When a patient asks if you believe in God nurse life gets complicated — fast. It happens when you least expect it. You’re doing obs. Changing a dressing. Sitting with someone at 2am because they can’t sleep and you have five minutes before the next round. And they look at you and ask. “Do you … Read more
Christian nurse toxic workplace — nobody warns you what it does to your faith when the environment itself is the problem. Some workplaces are hard because nursing is hard. And some workplaces are hard because something is actually wrong. The gossip that never stops. The manager who plays favourites. The colleague who undermines you in … Read more
Too tired to pray nurse life — some nights, you come home and the words just aren’t there. Some nights, you get home and you have nothing. Not just physically. Everything. The words are gone. The thoughts are gone. You sit on the edge of the bed and the idea of forming a coherent prayer … Read more
My devotional time happens in the car. Not in a quiet room with a Bible and a journal and a hot cup of tea. In the car, on the way to the hospital, with worship music on and the shift ahead of me. That is where I gather myself. That is where I hand the … Read more
There was a shift where a patient died alone. I had done everything I could. The care was good — I know that. But they went without family, without anyone who loved them in the room, and there was nothing I could do to change that. The call bell was already ringing from somewhere else. … Read more
I want to be honest about something that doesn’t come up much in Christian nursing circles. My faith is not on fire. It is not particularly warm. Most days, working in a hospital or aged care facility, it feels — if I’m being completely truthful — a little flat. A little quiet. A little like … Read more