Comments on: Wednesday October 5, 2005 at 07:32 pm

By: ParadisePier

ParadisePier — Sun, 09 Oct 2005 18:19:00 +0000

Being busy is a lot better then being bored…hehe. I love to be on the go. I’m glad that things are going great w/ your nursing and everything!

By: tornado9499

tornado9499 — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 17:20:00 +0000

I love the “keeping busy” kind of days.� Makes me feel like I got so much accomplished.� The go go go is kind of refreshing.� To me, anyway.

By: wannabwrtr

wannabwrtr — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 18:01:00 +0000

kudos on the nursing! i admire tremendously anyone who chooses to be, and works as, a nurse.� it is definitely a job i could never do.� i don’t have the empathy, patience, practicality and drive to take care of sick people, so i think it’s awesome.
interesting discussion about the hospital/religion stance.� i never actually thought about it, to be honest, but it does make sense that if the “real” world�makes allowances�for differences of religion, etc. that a place like a hospital should allow the same.� after all, they have people from all walks of life through the doors.

By: spinksy

spinksy — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 17:37:00 +0000

We can hope!!

By: Pyrsos

Pyrsos — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 14:18:00 +0000

Well…basically…you’ve pretty much hit it on the nail…it’s hard to argue that hospitals shouldn’t have spiritual comfort. It seems almost neccessary. However, the way they’re set up, we really can’t accomodate any religions except for Christianity. For me, that represents a problem of inequality. So, we’re going to try to argue that just like work places, schools, and public buildings, hospitals should be non-denominational and free of religious reference.Keep in mind, this is what we’re arguing, not neccessarily what we believe.

By: GaudyNight

GaudyNight — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 02:08:00 +0000

I’m curious - what does including religion in nursing practice mean, in practical terms? It seems like it’s a very hard argument to make that people in hospitals should not have spiritual comfort (of whatever flavor they choose) available to them. Or is it just that hospital clergy are paid by the government, and there’s really no true non-denominationalness to be had? (I don’t know how it works in the US exactly, but I don’t think chaplains are paid by the hospitals even in public hospitals. Although lots of hospitals have chapels, which are usually Christian-oriented. At least on TV!).Btw, I think it’s really cool that you’re pagan (or is it “a pagan”?). I know people who tend toward paganish understandings of the universe, but no one who’s part of an actual community.