Would Jesus be employable

[ohbet]

Lets say Jesus Christ was on earth today ,he went to school and became a nurse,and had the same attitude towards life that he ,apparently had 2000 years ago.

Would he be employable? Or would he make such a fuss when he saw the cost cutting at patients expense and the injustice of the health care system and the discrepancy of care bet/ those with money vs those without,that he would simply not be employable.

And for those christian nurses out there who try to follow his example in attitude and practice,Im one of them,do you find yourself making compromises between your efforts to follow Jesus' example in your daily life and the need to survive and be employable?

[TrudyRN]

we ... don't leave people bleeding the street.

We do, however, let them die, writhing in agony, on ER floors. We ignore them to death. We let cops arrest them - unless they die first. Then we don't punish the docs who misdoagnosed them but we do destroy the life and career of the triage nurse who had the misfortune to be so stubborn as to not evaluate the person one more time.

[leslie :-D]

I think the 'conditions' in our hospitals aren't really anything stupendously horrendous. Our medical system may be weird and unfair, but nevertheless we generally do provide fairly decent care and don't leave people bleeding the street. Even homeless people get cared for if they show up at our doors. We aren't total barbarians...

i 'think' mercy was referring to the horrific working conditions for the nsg profession.

and i agree with you mercy: i see Jesus in public health. :)

leslie

[LydiaNN]

I think the 'conditions' in our hospitals aren't really anything stupendously horrendous. Our medical system may be weird and unfair, but nevertheless we generally do provide fairly decent care and don't leave people bleeding the street. Even homeless people get cared for if they show up at our doors. We aren't total barbarians...

Stupendously horrendous? Barbarians? Why did you choose to quote my response when making such comments? Surely you're not attributing them to me??? I said or meant nothing of the sort. My point was that Jesus wouldn't choose to work in a hospital in this part of the world anyway.

[pagandeva2000, LPN]

I think He would have done the same thing that He did when He cast out the money changers from the temple; called them theives and cleared out the house. I suspect He would be working a great deal of overtime to heal the sick and be underappreciated by management and other competitive, but less compassionate nurses.

[FireStarterRN, BSN, RN]

Stupendously horrendous? Barbarians? Why did you choose to quote my response when making such comments? Surely you're not attributing them to me??? I said or meant nothing of the sort. My point was that Jesus wouldn't choose to work in a hospital in this part of the world anyway.

No, I didn't mean to put words in your mouth, sorry you took it that way. I was speaking generally. We all complain and act like the deficits in our system, medical or otherwise, are intolerable or unique. My point is that we are actually doing a fairly good job in the United States. We ARE a compassionate people who try to do right. We DO care for the poor and the powerless, in fact better than many places. We function pretty well as a society. Our justice system, although imperfect, is grounded in noble principles, and does a fairly decent job. Our medical system has plenty of people who practise Christianity in action. I think my workplace does a very good job, I don't see why Jesus would shun us in particular.

[LydiaNN]

No, I didn't mean to put words in your mouth, sorry you took it that way. I was speaking generally. We all complain and act like the deficits in our system, medical or otherwise, are intolerable or unique. My point is that we are actually doing a fairly good job in the United States. We ARE a compassionate people who try to do right. We DO care for the poor and the powerless, in fact better than many places. We function pretty well as a society. Our justice system, although imperfect, is grounded in noble principles, and does a fairly decent job. Our medical system has plenty of people who practise Christianity in action. I think my workplace does a very good job, I don't see why Jesus would shun us in particular.

I took it that way because you said it while quoting my post. I have no idea what our justice system has to do with anything, but okay. I don't believe Jesus would shun us, but I do think he'd probably identify places where the need is more desperate than it is here and choose to apply his skills there.

[okihusker]

Rustyhammer,

Just to keep the record straight, his hands are healed.

C

I think those wounds would had have had MRSA.

[FireStarterRN, BSN, RN]

I took it that way because you said it while quoting my post. I have no idea what our justice system has to do with anything, but okay. I don't believe Jesus would shun us, but I do think he'd probably identify places where the need is more desperate than it is here and choose to apply his skills there.

I actually didn't quote your post if you look back. I merely put the word 'conditions' in paraphrase quotes. I wasn't refering specifically to your post alone. Anyways, sorry you took it personally...

[FireStarterRN, BSN, RN]

As far as Jesus applying his skills where they were needed most, he didn't just minister to the poor, he actually came for the entire human race. He brought Lazarus back to life, who was his friend whom he had wept for, so he just didn't heal people who were pitiful lepers with no health insurence.

[leslie :-D]

As far as Jesus applying his skills where they were needed most, he didn't just minister to the poor, he actually came for the entire human race. He brought Lazarus back to life, who was his friend whom he had wept for, so he just didn't heal people who were pitiful lepers with no health insurence.

i DON'T know about Jesus' background so i ask:

wouldn't/didn't He go where there was greatest need?

leslie

[LydiaNN]

i DON'T know about Jesus' background so i ask:

wouldn't/didn't He go where there was greatest need?

leslie

In my opinion, yes, he would have.

[sirjimalot]

I think He would have done the same thing that He did when He cast out the money changers from the temple; called them theives and cleared out the house. I suspect He would be working a great deal of overtime to heal the sick and be underappreciated by management and other competitive, but less compassionate nurses.

Jesus didnt give a hoot what society thought of him.. He knew who He was and knew he was doing the work his father sent him to do...

Im inclined to agree with you on the last part of your post lol

not that being underapreciated would ever get in Jesus's way lol.