Christianity In The Nursing Profession

Nurses are an essential part of the healthcare system and the society. Nurses require special knowledge, preparation and skill, in their profession. They must have adequate training on issues that pertain to handling patients, medicine and medical records among other issues. Nursing profession requires an advanced knowledge and skills that it outgrows the needs of any society for special services. Nursing profession is a calling because it involves a lot of sacrifice of personal time, patient, discipline, values, ethics and other essential qualities.

Nurses provide help, support and care to human beings irrespective of their gender, social status, financial status and the position they occupy in the society. Therefore, nurses should care for the whole patient. Christian nurses enter the profession more as a calling than a duty. Christian nurses undertake their work and responsibilities with the code of ethics of nursing and professional practice. However, the Christian values and the expectations of Christian faith. The Christian faith and values require a person to handle others with love, care and discipline. The values of the Christian faith guide an individual and the profession that he or she decides to take (Doornbos & Et.al, 2005).

As a Christian nurse, one should care for the whole patient, which encompasses emotional health, physical health and spiritual health. First, a Christian nurse has the responsibility of ensuring that a patient has adequate care of his or her emotional health. The nurse caters for the emotional health of the patient, in several ways. The Christian faith requires that individuals handle others with love. Therefore, a Christian nurse should express love, for her patients. The nurse provides love...

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Social justice encompasses courage, integrity and objectivity. A nurse has the responsibility of acting as a healthcare advocate, for patients. A nurse should allocate resources fairly. Social justice is about handling patients equally. A nurse should not discriminate patients based on social class, financial ability or other factors. A nurse should be fair and handle patients with tolerance (American Holistic Nurses' Association & Frisch, 2000).

In conclusion, the nursing profession requires people who can persevere and sacrifice their time and service, for other people. A Christian nurse should provide for emotional, physical and spiritual health of patients with respect to Christian teachings and nursing code of conduct and ethics. A nurse should understand the core values of nursing, to effectively manage patients and offer them appropriate care.