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Christian Nursing 101
Essential Skills for
the Christian Nurse
Christian Nursing 101
Love the Lord with all . . .
In the "Essential Skill: Our Calling" we apply the verse Matthew 12:30, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength" to our calling/ministry in nursing. Which one of the attributes of "love" do you find most challenging in nursing?
all your heart?
all your soul?
all your mind?
all your strength?
all your heart?
all your soul?
all your mind?
all your strength?
What essential skills of Christian Nursing do nurses struggle with?
Christian Nursing 101 is based upon the essential skills of Christian Nursing. Which one of the following essential skills is most difficult for you? Add your comments--I would enjoy hearing from you!
Jesus as our patient's Care Provider or your personal Care Provider?
Love, Excellence, Prayer, Holistic Healing, Suffering, Heavenly Hope, The Enemy, and/or Self Care?
Jesus as our patient's Care Provider or your personal Care Provider?
Love, Excellence, Prayer, Holistic Healing, Suffering, Heavenly Hope, The Enemy, and/or Self Care?
My Calling
One of the things I enjoy about our "calling" in nursing is how each one of our stories is unique. Even though you may be someone who knew God was leading you to nursing, or maybe you weren't sure or did not even know the Lord before you became a nurse, we can be rest assured that God was directing our lives to serve him.
I decided to become a nurse prior to becoming a Christian. I was working in the restaurant business and was tired of the minimal money and horrible hours. I know don't laugh, for I didn't know about "shifts" in nursing then. I had always been interested in health, the body and science and was beginning to look into some type of health care career. A neighbor of mine, advised me to be an RN. "Don't do anything else," she had said. At the time, it was summer in Palm Springs, and it used to be that the resort staff was laid off during the summer months for very few people vacationed in the resorts when the thermometer reaches over 120. Not so true anymore.
I got a job as a CNA in a nursing home and even though to this day, it was the hardest physical job I ever did, it was the greatest! I loved caring for people and building relationships with the cognitively intact residents. At the same time, I enjoyed the total care of the bed bound and Alzheimer's patients. The staff there were very supportive and told me, "If you can do this, you will be a great RN." I believe this is true today, for the organizational skills really have benefited me as an RN.
My family moved to the San Francisco Bay Area where I started plugging away at those prerequisites. During this time, I became a Christian and had to stop and question whether I was doing what God would have me do. I had a wonderful Christian friend, who assured me that God had been directing me to Him and to nursing school all along.
I entered my second year of nursing school as a single parent and experienced a very difficult time in my life. I experienced challenges that I couldn't have faced nor conquered without the Lord's direct hand on my life. He gave me strength to complete the nursing program, managed my finances, help me find housing, and guided me to a full-time day shift RN job, when the market was very tight.
God proved to me that he not only worked in my life prior to my commitment to him, but also that he would always by my provider.
I would love to hear your "calling"!
I decided to become a nurse prior to becoming a Christian. I was working in the restaurant business and was tired of the minimal money and horrible hours. I know don't laugh, for I didn't know about "shifts" in nursing then. I had always been interested in health, the body and science and was beginning to look into some type of health care career. A neighbor of mine, advised me to be an RN. "Don't do anything else," she had said. At the time, it was summer in Palm Springs, and it used to be that the resort staff was laid off during the summer months for very few people vacationed in the resorts when the thermometer reaches over 120. Not so true anymore.
I got a job as a CNA in a nursing home and even though to this day, it was the hardest physical job I ever did, it was the greatest! I loved caring for people and building relationships with the cognitively intact residents. At the same time, I enjoyed the total care of the bed bound and Alzheimer's patients. The staff there were very supportive and told me, "If you can do this, you will be a great RN." I believe this is true today, for the organizational skills really have benefited me as an RN.
My family moved to the San Francisco Bay Area where I started plugging away at those prerequisites. During this time, I became a Christian and had to stop and question whether I was doing what God would have me do. I had a wonderful Christian friend, who assured me that God had been directing me to Him and to nursing school all along.
I entered my second year of nursing school as a single parent and experienced a very difficult time in my life. I experienced challenges that I couldn't have faced nor conquered without the Lord's direct hand on my life. He gave me strength to complete the nursing program, managed my finances, help me find housing, and guided me to a full-time day shift RN job, when the market was very tight.
God proved to me that he not only worked in my life prior to my commitment to him, but also that he would always by my provider.
I would love to hear your "calling"!
Health Care Reform Toolkit
At thinkchristian.net I found a helpful discussion sheet for the continuing debate on health care reform. "A Guide to the Health-Care Reform.The document includes:
biblical background
status update on the state of the US health care
a look at past attempts at health-care reform
a helpful guide in understanding all the terms, options, and key choices
and other discussion points.
It is put together to educate and spark discussion and thought on how to live out God's call for justice in our world through health care reform.
The organizations who authored the toolkit are here:
Sojourners-faith, politics and culture
PICO National Network-faith based community organizations
biblical background
status update on the state of the US health care
a look at past attempts at health-care reform
a helpful guide in understanding all the terms, options, and key choices
and other discussion points.
It is put together to educate and spark discussion and thought on how to live out God's call for justice in our world through health care reform.
The organizations who authored the toolkit are here:
Sojourners-faith, politics and culture
PICO National Network-faith based community organizations
Jesus as our Care Provider
As Christian nurses we depend upon Jesus to give us all we need to care for our patients. How would you like Jesus to be the Care Provider for yourself and/or your patients?
What are Essential Christian Nursing Skills?
As Christians we are taught to "love thy neighbor" and "be like Jesus." What does that look like for the Christian Nurse? Tell me what you think?
Comment on the blog, send me a tweet, or an email--see the links on the side to chat!
Comment on the blog, send me a tweet, or an email--see the links on the side to chat!
