EVANGELISM IN WARD

Editorial Team / Admin · Jan 10, 2015

No, as a nurse it is about the patient, not the nurse's personal religious beliefs. Evangelizing to patients will quickly land one in hot water. It is the responsibility of the nurse to provide nursing care and respect the patients' beliefs.

malamud69, BSN, RN · Jan 10, 2015

"Ward" ??? The religious mentality certainly goes along with the vastly outdated terminology...good luck with all of that...please keep it far away from my "ward." Thank you.

loriangel14, RN · Jan 10, 2015

Completely inappropriate. Religion is a personal issue and it not our place to preach to anyone.

dishes, BSN, RN · Jan 10, 2015

oyinz, when you are on the ward, you are there to perform your role as a professional, if prayer helps you to provide care for patients, then pray in your heart. That way you will not risk imposing your beliefs on patients.

Editorial Team / Admin · Jan 10, 2015

"Ward" ??? The religious mentality certainly goes along with the vastly outdated terminology...good luck with all of that...please keep it far away from my "ward." Thank you.

Some countries still use wards. The UK is one, I believe. Combined with the spelling of "saviour" in OP's other post, I believe he is not from the US.

SWM2009 · Jan 10, 2015

Ward is still used internationally.

I have had personal experience with a nurse trying to evangelize to me while my husband was in the ICU . I was upset, and rightly so, because I never asked nor wanted the religious information this nurse was pedalling. If a patient requests religious advice, call the hospital chaplain or whoever and get back to doing your job.

Pepper The Cat, BSN, RN · Jan 10, 2015

This is a very important area in the christaindom..
We should try to spread the gospel in our various ward as nurses

no. If you want to spread the gospel on your own time, go for it. But thus behaviour does not belong in the workplace, and will not end well if you try it.

enuf_already · Jan 10, 2015

Based on the OP's other post, I'm a little worried about the OP. Hopefully I am just misinterpreting .

In the other post, the OP states,

"I mean the joy in playing the role of a saviour makes me feel confident an strong."

The OP goes on to report being under a lot of stress and not being himself lately. Along with this post, I am hoping this is just a very religious person vs someone in distress.

OP are you okay?

Purple_roses · Jan 10, 2015

Ugh, I really think the OP is trolling, but I'll go ahead and answer because I just can't help myself.

How would you feel if your patients had this mentality? What if every single patient you encountered tried converting you to their religion? You ask, how are you feeling, and they say, "wonderful, thanks to the grace and goodness of Allah (or Jesus, or science, or nature, etc.). What if every answer you ever get is riddled with religious jargon? What if every answer is an attempt to convert you?It would be annoying and would make your job harder. So if you don't want that done to you, don't do it to your patients, who don't even want to be there in the first place.

Raviepoo · Jan 10, 2015

This is totally inappropriate and a violation of the principle of autonomy. Sick people and their families do not want anyone else's religion shoved down their throat at a vulnerable moment. If they ask for it, lay it on them, but don't ever try to "evangelize" random people in a hospital. They may not share your views, as is their right.

This is a very important area in the christaindom..
We should try to spread the gospel in our various ward as nurses

Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN · Jan 10, 2015

It is clear that you are not in the US. Here it is very inappropriate to evangelize to the patients. We are respectful of their beliefs but do not try to preach about our own.