Morrison Completes Clinical Pastoral Education
Keith Morrison, Grinnell Regional Medical Center
chaplain, completed an intensive Clinical Pastoral Education course that will
expand the depth of the spiritual wellness program at GRMC.
The 15-week course taught participants ways to
structure spiritual services within a hospital setting. Spiritual care can be a
vital component of the care of patients and their families. The course include
training in crisis, breaking bad news, grief, behavioral health, understanding
conflict, diversity, love languages, and hospice, and caring for pediatric
patients.
Morrison, as part of the class, provided on-call
chaplaincy services to Iowa Methodist patients for 24 hours each month during
the five-month program. In this role he responded to traumas, deaths, and any
other call for a chaplain.
As the GRMC chaplain, Morrison splits his time between
Grinnell Regional Hospice and inpatients at GRMC. Morrison will use this
training to further expand the spiritual care services at GRMC to help create
pastoral plans for patients. GRMC also uses volunteer chaplains from various
faith institutions in Grinnell who rotated through an on-call schedule so
patients have 24 hour access to pastoral care.
For more
information on the Spiritual Care services at GRMC, call 641-236-2418.
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