The 10 Commandments for Healthcare Professionals

nici1978 · Jul 12, 2008

you got to be kidding me..........?????

leslie :-D · Jul 12, 2008

that's cool.

i aspire to most of them. :coollook:

leslie

FireStarterRN, BSN, RN · Jul 12, 2008

I thought they were full of good advise. :)

loricatus · Jul 12, 2008

Thank you for posting it.

Home Health Columnist / Guide · Jul 12, 2008

medical and personal ethics are highlighted under 10 commandments theme...

example:

thou shall have no false gods before me
two false gods are especially tempting to those in the medical profession. the first is money...
the second false god tempting many in the medical profession is a confusion of human life with divine life. health care professionals often treat human life as the highest good, which must be pursued always, everywhere, and to the fullest extent possible. but to mistake the good of human life for the good of divine life is idolatrous. when pulmonary scientist dr. marshall brummer was asked if it is the duty of the physician to do everything for a patient until that patient is called to his reward, he answered, "yes." but this attitude absolutizes the value of human life—its continued existence—without considering that some treatments burden patients and their families tremendously while providing very little benefit. the catholic tradition has long insisted that extraordinary means need not be used in supporting human life.

how many times have we heard that sentiment on the bb...

FireStarterRN, BSN, RN · Jul 12, 2008

I really like this one, esp what I've highlighted:

9. Thou Shall Not Covet Thy Neighbor's Spouse and 10. Thou Shall Not Covet Thy Neighbor's Goods

Our deeds begin in our thoughts and desires. These two commandments enjoin respect for the privacy and modesty of patients by infringing upon them as little as possible and only when needed strictly for the practice of medicine.

The tenth commandment helps us follow the seventh. Thinking about and desiring the goods of another always precedes stealing. A detachment from riches follows from an understanding that the most important goods are not the ones money can buy. Envy is a sadness at the goods of others and an immoderate desire to have them. It can lead to actions that are incompatible with love of neighbor. In the medical profession, this can show itself as jealousy at the success of colleagues or fear that they will become as successful. Either feeling can lead health care professionals to withhold information and support from one another, to the disadvantage of patients and the human community.

moongirl · Jul 12, 2008

seriously?? Health care professionals should not partake in giving someone contraceptives?? Oh yeah, I SO need MORE people on medicaid coming in to have their 5th child

uscstu4lfe · Jul 12, 2008

all of the people that should be on birth control are not and vice versa. it's really messed up!

midcom · Jul 12, 2008

And so ... physicians don't see patients on the sabbath? Hospitals shut down on Sunday? Urgent care clinics no longer serve patients on Sunday?

Get real!

Dixie

nursecass · Jul 12, 2008

:chuckleHaha! I kind of like the no working on Sabbath thing. That means I never have to work another Sunday again-very nice, and I can just discharge all of my ICU patients on Saturday night! It's genious! I really don't see why/how that could be problematic! :uhoh3:

And of course, as I'm sure everyone on this board has, I went into nursing just for the money. Every day I think to myself "Self, it's a good thing I'm spending 45 minutes doing skin care on this patients behind so that I can get rich and retire early!"

Really, I'm just amazed. :banghead:

FireStarterRN, BSN, RN · Jul 12, 2008

And so ... physicians don't see patients on the sabbath? Hospitals shut down on Sunday? Urgent care clinics no longer serve patients on Sunday?
Get real!
Dixie

If you read the text you will understand that the author is encouraging observance of the spirit of the Sabbath, not the actual letter of the law.

Few professions work longer hours than doctors and those who support them. Man was not made for the Sabbath but the Sabbath for man, as Jesus says in Mark 2:27. Work may be about what we do, but worship is about who we are. The Sabbath rest allows health care professionals to recreate and recollect that we don’t live to work but work to live in the fullness of life that comes from an intimate relationship with God.
Workaholic hours wring devastating consequences—divorce, breakdowns, disillusionment, and depression. The humanity of health care professionals demands proper care of self, especially in relation to God.