church’s Ethical and Religious Directives
  - CPE curriculum focuses on pastoral formation
  - Joint efforts with cognate groups will enhance CPE
  - Healthcare changes require students and certified chaplains to be flexible
  - Internal family systems: Understanding the self using parts theory
  - Conference 2016: Making All Things New – by Rod Accardi
  - NAJC’s Jerusalem conference offers new perspectives
  - Honoring diverse traditions helps build relationships
  - As healthcare landscape
    changes, so does chaplaincy
  - Congratulate our newly certified chaplains
- September-October 2016
  - A perfect Buddhist stranger in a different country
  - Caring across cultures: Programs and projects to promote diversity
  - Chaplaincy and Hinduism: Two helpful links
  - Chaplaincy and the Cry for Mercy
  - Culture must be studied and learned, Gittins says
  - Jewish patients: Overcoming the barrier of self-protection
  - Literature from other disciplines addresses cultural competency
  - Ministry to atheists or agnostics is meaningful in a different way
  - Muslims are likely to welcome a Catholic chaplain
  - Native American father gets chance to die with the sun on his face
  - Online resources help chaplains learn cultural humility
  - Our road to Emmaus leads through Albuquerque
  - Respect the unique spirituality of the nonreligious
  - Welcoming the stranger: Engaging diversity toward the beloved community
- Vision Editorial Advisory Panel
- Vision’s Most Requested Articles
  - An Argument Against the Use of the Term Spiritual Care
  - And the nominees are….
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  - Chaplains Are More
    Than What Chaplains Do
  - Do You Want To See The Chaplain?
  - How Much Does it Cost for Chaplain Services?
  - Use of Title “Chaplain” in Pastoral Care Ministry
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- How can quality spiritual care spread outward?
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