Title: Faith Community Nurse

Company: Grand Avenue Methodist Church

Location: Santa Ana, CA, United States

SANTA ANA, CA, April 16, 2012, Sandra L. Ashbaugh, RN, BSN, FSN, Faith Community Nurse for Grand Avenue Methodist Church, has been recognized by Elite American Nurses for dedication, achievements, and leadership in spiritual care.

Inspired by a love for caring for others, Ms. Ashbaugh pursued a career that would enable her to give back to the people who deserve compassionate care. In her current role, Ms. Ashbaugh visits those in need of prayer, devotions and spiritual consideration. With a strong counseling background, she is able to work with hospice patients in efforts to support them during their time of need. She offers counseling services and general support to terminally ill patients and their families, and helps them cope with bereavement and their fear of death and dying. Ms. Ashbaugh is there for patients and their friends and families to help them to find positive ways of coping with the impending loss of a loved one.

Over the course of a career that has spanned more than 50 years, Ms. Ashbaugh has garnered a reputation of dependability and reliability, and she attributes her success to the support she has received from her loved ones, as well as to her faith in God. She been lauded among her peers as a trustworthy, conscientious and supportive individual, and she makes every effort to remain positioned as the go-to person that they can count on, as her years of practice has given her the answers that her colleagues need, and she is always happy to help. Ms. Ashbaugh looks forward to a future in which she will continue visiting churches and hospitals and helping those who need it most.

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