The Spiritual Care department
makes daily visitations to patients prior to surgeries
and is available for other services to both patients
and their families. Some of the specific patients the
department visits are as follows:
- Inpatients and residents –
assess spiritual/religious needs and offer pastoral
care
- Oncology and dialysis patients
as needed
- Hospice patients in their
own homes or in nursing homes
- Behavioral health patients - spirituality
groups and personal visitations
- Addiction patients - Fifth
Step in the Twelve Step recovery process
- Cardiac rehab patients for spiritual
counseling on the emotional effects of heart disease
In addition, Spiritual Care
provides or arranges for religious services and rites
according to patient traditions. Chaplains are available
on a 24-hour on-call basis. Memorial services are conducted,
in cooperation with other hospital departments, twice
a year:
- for families of
patients who have died in the previous year and for
parents
- for families who have lost children due to
miscarriages or stillbirths.
The department also facilitates
bereavement support groups twice a year.
For more information, please call: (402) 644-7559.
Daily Worship
Services
Worship services are conducted
daily for patients, families and staff of Faith Regional,
Monday - Friday at 11:00 a.m., from the West Campus
chapel. Patients and visitors are invited to view the
daily services on Channel 20 from any of the West Campus
televisions. Video tapes of the services may also be
borrowed. Daily Worship Services are also available through the hospital’s closed circuit television
(CCT).
