N E W S L E T T E R
June 2007
Brenda Purkey
Honored
Registered Nurse Brenda Purkey, Patient Care
Director at Hope Hospice, has received national certification as a Certified Hospice
and Palliative Nurse (CHPN) by the National Board for Certification of Hospice
and Palliative Nurses. Brenda was honored during a staff lunch in the Hope
Hospice office.
The CHPN designation is considered a prestigious
title in the field of nursing. Brenda passed a written examination consisting
of 150 questions covering seven areas of nursing practice. The main focus of
the exam was on the hospice and palliative care nursing specialty.
Based
in
Congratulations Brenda. You did an outstanding job!
From all your friends at Hope Hospice
About Hope Hospice
Coping with a chronic or life threatening illness,
or the grief from losing a loved one, can be overwhelming.
Hope
Hospice provides a range of services to help you manage pain and symptoms,
provide care in the comfort of home, and deal with the emotional roller coaster
you're riding. Hope Hospice was founded in 1995 to serve those with a life
threatening illness and their families. We help patients and their families
live with an illness and maximize their ability to resume normal activities by
controlling pain and symptoms.
Hospice care alleviates
pain while maintaining dignity, purpose and peace. And, through bereavement
support activities, Hope Hospice continues to serve family members and friends
who need assistance.
Hope Hospice combines health
care expertise with compassion. Our team of professionals delivers
personalized, individualized services under medical direction. A community-oriented nonprofit organization,
we serve the needs of patients in
Endowment
Challenge Continues
The Fulton County
Community Foundation (FCCF) will match the endowment fundraising of Hope
Hospice dollar-for-dollar up to a combined $50,000. Well you help us meet our
goal of $50,000?
Donations should be sent to the Fulton County
Community Foundation,
Bereavement Support Group
The next meeting is
Thursday, June 21st at
The
Chaplain’s Corner
When
my close friend Sharon died, my heart broke. I'm ashamed to admit it, but when
life's circumstances hurt so much, my faith is often
mixed with doubt. When
Lord, I sure don't understand You.
Why did You allow this death?
"Have you not heard? The everlasting God . . .
neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable" (Isaiah
40:28). "My thoughts are not Your thoughts, nor
are your ways My ways" (Isaiah 55:8).
Lord, You are beyond my
understanding. But I still wonder, have You
turned Your back on the world? "God sits on His
holy throne" (Psalm 47:8) and "rules by His power forever"
(Psalm 66:7).
Lord, I do believe You are ruling this world, but
do You care about the pain? Have You forgotten to be good?
I am "good and ready to forgive, and abundant in mercy to all those who
call upon [Me]" (Psalm 86:5).
Yes, Lord, You have been good to me in countless
ways, including listening to my doubts and questions about You.
The
answers God gives us in His Word may not take away our sadness, but we can
always rest in the truth that He is wise, sovereign, and good. – Anne Cetas,
Our Daily Bread
If you would like to learn more about
Hope Hospice, how the hospice program may serve you, how you may volunteer, or
how you may make a donation, please contact:
HOPE
HOSPICE
Brenda K. Purkey, RN, CHPN
420 Main Street, P.O. Box 621 , Rochester , IN 46975
Telephone: