Nurse threatened with sack for offering to say a prayer for patient.

[fredheim_holm]

Madness. Political correctness is a horrid thing.

 

[cockles is back]

Interesting but I would be staggered if offering to pray for a patient contravenes that rule. She wasn't trying to convert the old dear. If you are "spiritual" then a prayer is most likely welcome, if you are an atheist then it is a load of pointless mumbo jumbo but why give a **** about it? And it was an offer, she wasn't forcing a prayer on an unwilling recipient.

Why do Atheists get so worked up about this stuff? It doesn't work, it doesn't mean anything, does it, so why care? I just don't get it.

A Century United youve had your clown tag lifted you must now pass the crown tag to MK (obvioulsy I do hope clowns arent religious or we may have to rethink)

 

[cockles is back]

I don't understand why people (MK) are agreeing about this. Now I am not going to make assumptions about this but whatever your beliefs I can say that I would think someone praying for you would be a good thing. If you are truely dying then to be honest you wouldn;t have a clue what was going on anyway.

I would imagine I am one of a select group who has been there when someone was dying/died on this group (not knowing which other people work in the healthcare and other select professions) and I am not sure someone who works for network rail is in the position to say how they would feel when they are dying because to be honest you don't have a clue my friend.

I am not a Christian but if someone there was demonstrating at my last moments that they cared enough about me they that would make me feel at ease which is something you need at this time. Trust me. Although on the other hand people moaning about patients asking to be facing Meccah to pray shouldn't moan, that sort of thing takes 10 seconds whereas some of the crap patients ask you to do is beyonf belief.

because it gives narrow minded racist biggots like myself something to look at whilst im eating a kebab

 

[cockles is back]

there thats me done for the night see yo all later lefties

xxx

 

[Benfleet A1]

You gotta love him.

 

[BaileytheQuitter]

Political correctness is becoming ridiculous. It's slowly turning patronising to those it aims to protect!

 

[Mad Cyril]

I have quite a few Christian friends who work in the medical profession and often find themselves in this same dilemma. When they do take a risk and offer to pray for the patient 99 times out of 100 the patient is really pleased to have the offer

If a doctor offered to pray for me I think my immediate reaction would be to soil myself.

I would then demand to see a specialist.

 

[Firestorm]

Political correctness is becoming ridiculous. It's slowly turning patronising to those it aims to protect!

For crying out loud doesn't anyone read the articles...

Its not the offering to pray which is getting her the sack, its repeated breach of rules

She faces sacking because she has breached the conditions of a previous warning ! Now in all honesty, if you did something at work which was unrelated to the job and got a warning would you do it again knowing the next level of disciplinary procudres involve losing your job ?
I sense someone who is willing to get "martyr" status in the right wing media rather than concentrate on the job she is paid for !

 

[Crabby Shrimper]

For crying out loud doesn't anyone read the articles...

My dear fellow, it's in The Sun. Of course I don't read it!

 

[Perth Bambi]

For crying out loud doesn't anyone read the articles...

Its not the offering to pray which is getting her the sack, its repeated breach of rules

She faces sacking because she has breached the conditions of a previous warning ! Now in all honesty, if you did something at work which was unrelated to the job and got a warning would you do it again knowing the next level of disciplinary procudres involve losing your job ?
I sense someone who is willing to get "martyr" status in the right wing media rather than concentrate on the job she is paid for !

I tell you what if nurses only did things they get paid for their job would be a hell of a lot easier.

 

[Reg Martin]

For crying out loud doesn't anyone read the articles...

Its not the offering to pray which is getting her the sack, its repeated breach of rules

She faces sacking because she has breached the conditions of a previous warning ! Now in all honesty, if you did something at work which was unrelated to the job and got a warning would you do it again knowing the next level of disciplinary procudres involve losing your job ?
I sense someone who is willing to get "martyr" status in the right wing media rather than concentrate on the job she is paid for !

To be fair I think its you who may be missing the point here.
If a rule is unreasonable then its unreasonable for an employee to be sacked for repeatedly breaking it. "Martyr" status should not be something to be sneered at if there is a genuine principle of free speech involved as I believe there is here.

 

[Reg Martin]

If a doctor offered to pray for me I think my immediate reaction would be to soil myself.

I would then demand to see a specialist.

Can I pray for you?
ps I'm a doctor

 

[londonblue]

For crying out loud doesn't anyone read the articles...

Its not the offering to pray which is getting her the sack, its repeated breach of rules

She faces sacking because she has breached the conditions of a previous warning ! Now in all honesty, if you did something at work which was unrelated to the job and got a warning would you do it again knowing the next level of disciplinary procudres involve losing your job ?
I sense someone who is willing to get "martyr" status in the right wing media rather than concentrate on the job she is paid for !

You don't actually expect people to read and understand the issue do you? That would give people less to complain about.

And as for repeated breach of rules. You just have to see the amount of players that get a second yellow for taking their shirt off and are then sent off to know that most people just don't think.