Care Training
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DAVID E. TUCKER
Brunswick, GA 31525
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HEALTHCARE CHAPLAIN
Profile: More than 16 years' successful experience, as
healthcare chaplain, in caring for persons found in
death and dying and other situations of crisis and
loss.
Self-starter and team player with excellent time
management and communication skills.
Extensive training as a professional chaplain
earning 5 units of CPE.
Doctoral level educational achievements in pastoral
care.
Ability and experience in various teaching
settings.
Certification: Ordained as a United Methodist Minister: Conducted
funerals, memorials, weddings, teaching, guiding,
and counseling.
Board Certified Chaplain, The Association of
Professional Chaplains.
Fully Endorsed Chaplain with The United Methodist
Endorsing Agency.
Special Skills: The ability to care for persons, and their
families, in living and dying life settings.
The ability to provide affirming atmospheres where
the free exercise of religion can occur.
The ability to provide comprehensive spiritual care
to patients and families, according to their needs
and desires.
The ability to coordinate, communicate, and inspire
others as a leader.
The flexibility to work when and where needed.
Published author of various spiritual care
articles.
Education:
Doctor of Ministry
May 22, 1994
Columbia Theological Seminary
P.O. Box 520, Decatur, GA 30031
Master of Divinity
July 29, 1989
Graduate School of Theology
900 Walker Street, NE, Cleveland, TN,
37311
Bachelor of Arts
May 4, 1984
ECBC, Part of Lee University
Charlotte, NC Campus
Clinical Pastoral Education, 4 units,
May 27, 1992
Cabell Huntington Hospital
1340 Hal Greer Blvd
Huntington, WV, 25701
Clinical Pastoral Education, 1 unit,
August 16, 1985
Grady Memorial Hospital
69 Jesse Hill Jr. Dr SE,
Atlanta, GA 30303
Hospice training/experience,
April 12, 1988
Bradley Memorial Hospital
175 24th Street
Cleveland, TN 37311
Hospice training/experience,
1991-1992
Hospice of Huntington
1101 Sixth Avenue
Huntington, WV, 25701
Professional Experience:
HCR-Manorcare, Heartland Hospice
Brunswick, Georgia
Position: Spiritual Care Coordinator/Bereavement Care Coordinator
December 4, 2008 to July 18, 2010
Supervised spiritual care program and personnel through training,
management, oversight and direction. Provided supervision and oversight of
hospice spiritual care and bereavement programs for patient and families
located in various settings: 30-40 private homes; 4 area hospitals; and 5
nursing homes. Provided management of one staff chaplain, two community
clergy volunteers; and two bereavement volunteers in the provision of these
services.
Designed and conducted memorial services and activities relating to
spiritual and religious issues of client, family and interdisciplinary
team. Provided counseling, support, and empathic spiritual care for
clients and families coping with terminal illness and death. Developed,
implemented and supervised the hospice bereavement program. Consulted with
the Director of Volunteers regarding assignment and supervision of the
bereavement volunteers. Participated in orientation, training and
evaluation of bereavement volunteers. Developed programs for bereavement
group activities. Designed and implemented music-care programs. Provided
spiritual/bereavement support through the design and officiating of regular
memorial services, weekly music-care programs, and monthly caregiver-
workshops on various topics of a practical nature.
Hope Hospice and Community Services
9470 Healthpark Circle
Fort Myers, FL 33908
Position: hospice chaplain
September, 2007- December, 2008
Served as Chaplain assigned to three Hospice House facilities, providing
high quality individualize chaplain services, consistent with patient and
family beliefs and requests to patients and families in the Hospice house
and two other facilities. Provided thorough spiritual assessment,
identifying spiritual needs of patients and families, while developing
plans of care and achieving regulatory compliance. Developed responses to
anticipated needs, maintaining consistent levels of optimum punctuality,
and charting.
Orlando Regional Healthcare, (now Orlando Health)
1414 South Orange Avenue
Orlando, FL 32806
Position: Staff chaplain
March 15, 1993- December 21, 2005
Served as Trauma Chaplain/Physical Rehab Chaplain/Med-Surgical Chaplain/
Brain Injury Rehab Chaplain, and ICU Burn Unit chaplain: providing
spiritual care, spiritual assessment, evaluation and follow up, grief and
loss care, and crisis intervention; taught caregivers, assisted with
patient long range/short range goal planning; Designed/created new staff
position; provided volunteer supervision, assisted with process
improvement. Provided support of corporate/volunteer personnel. Taught
crisis intervention courses to hospital staff/community clergy over a 10
year period. Served as adjunct instructor for CPE didactic courses. Served
as member of ethics committee and I.R.B. committee.
Cabell Huntington Hospital- Student Chaplain/Staff Chaplain
1989-1993
Provided spiritual care, grief and loss care, and crisis intervention as
ED chaplain; assisted with spiritual care issues on ICU/Burn unit, and ICU
step down; Assisted with patient long range/short range goal planning;
Designed/created new chaplaincy staff position; Provided support of
corporate/volunteer personnel.
Professional Publications:
David E. Tucker, Bringing Hope through Music Awakening the Sleeping Brain
(Schaumburg: Chaplaincy Today, vol.18, n.2, 2002), 42, 3.
David E. Tucker, Bringing Hope through Music Awakening the Sleeping Brain
(Spring City: Social Work Today, Nov. 2003), 30.
David E. Tucker, Re-writing the Story-Myth: A Rehab Experience
(Schaumburg: Chaplaincy Today, vol.20, n.1, 2004), 23-26.
David E. Tucker, Awakening the Sleeping Brain (Schaumburg: Healing Spirit,
vol 5, issue 1. July, 2010), 3.
David E. Tucker
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