How do you incorporate faith into your daily nursing tasks?

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merlee

1,246 Posts

Wow. I know I have seen care ranging from poor to excellent from those who profess a faith and from those who do not.

Acting humanely, with highest ethics, and loving kindness, does not necessarily come from a faith-based life. Respect for yourself and others has little or nothing to do with a specific religious background.

Those who strive daily to do their best will always try to give the finest care possible.

Specializes in LTC.
Well...sure! The OP asked how "we" (each of us) incorporates faith (define however YOU like, as will I) in their daily nursing. I merely responded as to how I incorporate faith. Your results may vary.

Thanks for posting that scripture. I love it and incorporate it in my work.

crb613, BSN, RN

1,632 Posts

Specializes in Med Surg/Tele/ER.
How do you know how deep another person's faith goes? How are you able to judge how faithful a person truly is? Do you know what's in another person's heart?

Do people of deep faith who do horrible things also have the lord working through them?[/quote

This is not meant to be argumentative, but why do people become so defensive when anything pertaining to the Lord comes up? Please lets just answer the poster's questiton....it either pertains to you or it doesn't. No one type of faith was mentioned.....just faith. Some just happen to be faith in God....and to answer your last

question....The Lord is not in anything horrible.....only man. :redbeathe

kakamegamama

1,030 Posts

Specializes in MCH,NICU,NNsy,Educ,Village Nursing.

Fribblet--

"How do you know how deep another person's faith goes? That is between them and God. However, faith or the absence of same, is reflected in how life is lived. How are you able to judge how faithful a person truly is? That's not for me to judge. That is God's decision, not mine. Do you know what's in another person's heart? Only if they share that with me.

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Do people of deep faith who do horrible things also have the lord working through them? If you mean daily doing horrible things and willingly, no, I don't believe that's the case. It's like oil and water--can't mix. Would you elaborate more on what you mean by horrible things?

Picklefreak

49 Posts

How do you know how deep another person's faith goes? How are you able to judge how faithful a person truly is? Do you know what's in another person's heart?

Do people of deep faith who do horrible things also have the lord working through them?[/quote

This is not meant to be argumentative, but why do people become so defensive when anything pertaining to the Lord comes up? Please lets just answer the poster's questiton....it either pertains to you or it doesn't. No one type of faith was mentioned.....just faith. Some just happen to be faith in God....and to answer your last

question....The Lord is not in anything horrible.....only man. :redbeathe

No one is taking issue with someone asking how to incorporate faith into one's nursing practice. What people are taking issue with is the assertion that there is a "huge difference" between nurses who are guided by faith and those who are not. We would simply like to know what this "huge difference" is.

Specializes in LTC, Hospice, Case Management.
I've observed that there's such a huge difference between nurses who incorporate their faith into their nursing job compared to others who do not.

It is this sentence that makes some defensive. It is easy to read it as "If you don't have faith you suck and couldn't possibly be as good of a nurse as someone with faith".

kakamegamama

1,030 Posts

Specializes in MCH,NICU,NNsy,Educ,Village Nursing.

The OP didn't say which direction the huge difference was illustrated :). She didn't say if those with faith gave better care or worse than those who didn't practice with faith. So, hmm.....having faith SHOULD make a difference.....

cjar107013

40 Posts

I've observed that there's such a huge difference between nurses who incorporate their faith into their nursing job compared to others who do not.

It is this sentence that makes some defensive. It is easy to read it as "If you don't have faith you suck and couldn't possibly be as good of a nurse as someone with faith".

I think you are right (ETA: Nascar nurse) and I think we could break it down even further. I've observed that there's a huge difference between... black and white, rich and poor, BSN and ADN, adjective and other adjective.

Us versus them is ugly, no matter how you phrase it.

tamadrummer

150 Posts

Specializes in 1st year Critical Care RN, not CCRN cert.

Honestly as a nursing student, I wear my faith on me sleeve. I am not out preaching or anything like that but I will not hesitate to pray with someone and I will not hide the fact that Jesus is my way of life.

I do not judge others and I have no expectation of faith from others on staff, students or of course not the patients.

Woodenpug, BSN

734 Posts

Specializes in MPCU.

This vs. that. Atheists are spiritual beings. They see it differently. Those who do not have a belief that life has meaning, and a purpose, are the ones who have no faith. An atheist may not call it faith, but "What is in a name?...."

Yes, us vs. them is ugly. We have only one enemy. I'm not sure, but I think, in American English, it's called apathy. No sarcasm intended. We do read words differently.

mindlor

1,341 Posts

I put my faith in science and it has never failed me....

Woodenpug, BSN

734 Posts

Specializes in MPCU.
I put my faith in science and it has never failed me....

Amen. Science reveals Gods universe! LOL, we see it differently, and that's great.

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