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As a nurse or midwife, it's a privilege to walk alongside our patients in their journeys, which are sometimes long and painful. It's an honour to witness light break through into dark and difficult seasons. One of my patients on the High Dependencey Unit (HDU) had a long stay with...
'He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God' (Micah 6:8) This is a well-known and well-loved verse among Christians, but I wonder whether we've dug into its context in the book...
Have you ever thought about your influence on the people around you? Or the influence they are having on you? Who do you look up to? And who looks up to you? All of us will be in certain relationships that significantly influence us. There will be people who particularly...
I've recited it countless times, and I can probably reel it off half-asleep post-nights, but as I travel into work today, I slow my pace a little and reflect on the gift of the Lord's Prayer [1 ] in my own words. Heavenly, holy, Dad! I need you close and...
Have you ever thought about the influence you have on the people around you? Or the influence they are having on you? Who do you look up to? And who looks up to you? Some relationships have a significant influence on us; we invest in some people and some people...
The Royal College of Nursing is known for this quote: 'This is where inspiration is met by frustration and where courage must outweigh fear. This is a profession where joy and sadness come in equal measure. This is challenging. This is rewarding. This is nursing.'That summary rings even more true...
Every Good Endeavour Timothy Keller Hodder & Stoughton 2012, £9.99, 288pp ISBN 9781444702606 Do we see work as our life's purpose? A good, an evil or a means to an end? Do we work in order to earn the money to live and relax for the 'real part of life'? As Christians, is...
I n 2017, Nursing Standard reported 10% of nurses in England who take sick leave do so because of anxiety, stress or depression. (1) In a 2016 investigation into the impact of perceived stress and ability to cope, 92% of nurses reported moderate-very high stress levels, with more than 60%...
If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from Your Majesty's hand. But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods...
The chance to visit Kisiizi Hospital for my elective this summer was a definite highlight of my nursing training so far. With two friends, I stepped out of my familiar, Western, British context into South West Uganda to experience nursing in a different culture. Kisiizi is a mission hospital community,...
