What are your top 2 spiritual gifts? Do you agree with the results? Why or why not?
My two top spiritual gifts were showing mercy and teaching. I never realized showing mercy was a gift, but not that I know it is it makes sense in so many ways. I have always felt God blessed me with an abundance of compassion and empathy. I never dreamed that it was a spiritual gift. I would jokily say” I guess God gave me such a big heart because I was born on Valentine’s Day.” I have a heart for the lonely, poor, broken, lost and hurting people. My second top gift is teaching. That comes a s no surprise. From the moment I came t a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, I was ready to teach. I had a passion to share Gods love and word with kids and youth. I believe
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What better place to use my gift than in the nursing field. I work in a pool position at the hospital but my full time position is with Hospice. Most nurses will not work in this specialty. A lot of people ask me “how can you see people die every day isn’t that depressing?’ I can honestly say I do cry, but I know my gift of mercy is needed there. Whether I listen, give a hug, or I’m a shoulder to cry on, I know I make a difference in my patients and their families’ lives. God blessed me with this gift so I can help people at one of the hardest, saddest times of their live. My favorite part of nursing is educating my patients. That’s why I continue to work at the hospital. I like to think I can help empower them to make the best choices in their healthcare. Teaching is a very important part of nursing. Without educating and teaching patient their chances of having a positive long term outcome would be minimal. In the area of the church I teach creative ministry. I love to teach drama, dance and interpretive movement. I like to teach non threatening ways to bring glory to God and prayfully see people get saved. Although I can use these gifts to honor God, I have to remember it is God that gives me the talents to do these ministries. As a mercy giver I have to be careful not to get discouraged when I don’t see results in people or programs. I have to keep in mind, God will provide the growth. Also since my top gift is compassion, I have to be …show more content…
Do you agree or disagree? Why or why not?
My two lowest scores are gifts and serving. I can’t say that I’m surprised. I love to give to people but my tithe always seems to be a struggle. I will do well for several months then I will have a big expense come up, and my tithe will suffer. So that’s an area God is working on with me. The same goes for service, I don’t have a problem helping out but it’s not one of my strong areas of ministry. What impact does this knowledge have on your involvement in
Before this I was 16 and had no idea where I wanted to go in my life. With graduation approaching the pressure to decide on a career was getting greater and greater. I always felt in my heart that I needed to do something that would have a positive impact on other people and not just myself, and that I needed to use what God has blessed me with to help people. Being in that environment and around all those sick children made me feel something that I had never felt before. I felt a sense of compassion, inspiration, and a desire to change someone's life by loving and caring for them when they can’t care for themselves, like the nurses did for those patients. Little
Through the traumatic experience of my father’s illness, a positive and optimistic perspective of commitment to nursing career evolved. My journey of becoming a nurse and commitment of shining a bright light on another individual life has been my life long goal. I moved to the United States in early 1980 and with God help and guidance, I followed the nursing career and promised to make a small difference. During my first years as a nursing student, I took a part-time volunteered position as a candy-stripe and a part-time position as a nurse aid in a community hospital to provide relief and support to hospital staffs. I rocked and read poems for babies in the nursery, as a nurse aid I assist nurses with vital signs, blood pressures, fill ice pitchers in patient rooms, runs specimens to labs and sit with patients in the room and feed patients. I still volunteer in my hospital oncology department and the underserved and homeless clinics with several Emory physicians at the Good Samaritan Health Center, Mercy Care and National AIDS Education and Services for Minorities (NAESM) all in Fulton County, Ga, because it gave me fulfillment and appreciative of life
The career of nursing has countless aspects that are imperative for the effectiveness and overall satisfaction of care for the average person. These aspects include physical care, mental health care, and spiritual care. The aspect of spiritual care includes the nurse assessing her clients’ spiritual health and creating a plan for complete treatment. Spirituality may be a specific object or person the client connects with, so nurses must be aware of each client’s spiritual preference. The United States has a vast diversity of people where every client the nurse encounters will value something completely different. More religious people might value a cross or a bible in their room. Some might want their family to frequently visit. Others might prefer a certain type of music playing at a certain time of the day. With violent protests, mass shootings, and threat of war looming over the Unites States’ head every day, spiritual care is going to be on a major upsurge in the health career fields.
I could begin by saying that I choose nursing to help people, but then I would be following behind the other million people who say they chose nursing for the same reason. Even though I want to help people, I chose nursing because I wanted to inspire, to teach, to learn, and to make an impact on my patients, their families and also in society. I will not say nursing was always my first choice, but I ultimately choose nursing because nurses not only care, but they also volunteer despite their busy schedules, are constantly learning, and are always giving back to the community. The cliché for choosing a career in health care is a need to help people, but I wanted to do so much more than just help people. I want to make an impact on someone’s life. A lot of what many people don’t understand is that nurses aren’t just there to help the sick, but the title of nurse comes with an array of jobs ranging anywhere from caregiver to educator. I choose nursing because my philosophy, my values, and my beliefs, guided me to a profession in which
The second talent that changed my life is public speaking. Now I consider this a talent because people are simply either too scared to speak in front of people or they don’t know what to say. For me this come natural, if I have something planned and I know what I’m talking about I can talk confidently and in ways that are easy to understand. This is not only something that I enjoy doing but it greatly benefits me for the line of work that I want to go into. I am very grateful for this talent because not very many people have it and it can become very useful in many aspects of
Looking back on my childhood, I noticed a pattern in the careers I was interested in. At one point, I wanted to be a dentist, a veterinarian, then a forensic investigator and even a medical doctor. It was not until I worked for a year in the ER as a PCA after I graduated from my undergraduate studies that I knew for certain that nursing is where my passion lies. My father’s passing when I was sixteen years old from a heart attack was the motivating factor to go into a profession that is dedicated to the service of others. I was a hospice volunteer for four years during my undergraduate years and thoroughly enjoyed giving support and comfort to patients who were passing and their families. I then became a PCA because I wanted to gain valuable
As a woman of Christ, I was born to make a difference in this world and everyone has a calling unique to them. My calling is neonatal nursing. Ever since I read my first career article about it I have been hooked, and I am continuing to pursue the dream that one day I will be able to call myself a neonatal nurse. Neonatal nurses are considerate individuals, and temporary caregivers to newborns born prematurely. No matter what they may have going on in their personal life, the babies, who most of them are in critical condition, are a neonatal nurse’s primary concern. I believe that it takes a special someone to be able to successfully handle a career as challenging as such, and without the encouragement of my amazing mom and the confidence given to me by Christ, I would not be pursuing such an emotional
I am grateful to be at an institution of higher learning that understands and respects faith. My philosophy of nursing cannot be explained without God and Jesus. They are a part of each one of us. The reason that someone goes into a healthcare professional is usually to favorably treat a patient’s health. Spirituality of mind and body cannot be separated completely in my nursing philosophy. In this vein, nursing cannot be wholly separated from faith.
Even I do not know to the answers to everything, but I always ask questions when I am uncertain. Not everything can come naturally to people, but there are those unique gifts that are; most people are artists, musicians, athletes, etc. For me, mine is the helping hand.
being with. These qualities are implanted in me via my upbringing, culture, religious belief and life
Caring for people is a prerequisite for becoming a nurse. This can often be effortless and second nature but then there are other times where caring for someone is not always the easiest thing to do. You see it in the frustrated mom of the two-year-old who is throwing a temper tantrum in Target. Or the nurse of a patient who presses his call light frequently for seemingly insignificant things. Caring takes patience. With nursing, in particular, you need to feel called to the profession. You need to feel as though nursing is something you desperately have to do. As if you would be disobeying or cheating if you did not become a nurse. This calling can come from many different places or people, but for me, it comes from the Holy Spirit. Throughout my life, I would get so excited going to the doctor’s office or the hospital. I longed to stay and discover parts of the hospital I had not had the pleasure of finding yet. I felt called to
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Nursing, for me, is more than a profession, it is a journey where I learn continuously about life changing events and miracles. Touching the lives of others or being touched by other’s story is an experience one can’t describe, only endure. Nursing is a profession of integrity and compassion, and it is the most trusted professions due to our commitment towards our patient. The quality of a good nurse is they should be caring, sensitive, kind and respectful towards their patient, and I believe I possess all these qualities that have contributed to me in my successful career of nursing. Working at Cleveland Clinic, I got a great opportunity to work with a group of doctors and coworkers who have the same mission in life and job as mine; “Put the patient first”. Making a positive impact on patient’s life, big or small, noticed or unnoticed, gives me a great sense of accomplishment and makes me proud to be a nurse.
Helping people out is something I love doing. I always have. I’m leaning towards working in the medical field to become a Register Nurse. My passion is to work in a hospital helping patients that are in need a help. I know that helping others is something that is good for me. I’m very interested in learning more about becoming a RN and what position they take in a hospital. Caring for people is a wonderful and I believe I have the potentials to help sick or ill patients. I know for sure that becoming a RN is something I would be happy doing years from now after I graduate.
The positive aspects of my Spiritual health are looking forward to what life offers now and in the future and believing that everyone has something to offer in life. I believe that because I think everyone is important and has their rights.