Wife gets mags while at work...

by Hecklerboy 9 Replies latest jw friends

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  Hecklerboy

  My wife is a nurse in the ICU at our local hospital. They had a witness guy in there last night. She refused to take him as a patient because she can't stand witnesses . But that's another story.

  Anyway, the other nurse apparently gets a "witness" from this guy while she's caring for him. He gives her the Awake! mag and even ask for a donation. My wife couldn't believe it. The other nurse just laughed about it and tossed the mags. She said he was even witnessing to the ambulance drivers when they were wheeling him out when he was transferred. I just wonder if he's going to put this down on his time sheet for the month.

  P.S. Don't worry, no names or personal info was disclosed (HIPPA).
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  Dr Jekyll

  Oh he was probably worried he was going to croak and wanted to go out witnessing ! Had he been a patient of mine i would have administered his spiritual food to him anally, rolled up.
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  Mary

  He gives her the Awake! mag and even ask for a donation.

  She should have offered to donate a pint of blood directly into his veins.
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  undercover

  A SuperJW...you don't see as many of them as you used to. They usually come off looking nutty...just like this guy.

  But, I'm curious...

  She refused to take him as a patient because she can't stand witnesses

  I'm intriqued by this. Isn't this a form of religious discrimination? I don't like the JW religion either, but if a JW needed help in an emergency, I wouldn't refuse to help. Come to think of it, I don't much care for any religion, but that's not cause to withhold help if one needed it.

  Is there more to the story that would explain that action? Am I missing something?
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  blondie

  Routinely, the WTS demonstrates or gives experiences of people "witnessing" in the hospital, especially if they spend a lot of time in the hospital or can't go from door to door. I'm sure he was trying to get his one hour in to remain active and off the radar.

  Asking for money though...pretty dense of him.

  But I agree, if you are in the medical field, you don't always agree with your patient's views. Imagine working in a prison hospital or clinic.

  I do wonder if a JW medical staffer would treat a patient that was an ex-JW?

  Blondie
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  Clam

  I'm sure no medical staff would refuse to treat a JW but in my experience they are unpopular and if they can be side stepped and passed onto a colleague, then I'm sure that happens. The JWs create extra work in terms of counselling appointments and paperwork. The HLCs also give them a bad name, and in cases where transfusions may be likely the staff will often have to deal with them too, even if it's phoning security to get them escorted off site.
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  Hecklerboy

  I'm intriqued by this. Isn't this a form of religious discrimination? I don't like the JW religion either, but if a JW needed help in an emergency, I wouldn't refuse to help. Come to think of it, I don't much care for any religion, but that's not cause to withhold help if one needed it.

  Is there more to the story that would explain that action? Am I missing something?

  Don't get me wrong on this. She would have done anything for him if he was her patient. They make assignments at the beginning of the shift and she told the other nurse that she would rather not take him as a patient. She never mentioned to the other nurses that she dislikes witnesses. My family has not done well by her. Plus she had to stand by and watch an elderly witness lady die a slow and painful death because she refused to take a blood transfusion. If he would have witnesses to her she would have become very upset, though she would never show it in front of a patient.

  She's an incredibly caring nurse, she just has issue with witnesses. She would never discriminate against anyone.

  Sorry for the confusion, guess I should of been more clear on the matter.
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  cognizant dissident

  Speaking as an ex-nurse, we were taught to show respect for all our patients and their religious views and customs (regardless of our personal feelings and unlike JW's.) If certain patients really push our buttons, whatever they are, and there is another colleague available to care for them, it is OK to ask the colleague to switch or take over the care. But if no other nurse is available, then we just have to put our bias aside and give them the same care we would anyone else otherwise we could be censored by our licensing body for discrimination. But we still don't have to like them. So hecklers wife did nothing wrong in asking another nurse to take the patient.

  Cog
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  bikerchic

  A very dear friend of mine died at age 36. She was a strong JW right down to her death. I remember well the last conversation I had with her and knowing it was going to be our last one, she was slipping fast (liver cancer).

  She had told me how she was witnessing to everyone in the hospital about her hope of the resurrection and I had one of those "light bulb" moments of thinking she was probably doing it to assure her resurrection, sadness overwhelmed me at the time.

  For years I thought the sadness was because of losing such a dear friend at such a young age, or because of guilt that I wasn't busy in preaching after all I could get hit by a truck crossing the street. After clearing my mind of all the JW stuff I just felt sad for her, but for her she was doing what she believed was best not only for herself but for those who listened to her.

  I hope she had a caring nurse in her last days and I have no doubt that your wife would have been a very caring person regardless of her own beliefs Hecklerboy.
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  willyloman

  At a hospital with a "bloodless surgery" program, nurses and doctors can opt out of the training if they prefer not to work with someone who would refuse blood. This is not considered discrimination, since the patient has introduced an unconventional medical management demand. The policy recognizes that healthcare professionals have consciences, too.