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The Hospital Visitation Guide for Ministers contains all of the information in the Hospital Visitation Handbook for Ministers plus much more. The Guide provides information and resources pertaining to serious patient care, family and patient counseling and difficult decision-making often experienced by clergy. The Hospital Visitation Guide for Ministers is utilized by pastors, ministerial teams and families throughout the Americas and beyond. As the official training manual for chaplains for several hospitals, this invaluable resource combines the virtues of empathy and faith with the essentials of preparation and training. The Hospital Visitation Guide For Ministers is a must have for everyone moved with compassion to visit the sick. You will gain invaluable insight into hospital protocols, including safety and legal requirements every visitor should know and observe.… (more)
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Part 1: Preparation
Hospital visits begin at home
A sample prayer of preparation
The importance of prayer
Anointing with oil
Displays of emotion
If you are sick
Part 2: General protocols
Patient information
Clergy identification
Parking
Hospital visiting hours
Obtaining visitor's passes
Observing universal precautions
Avoiding the spread of infection
Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) and methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MERSA)
Hand washing procedure
Concerns about infection
Personal protective equipment
Patient privacy
Concerns about treatment
Food and flowers
Part 3: The visit
A word about decorum
Before entering a patient's room
When Hospital Personnel are present
Patients in isolation
Entering a patient's room
Sharing scripture with a patient
Preparing to pray for a patient
Leading a person to Christ
Sample scriptures to share with a patient upon administering salvation
Baptizing a patient
Baptism scriptures
A sample prayer for healing
Sharing Holy Communion with a patient
Scriptures for Holy Communion
Patients who are sleeping
Patients who are sedated, unconscious, or comatose
Patients who are dying
After praying for a patient
Upon leaving a patient's room
Visiting babies
Visiting the elderly
Visiting the mentally ill
Visiting the chronically ill
Part 4: Practical insights
Health and life insurance
Advance directives: Living wills, durable power of attorney for health care, health Care proxy
and do not resuscitate (DNR)
Quality of life
Choosing an advanced directive
Two by two
Part 5: Counsel and comfort
Helping patients and families make tough decisions
When Death seems imminent
Organ and tissue donation
Understanding hospice care
What to do if a patient dies
After care for the family
Conclusion: Pleasing the audience of one.