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I am still here to tell you that I respect your views. Even if you do not believe in God, it is really okay. I respect your views; and if you want, you can respect my views. However, if you do not want, It will not affect me at all. Yes, I left, but I came back again to say that the topic about the existence of God, should not make us fight one another, and I am not here to stay. Our common goal is to serve our patients all over the world. Patients are different, and nurses are also different. However, the nursing profession helps us all.

If someone is still doubting that God exists. It not necessary to fight over this issue. Even angles from heaven or from hell will not convince him. Does God exist? Yes, He does. I strongly believe that God exists and my life lies in His hands. If you still want more evidences, I will provide them to you; but, I doubt they will change anything from what you believe in. Nursing profession, is an international profession. In many countries around the world, they are millions of people who believe in God and some of them are our patients. These people, are not only Christians. So, our patients, have the right to ask us any questions. If you do not have or know the answer, it is better to be honest and say: "I don't know, and I will get you someone who knows better about this topic to help you". It is not necessary to be angry about a question about the existence of God, or to be angry about Christian Nurses,...because all of us, are in the same profession. I would request you to read the nursing pledge that all of us use. Do you think Florence Nightingale did not believe in God? If she did and she is the founder of nursing profession, why do you get mad now, or why should you feel uncomfortable if a patient could ask you if God exists? Even if we someone may not believe that God exists. That is okay for him, but he should not be unhappy to those of believe that God exists! Finally, even if you do not believe that God exists; it does not make Him not exist anyway!

Hi Spotangel, Thank you very much to all colleagues who enriched me in polite, constructive, and professional way with different approaches in responding carefully to the patient who asks a question related to the existence of God. The year 2020 has been a bad year for many people, and now it is gone! I hope the new year 2021 comes with many blessings, good dreams and resolutions. One of my resolutions is to concentrate on more important aspects of my life in general, and my professional life in particular. As I put end to my participation and interaction in this forum, I sincerely thank you for your great insights in providing me with excellent and various approaches in taking care of patients from different backgrounds as far as spiritual care is concerned. The rich experiences I received from some of you in dealing with patients in life and death are highly appreciated. I sincerely thank the administrators of this site who established it so that nurses can lean from each other in a constructive way! Thank you very much for the great job! Happy New Year 2021 to all!

In facing this challenge, what should be the contribution to this nursing forum or to the nursing association? Should we not contribute some money for this afflicted nurse. For sure the facility will pay the price, and I guess the security guard who refused to help must pay the price. What lesson can we learn from this. For the protection of employees, and other patients; some measures should take immediately such as restraining the patient by force. This is a high profile situation that can happen to any of us. In this season of COVID-19, PPE should be made available to all staff without any condition.

I sincerely sympathize with the assaulted nurse. The employer should be responsible of what happened and should pay compensation in terms of money. Policies should be made to protect nurses from violent patients and I think, unless if a patient is mentally ill, otherwise he should pay the penalty. As a nurse, if patient start to hit me, and assault me physically, I have to defend myself. However, I have to search if there are laws that can protect me in that kind of scenario.

Older females are a tough challenge. The best male CNA I ever worked with managed to get their trust by always being completely polite and respectful. He would get a female to work with him at first and paid attention to all the little details that they liked. It took a lot of time but eventually some ladies preferred him to the other CNAs. You will have to show them how good you will treat them. I guess in nursing profession, it is really good to understand those older females not as a challenge, but an opportunity to learn from them. They become older not only in age, but also in problems of different aspects, and the best thing in professional experiences. The best way is to lower your head a little bit, respect them, and help them as much you can. Then, then will cooperate well or sometimes not well with you. In the future you will find yourself in the same category like them. Family, relationship, financial, professional problems make them feel bitter and tired. They need someone who is willing to learn from them, someone who is not there to challenge them.

It is better just better to focus on your future goals no matter what happens to you on your educational path! Even a rough road can lead you to your final destination.

Hi Spotangel, Thank you very much to all colleagues who enriched me in polite, constructive, and professional way with different approaches in responding carefully to the patient who asks a question related to the existence of God. The year 2020 has been a bad year for many people, and now it is gone! I hope the new year 2021 comes with many blessings, good dreams and resolutions. One of my resolutions is to concentrate on more important aspects of my life in general, and my professional life in particular. As I put end to my participation and interaction in this forum, I sincerely thank you for your great insights in providing me with excellent and various approaches in taking care of patients from different backgrounds as far as spiritual care is concerned. The rich experiences I received from some of you in dealing with patients in life and death are highly appreciated. I sincerely thank the administrators of this site who established it so that nurses can lean from each other in a constructive way! Thank you very much for the great job! Happy New Year 2021 to all!

There should be no threats and intimidation toward old residents or even any person related to religious beliefs.

Hi Spotangel, Thank you very much to all colleagues who enriched me in polite, constructive, and professional way with different approaches in responding carefully to the patient who asks a question related to the existence of God. The year 2020 has been a bad year for many people, and now it is gone! I hope the new year 2021 comes with many blessings, good dreams and resolutions. One of my resolutions is to concentrate on more important aspects of my life in general, and my professional life in particular. As I put end to my participation and interaction in this forum, I sincerely thank you for your great insights in providing me with excellent and various approaches in taking care of patients from different backgrounds as far as spiritual care is concerned. The rich experiences I received from some of you in dealing with patients in life and death are highly appreciated. I sincerely thank the administrators of this site who established it so that nurses can lean from each other in a constructive way! Thank you very much for the great job! Happy New Year 2021 to all!

Thank you for the answer. I agree with you about Constantine. Constantine was fighting for his political survival and used Christianity to attract many people to him and he succeed with plans against his rivals. He was baptized on the deathbed, but throughout his leadership, he was only pretending to be a Christian. I thought true Christianity came from Christ (Jesus-Christ), who was purposely born to be the savior of mankind. True Christians follow Jesus-Christ, and not Constantine. GrumpyRN, NP is afraid of discussing about Christianity on this forum. He stated: "Yeah, I'm not getting involved in that level of dogma. One of us would end up being banned from the site. ??"

I agree with you! ??

Christianity started with the coming of Jesus-Christ. Jesus Christ is God, the creator of heavens and earth, and the creator of mankind. He has no beginning and no end. He came in this world, in the form of a human. Conceived and born from Mary. He grew up living with mankind. He brought the gospel, preached the repentance from sin, forgiving sins, healing the sick and the lame, and resurrecting the dead people like Lazarus. He is the one who brought the highest morality in the world, teaching all of us to love even our enemies and to pray for them. Jesus Christ, started the Christian Church. So now, there are many Christians around the world. Some good following His footsteps, and some bad, corrupt, and wicked. Do you agree with me?

Thank you very much for your answer. "You become self aware! This sentience is what created religion. An extension of self. Insightful manipulative Individuals saw the possibilities of control and profit. Organized religions was born". I do not know what type of religion are talking about. There are many religions in the world. Do you think all of them started the same way?

"What is the meaning of life, the universe and everything? The answer is 42. Or... If you want to be more exact 0.007297351 which can also be written as 1/137. This the number that appears when you combine the speed of light in a vacuum, the electrical charge of one electron and Planck's constant. Known as the 'fine structure constant'" You still remember physics and Chemistry? You are surprising me. Your reply is very philosophical. Hard to understand! Almost all philosophers agree that the ultimate end of all human action is directed toward HAPPINESS. Thank you for trying all you can to make the universe happy including yourself! You are very well grounded!