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Nursing and The Name III: Gossip
Here is the thing about nursing: I recently called it a beautiful disaster of a career. It was just something that came to me, but the more I think about it, the more I believe it to be true. Nurses can get really bogged down with the day to day. From working shifts, to bullying, to mental health issues, there is no shortage of challenges that nurses face just to come to work, let alone deal with the complex health needs of their patients. But some of the big problems that come up aren’t the result of the work, but of human brokenness. Man, can you see that brokenness in…
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Nursing and The Name II: Nursing in the Darkness
I’m sure you’ve felt it, too. That darkness that seems to hover over a building, a unit, a room, a bed. It lingers in the air, choking out all the goodness that could be seen. Sometimes it is obvious and you feel it the second you walk in. Other times it is subtle and you don’t know you’re in it until it is sticking to your skin, floating around in your lungs. As Christians, we have the words to describe it, but I am sure that every nurse has experienced it. Hopelessness. Pain. Brokenness. It can just sit there waiting for us to fall victim to it too. There is…
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Nursing and the Name I: Nurse as Healer
I am so excited to be starting this series ‘Nursing and the Name’ with all of you. I have to say, I am overwhelmed by the support I have received since I announced that I was going to be writing the series and I so hope that it will be a blessing to you. I have been spending time in prayer, asking the Lord to reveal to me what it is that he wants me to say. I pray that you know through these words that the Lord God Almighty is just that — Almighty. He is the King of this world and He is the King of your work.…
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Nursing and the Name: Blog Series Coming Soon!
Friends, I’ve been having a hard time sitting down and writing lately. I feel like I haven’t had much direction with my posts and started to wonder why I was bothering to write disjointed ramblings on issues I thought relevant for Christian Nurses. As I do, I took it to the big guy. I asked the Lord to reveal to me what it is He wants me to write about and that is when this blog series came to mind. Nursing and the Name is all about how we nurse in the secular world. The vast majority of us will not work at faith based institutions where we are allowed…