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No Words.

by Adam on July 3, 2007 · 8 comments

in Ministry

One thing I’ve noticed after working in the hospital for the past five weeks, especially on my Oncology unit, is that I often have no words for patients.
One particular afternoon I walked into the room of a patient who was severely suffering from Crohn’s Disease. Because she was on Contact Precautions, I had to wear [...]

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Being On-Call

by Adam on June 25, 2007 · 5 comments

in Ministry

Waiting and Watching: I’m on-call today, and I’m sitting here working on some verbatims, some paperwork and getting caught up on a little email. Yet, I can’t stop looking at the pager. Watching it. Just waiting…waiting for it to beep. I actually like the tone of the alert - it’s not an annoying pager noise. [...]

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CPE: Week 3

by Adam on June 18, 2007 · 7 comments

in Ministry, Random

We have completed 3 weeks of CPE and we are just now beginning the fourth. I think you can tell how much of my time it consumes by the amount of blog entries I’ve written recently. I’m finding myself more comfortable in my role as “chaplain” and visiting patients has become easier as well. At [...]

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CPE: 24hr On-Call in a Trauma 1 Hospital

by Adam on June 7, 2007 · 16 comments

in Ministry

Part of our job description for the summer entails being the On-Call Chaplain 7 times throughout the summer. It’s a 24-hr on-call, and after 5pm, the On-Call Chaplain is the only chaplain in the 600-bed hospital. So, it can be a little intimidating - especially your first time. It’s hard to describe what being On-Call [...]

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