Hi great nurses in the House. I am proud to be called a Nurse because we are in-charge, we save life, in other words i can say we are soul keeper or soul savers but i taught on some questions,
1. Am i so professional that i got lives saved?
2. what happens when lost a responding patient?
3. what happens when the miraculous happens?
I began Thinking on this few questions and at last i got the Answer that great nurses are made by God. And i can boldly say GOD IN THE NURSE IS ALL THE DIFFERENCE
Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
WOW...After three days of analysis, comments and critical Thinking on this topic. 40% agree its God, 60% agree its ability, commitment and great research...
Just one more question to Ask.
If you say its ability, commitment, research and (mention it). Then who owns all the Abilities, Loves, Skill, Your Strength, potential and the rest that make you claim you are better without the God factor Him ?
Because you Don't Believe its GOD, does not mean you are not using His gifts.
Remember The gift of GOD is without Repentance!!!
So if You Still Not Believe Its God Then Force Fully Return back His Grace.
I believe this answers the question of whether or not the OP truly meant to say that he's a better nurse than anyone else because of his religion.
WOW...After three days of analysis, comments and critical Thinking on this topic. 40% agree its God, 60% agree its ability, commitment and great research...
Just one more question to Ask.
If you say its ability, commitment, research and (mention it). Then who owns all the Abilities, Loves, Skill, Your Strength, potential and the rest that make you claim you are better without the God factor Him ?
Because you Don't Believe its GOD, does not mean you are not using His gifts.
Remember The gift of GOD is without Repentance!!!
So if You Still Not Believe Its God Then Force Fully Return back His Grace.
We have now had 8+ pages of open discussion; yet, after all that, you are returning to the idea that, even if all nurses don't recognize it, your god is the only one that makes good nurses. What is quoted above is not a open discussion of the issues. It is a dogmatic proclamation that a percentage of nurses (and I am not going to try to state and exact number) disagree with.
People are welcome to agree your statement; they are welcome to disagree. However, when they do disagree, you can't just go with "well, we talked about and…well…you're still wrong, and I'm still right." And that it what you have done above. In truth, no one can be proved right or wrong when it comes to the existence of god/God/Yahweh.
Specializes in Peds, Med-Surg, Disaster Nsg, Parish Nsg.
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For those who have nothing further to add to the discussion, it may be time to move on. This type of discussion is really not intended to change anyone's religious or spiritual beliefs or the effect one may think they may have on one's nursing abilities.
If you choose to add additional comments, please keep them respectful and on topic.
Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.
If you are a great nurse say hi!
I am a great nurse. I believe in God. I also accept that others may not believe in God. That is their choice.
OP...here in the US it is all about freedoms. Freedom of speech. Freedom of religion....or the lack there of. Freedom to worship as one pleases.
It is usual and customary in the US that we respect all of our patients and we do not intrude upon the patients our beliefs when they are sick and in the hospital. My beliefs have no business at the bedside. It is personal for me and in the US that privacy is protected by law.
When patients are in a US facility it is all about their needs. Not what I think they need. Regardless of what religion someone is it is my job to spiritually support them by helping them find their religious mentors and comply (within reason) to their religious beliefs.
I have witnessed voodoo rituals. Wiccan rituals. Jewish rituals. Muslim rituals. Jehovah Witness rituals. Orthodox rituals. I have been supportive of the patient and the families to find what they need in their time of trial.
In the US this is what the nurse does. Any nurse that cares for her patient and attends to their needs regardless of their own personal beliefs is a good nurse.
God put me in this career. The skills I learned, the intuition I constantly acquire, the compassion I was born with... those are what makes what I hope will eventually become a great nurse.
I do want to preface this by saying that I believe everyone should have something they are enthusiastic about. For some, it's clearly religion. OP strikes me as someone from another country that has recently discovered it and is fanatically passionate about it. That's great, but the next step would be learning to be objective about it. I have some strong opinions on the subject but am trying to remain respectful of the fact that this is in the spirituality forum, where people are free to talk about their beliefs. See? Objectivism. Now that's part of being a good nurse.
WOW...After three days of analysis, comments and critical Thinking on this topic. 40% agree its God, 60% agree its ability, commitment and great research...
Just one more question to Ask.
If you say its ability, commitment, research and (mention it).
Are you saying that those of us that feel it's more about ability should back it up by research? I'm not sure there is on quite the exact subject that you're looking for. There are studies that showing the higher the education level of the staff, the lower the mortality rates of the patients. So education is clearly important to being a good nurse. Also interesting to note that people of higher education levels tend to be less likely to be religious.
Are you saying you have research to back up your claim that Christian nurses are better than non-Christian ones? If so, I would love to read it. Truly. No snark here. I suppose one could argue that outcomes tend to be better at Catholic hospitals than secular ones, but then it could be argued that this has less to do with them being religious and more to do with being nonprofit, especially since being a person of faith is not a requirement to work at these religiously founded hospitals. Part of being a good nurse is being able to objectively read research and question all the possible reasons that the researcher could have gotten the results that they did.
Someone mentioned earlier finding themselves more able to calm down and do their job by praying a little prayer. A similar effect could be had by taking some deep breaths and maybe meditating a little. FWIW, I would consider myself a humanist spiritually and in these situations do not ask myself how Jesus or anyone else wants me to act. I ask myself how I want to act, because I desire to be a good person. That desire is present in most people that aren't sociopaths, regardless of their faith or lack thereof. And even they do not like to be seen as incompetent.
Again, trying to remain respectful, but I am perplexed when people say they pray for a specific outcome, such as they will get through a shift without making a mistake or pray that a child will pull through their potentially terminal diagnosis. Are you saying that if you did not make these pleas, God would be less likely to allow these things to happen? That is a disturbing thought. Again, truly seeking someone's take on this. Discussion is good.
Some are also saying God works even in nurses who do not believe, so what is the explanation for terrible nurses? We know they exist. Out of morbid curiosity I am working my way through the 41 page list of nurses that have marks on their licenses. Some scary stuff in there!
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Now there is a discussion likely to provoke dogmatism!