Department of Spiritual Care
Whatever your religious preferences, the Department of Spiritual Care at WakeMed can provide spiritual guidance and support for you and your family or friends during a hospital stay.
Our Chaplains are specially trained to work with hospital patients and families and are available 24-hours-a-day, seven days a week to minister to your needs.
Who Calls the Chaplain?
Patients, family members or friends are welcome to call a chaplain if they are are:
- anxious, upset or worried
- feeling angry or guilty
- depressed
- feeling hopeless
- fearing a loss
- in need of spiritual strength
- unable to cope
- in need of understanding "why"
- questioning themselves, their relationships with loved ones, friends or with God
What Will the Chaplain Do for You?
 One of our chaplains will be happy to:
- listen and understand your feelings
- respect your faith
- accept you as a person of worth and value
- spend time with you and care for your spiritual needs
- help you obtain information when asked
- be an emotional and spiritual resource to you in time of crisis
The Chaplain may also help you with :
- conflict resolution
- communication problems
- housing for out-of-town family members or friends
- contacting your minister upon request
- sorting through difficult decisions
Meditation Chapel
There is a meditation chapel located on the third floor at our Raleigh Campus. Please ask our receptionist at the Visitors Entrance Lobby for directions. At WakeMed Cary Hospital, a quiet room is also available for patients, family members or friends. A new meditation garden is located in the center courtyard of the facility. Both areas at the Raleigh campus and WakeMed Cary Hospital are open at all times for prayer, meditation and times of silence.
Please Call
If you're a patient, family member or concerned friend and would like to request a chaplain visit, please dial extension 8556 at the Raleigh Campus or page the on-call chaplain from outside the hospital at 393-6543. At WakeMed Cary Hospital, dial extension 02536 to request a chaplain. If you cannot reach a chaplain at this extension, call the hospital switchboard by dialing 350-2000 and have the operator page a chaplain for you.
Clinical Pastoral Education (C.P.E.)
WakeMed's Clinical Pastoral Education (C.P.E.) program offers ministers, seminarians and laity the opportunity to be placed directly in a supervised setting with patients and families experiencing a crisis situation. The various skills learned through interaction with patients and families is valuable to each participant's individual ministry. For information about the WakeMed Clinical Pastoral Education Program, click here.
Urban Ministry
The Urban Ministry Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) student is invited on a journey of discovery into his or her own life story. This program provides the student with an opportunity for in-depth self-study and self-understanding, which translates into a rich ability to identify with "the least of these." Through this process, the student will be able to offer care and pastoral counseling as a clinically trained pastor to those who have lost their way or who have been broken by life and relationship failures. The placements include, but are not limited to: The Open Door Medical Clinic, Helen Wright Women's Shelter, South Salisbury Street Men's Shelter, AIDS Service Alliance - Carolinas, and various addiction treatment facilities. Other sites in the Triangle Area will be offered according to interest and need. For information about participation in Urban Ministry Clinical Pastoral Education, click here.
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