NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CHAPLAIN

The Certified National Healthcare Chaplain™ (CNHCh) curriculum requires the completion of 400 hours (100 hours of education/300 hours of supervised experience) of advanced clinical pastoral education & training in order to receive the designation. The CNHCh training establishes the National Healthcare Chaplaincy Curriculum (NHCC), which explores the following: 

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1.   Bio-Psycho-Social-Spiritual Care

2.   Fundamentals of Salutogenesis and Iatrogenesis

3.   Understanding Healthcare Systems

4.   Individual & Group Counseling

5.   Spiritual Screening, History, Assessments

6.   Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Teamwork

7.   Compassion Fatigue and Moral Injury

8.   Family Systems

9.   Theodicy & Thanatology

10. Communication and Documentation Skills

11. Crisis Intervention and Trauma Resolution

12. Ethics, Advocacy & Professional Responsibilities

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The components of the National Healthcare Chaplaincy Curriculum (NHCC) includes the exploration of the scope of practice and development of spiritual healthcare competencies.