Parish Nursing Program

Parish Nurses take the time that other services don’t have, to serve those on the margins. They provide quality medical care, and then they work to ensure that their patients can maintain good health. For example, in May one Parish Nurse helped a Karen refugee figure out her health insurance situation, find a doctor, and properly express her symptoms and concerns (in English) so that the client could receive the attention and care she needed. She gave individualized nutritional counseling and distributed supplemental food packages to 22 Karen Elders who are suffering from malnutrition. Another nurse connected her clients to primary care resources such as sliding fee scale clinics and walked them through the application paperwork, in addition to the blood pressure readings and other direct care that she provided.

With your help, SeAM is working to eliminate health disparities for refugees in Saint Paul. Thank you for your support.