If your loved one was suddenly very ill in the hospital..?

how would you cope? How do you regard all of the staff members (doctors,nurses,assistants,chaplains,etc... who do their VERY BEST on a daily basis to help your loved one even if you may not seem to think so?Do you ever consider what the stress of their job involves?Do you ever think spirituality is a part of this calling to their job?

When my father had bypass surgery, the staff were wonderful. We were very thankful to the Dr. who perfomed the surgery. We actually thanked him for going to medical school.

The staff acted in accordance with my father's beliefs.

mama always said that...dyin' is a part of life. Life is like a box of chocolates....so on and so forth....you get the idea....get over it.

ha! some people could care less about the hospital staff and have been treated very poorly by others, they associate one person with all and have adversarial attitudes towards the staff.

when my loved one became ill, I flew to Texas and helped my family work with the staff

their is no spiritual calling in nursing or medicine.its about people who care.people work extremely hard to help the sick and dying,i would trust every single one with my life.there life is one huge stressball.it is not spiritualism that saves these patients its dedication

I've been there. Yes I showed (and would show) the doctors and nurses, respect and appreciation. I know how hard their job is and I have a few friends that work with Hospice.

As for how I would cope? I probably don't have very healthy coping methods: I smoked and I drank as a means to cope. Part of what saved me from going totally off the deep end was my faith, Asatru. The Gods know it wasn't my so-called family that helped me.

Doctors to me are the salt of the earth.
Nurses and all staff...are too!

Well, I don't want to throw a bucket of cold water on you....but,

Sorry, I'm an ER doctor and I'm a hardcore atheist and not "spiritual" in any way at all. I don't believe in a higher power, or a cosmic consciousness, or the quantum interconnectedness of all things.

It IS a stressful job, and I do my very best on a daily basis to help other peoples loved ones. I enjoy my job, and I get a lot of satisfaction out of it. Saving lives gives you a lot of positive feedback. Watching people die is the counter to that. It is all part of the job.

There is no spiritual calling for me.

I pray for God to give the Staff a steady hand, remembrance of all the medical information that they have learned, and a Spirit of healing.

Well, you also have to look at it from the family's point of view. It's a very stressful time for them.They're scared, upset, and probably freaking out a bit. People tend to get a bit snippy with others (without meaning to) when they're under that kind of stress. But I also understand your point of view. One of my closest friends is a nurse. While it's not right that some people treat the hospital staff that way, it's a natural response to extreme stress and fear. I always do my best to treat hospital staff well because I know it's not an easy job. And with the shortage of nurses (or so I'm told) - I imagine your work load is hellish and you don't need that crap. I think there needs to be understanding on both sides.

They or usually not of the spirit very few or. don't expect that they will care . be vigilant for your loved ones .as the staff will surely mess up like they did with a lot of my kin.burned my mothers arm very badly with radiation .hurt my grandfathers throat. put patches on my grandmother till she broke out with sores.do NOT trust nurses and doctors, they kill many people every year .read the statistics.about a million people or killed by doctors and nurses mistakes every year .for Gods sake, it horrible.in the States.take care of your loved ones like i tryed to do to protect them from the mistakes they make, God bless you.I will pray for your loved one.my mother wouldnt have an operation unless she was promised by the doctor that he would pray before hand