Nurse supended for offering to pray - Page 3

Studio25 · 03-02-2009, 11:01

Would she have been suspended if she'd been promoting a non-Christian religion?

jaysay · 03-02-2009, 11:57

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Originally Posted by Studio25

Would she have been suspended if she'd been promoting a non-Christian religion?

Not a snowballs chance

accyman · 03-02-2009, 14:23

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Originally Posted by jaysay

Not a snowballs chance

considering the current climate i would give the snowball a fighting chance to be fair

Less · 04-02-2009, 08:18

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Originally Posted by Studio25

Would she have been suspended if she'd been promoting a non-Christian religion?

One thing for certain if she had been non Christian, we would be up to about page seventeen with irate, 'she should mind her own business posts by now!'.

jaysay · 04-02-2009, 09:48

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One thing for certain if she had been non Christian, we would be up to about page seventeen with irate, 'she should mind her own business posts by now!'.

and 16 of them would have been filled by Gordie

Wynonie Harris · 04-02-2009, 14:16

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Originally Posted by Studio25

Would she have been suspended if she'd been promoting a non-Christian religion?

Reckon it's highly unlikely that a non-Christian nurse would offer to say prayers for a patient in the first place. Most of the God-botherers seem to come from Christian sects of one sort or another. How many devotees of non-Christian religions have you had knocking on your front door on a Sunday morning?

However, if the nurse had been Muslim and had been suspended for offering to say prayers, I'd say Less is right. We'd be up to our eyes in "sack her/deport her/they're taking over" posts by now!

Eric · 04-02-2009, 20:43

I had a long stay in hospital about 3 years ago ... before I was admitted, I was asked if I would like to be visited by one of the hospital chaplins ... I declined, and wasn't bothered ... but if any nurse had been concerned enough to offer to pray for me, I wouldn't have objected ... at least no one could tell me I didn't have a prayer.

But I have to admit that, considering I had only a 50 -50 chance of making it through surgery, I did give some serious thought to asking for a priest.

yerself · 04-02-2009, 21:52

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How many devotees of non-Christian religions have you had knocking on your front door on a Sunday morning?

Several. Mainly from American sects.

Wynonie Harris · 04-02-2009, 22:14

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Several. Mainly from American sects.

What sort of American sects?

black_flights · 04-02-2009, 22:53

And is it any wonder I don't have a religion? And Sheesh all this about being politically correct, next time she might say 'Would you like me to say a prayer to "insert God/Diety/Other here" for you'
Or it may be better if our NHS had pre written scripts for talking to patients, in response to conversations, like our bank call centres in India have.

What a load of twoddle

Royboy39 · 04-02-2009, 23:07

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And is it any wonder I don't have a religion? And Sheesh all this about being politically correct, next time she might say 'Would you like me to say a prayer to "insert God/Diety/Other here" for you'
Or it may be better if our NHS had pre written scripts for talking to patients, in response to conversations, like our bank call centres in India have.

What a load of twoddle

I agree....The paramedic who referred to the patient as 'Love' was also lamblasted.
Politiclaly correct my arse...,.say what you mean and mean what you say..free speach is what we were brought up to.
If this lass looses her job because of this I think that her line manager should be ashamed and named.
There may be a few spelling mistakes in this post but I don't give a toss.

katex · 04-02-2009, 23:46

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I agree....The paramedic who referred to the patient as 'Love' was also lamblasted.
Politiclaly correct my arse...,.say what you mean and mean what you say..free speach is what we were brought up to.
If this lass looses her job because of this I think that her line manager should be ashamed and named.
There may be a few spelling mistakes in this post but I don't give a toss.

Not quite the same sort of situation Royboy ... was against the rules.

Again, we don't know how strong she was coming on to this patient .. had been handing out prayer cards prior to this. Just imagine if she were handing out political campaigning leaflets and then asking "Can Peter rely on your vote then ?"

My daughter, when going out on community visits, would never impose this offer on a patient. She is far too good a medical professional to not put herself in the role of a spiritual saviour.

Think you have a daughter too in nursing don't you Royboy ? (sorry, if I am wrong, not sure).. perhaps you might ask her opinion on this.

Royboy39 · 04-02-2009, 23:53

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Not quite the same sort of situation Royboy ... was against the rules.

Again, we don't know how strong she was coming on to this patient .. had been handing out prayer cards prior to this. Just imagine if she were handing out political campaigning leaflets and then asking "Can Peter rely on your vote then ?"

My daughter, when going out on community visits, would never impose this offer on a patient. She is far too good a medical professional to not put herself in the role of a spiritual saviour.

Think you have a daughter too in nursing don't you Royboy ? (sorry, if I am wrong, not sure).. perhaps you might ask her opinion on this.

Yes I have and I will......still think it's a cat chasing headlines that are not warranted.

Neil · 05-02-2009, 08:37

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

However, if the nurse had been Muslim and had been suspended for offering to say prayers, I'd say Less is right. We'd be up to our eyes in "sack her/deport her/they're taking over" posts by now!

You forgot to mention we would have news reports from around the world of Muslims burning Union Jacks and threatening us with young children wearing bombs.

Wynonie Harris · 05-02-2009, 09:14

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You forgot to mention we would have news reports from around the world of Muslims burning Union Jacks and threatening us with young children wearing bombs.

I think you're exaggerating somewhat there, Neil. I would've thought with Palestine, Iraq etc, they've far more things to protest about.

However, maybe I see things in a different light because, unlike many on here, I don't subscribe to the Sun/Daily Mail "they're waiting to take over the country" philosophy!