FCN Symposiums: 9:15 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Central Time
October 9, 2025 (via zoom) De-mystifying the revised ANA Scope and Standards for FCNs. This document was revised in 2024. Learn about the changes and network and consult with your colleagues on case studies that help us apply the scope and standards to our practices.
Special Guest and Key Note Speaker: We are very pleased to have Nancy Romanchek, MPH,BSN,RN-C, CHPN, Faith Community Nurse, join us. Nancy is the Lead Editor of the Faith Community Scope and Standards of Practice Work Group and Director of Education and Practice for the Health Ministry Association. Nancy is passionate about introducing the concept of Community Health through Faith Community Nursing practice within the context of a Mosque community; assisting Muslims to integrate their faith beliefs and their health decisions and practices. She has several years of experience as a Parish Nurse in the Roman Catholic Church in rural Wisconsin. An active Faith Community Nurse in the Advocate Aurora Health System Network since 2015, with training in Faith Community Nursing from Marquette University, Nancy attended the Loyola University of Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing for her Bachelor of Science in Nursing, and has over 3 decades of Nursing Experience. She has a Master’s in Public Health with a certificate in Health Education and Health Promotion from Benedictine University, and has engaged in numerous projects in the Muslim community including initiating a partnership with the Lutheran School of Theology Center for Christian-Muslim Engagement for Peace and Justice, to provide workshops to Chaplains around the Chicago area to prepare them to minister to their Muslim patients in the hospital, hospice and home care settings.