FCNI Annual Virtual Conference – 2025 “Behavioral Health Across the Lifespan: Implications for Faith Community Nursing Practice and Research”

Decription: This conference will focus on mental health issues across the lifespan including pediatriac applications, behavioral health support for hope and belonging, trauma informed care for adolescents to adults, and mental health research in vulnerable populations.

Program:
Keynote: TBD: Empowering Pediatric Cancer Survivors who face Behavioral Health Challenges 

• Kathleen Ruccione, PhD, RN, Professor at Azuza Pacific University, CA, is a career researcher of pediatric cancer.

Research Drives Practice: “Forging Communities of Belonging and Hope: An Approach to Support”

• Beth Hlabse MS, LMHCA, is director and counselor with the Fiat MH program at the University of Notre Dame, IN.
  

Practice Drives Research: “Trauma-Informed Care: Strategies for FCNs”

• Liz Coleman, DNP, FNP, RN is Assistant Professor at Minnesota State University and FNP at MH clinic.

Closing: “Hills, Hope, and Healing: Mental Health and Faith Community Nursing in Appalachia” 

• Angel Smothers, DNP, APRN, is Associate Dean and Professor at West Virginia University and a FCN in the community.

Upon completion of activities at this conference, learners will be able to:
1.     Identify 2 ways nurses can support mental health/behavioral health and well-being in faith communities.
2.     Describe 2 ways that nurses use mental health/behavioral resources and tools in faith communities.

Registration fees:

Early Bird until August 31: Members. $120, Non-members $170

Regular rates starting September 1: Members $145; Non-members $195