Nurse offering a prayer = suspension

[MisterD]

still pushing her deluded beliefs on a vulnerable person.

Not even ow. The nurse made a (in her eyes) kind and generous offer and the "vulnerable person" was perfectly able to say "no, thankyou". That should have been the end of the matter...but some people can't resist throwing their weight around.

Pity you can't discipline these PC types for pushing their unwanted agenda...

[MSTRS:Me]

still pushing her deluded beliefs on a vulnerable person.

And who are you to say that she is deluded?
Every one of us has some sort of belief. About something. I guess it's possible some are even right. I mean, Elvis is working as a trolley boy at the Pakuranga Mall. Isn't he?

[HenryDorsetCase]

And who are you to say that she is deluded?
Every one of us has some sort of belief. About something. I guess it's possible some are even right. I mean, Elvis is working as a trolley boy at the Pakuranga Mall. Isn't he?

When I rule you all (and I will) it will be ME saying what you can and can't believe in.

[MSTRS:Me]

Pah! Back to your cave, young troll....

[HenryDorsetCase]

Pah! Back to your cave, young troll....

I'm 37

[Badjelly]

Not even ow. The nurse made a (in her eyes) kind and generous offer and the "vulnerable person" was perfectly able to say "no, thankyou". That should have been the end of the matter...but some people can't resist throwing their weight around.

You were there, were you?

[MSTRS:Me]

WTF are you all on about, anyway? Where is the harm in someone attempting to give some comfort to a dying woman? It's not like the nurse turned up the morphine pump to speed her death, is it?

[slofox]

I'm 37

Is THAT all...? Young whippersnapper.......

[slofox]

Obviously, "diversity" doesn't include Christianity........

[Indiana_Jones]

'Mrs. Petrie made the prayer offer to May Phippen, 79, in December, at the end of a home visit. and the pensioner mentioned it to another nurse the following day. The mother-of-two, of Weston-Super-Mare, was suspended 48 hours later.

Great grandmother Mrs Phippen told The Daily Mail: "It didn't worry me, it just struck me as a strange thing for a nurse to do. She finished dressing my legs and before she left the last thing she asked was would you like me to say a prayer for you? I said "no thank you" and then she went.'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/he...s-patient.html

Sounds like she really pushed her faith on her, even bashed her up with the Bible for good measure

-Indy

[HenryDorsetCase]

Sounds like she really pushed her faith on her, even bashed her up with the Bible for good measure

-Indy

No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!

[MisterD]

You were there, were you?

No, but then I'd already read this quote that Indy has helpfully linked.

Great grandmother Mrs Phippen told The Daily Mail: "It didn't worry me, it just struck me as a strange thing for a nurse to do. She finished dressing my legs and before she left the last thing she asked was would you like me to say a prayer for you? I said "no thank you" and then she went.'

Sounds like the "vulnerable person" was really upset and traumatised eh?

[Badjelly]

Sounds like the "vulnerable person" was really upset and traumatised eh?

Fair comment. I didn't read the article as carefully as I should have and I've deleted my previous post.

I agree with Ms Phippen that for a nurse to offer to pray for someone after she's dressed her leg is a strange thing to do.

[PrincessBandit]

Fair comment. I didn't read the article as carefully as I should have and I've deleted my previous post.

I agree with Ms Phippen that for a nurse to offer to pray for someone after she's dressed her leg is a strange thing to do.

"Strange" depends on your perspective. Trust me, I can think of waaaaaay more stranger things that happen than an apparently brief and politely concluded conversation between a nurse and a patient. And no, I wasn't present as said conversation, and yes I did read Indy's link.

ps HDC you might be 37 but I'm still older than you and will also call you a young whippersnapper!!!

[Badjelly]

"Strange" depends on your perspective. Trust me, I can think of waaaaaay more stranger things that happen than an apparently brief and politely concluded conversation between a nurse and a patient.

No argument there.

Maybe "inappropriate" is the term I might have used (though Ms Phippen used "strange"). Unfortunately, "inappropriate" (like "unsafe") has been devalued recently by ... inappropriate use.