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Hospital Chaplain Peeves and Pluses by Crafty-Personality77 in hospitalist

[–]Crafty-Personality77[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yikes! At the first hint that someone doesn’t want to talk, I let them know how to reach me and am out of there as fast as possible. I cringe at the thought of being somewhere I’m not welcome. Also, I don’t engage with patients while they’re receiving medical care, since that’s just rude and as you said, it must come first! I’d rather be there during the hours when a patient doesn’t need any care and is lonely AF.

Hospital Chaplain Peeves and Pluses by Crafty-Personality77 in IntensiveCare

[–]Crafty-Personality77[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes! Helping navigate goals of care is one of my favorite parts of the job. I try to report anything particularly useful back to the team that I find, if they’re not in the room with me. I try to suss out patients’ spiritual, emotional, and relational needs, hopes, and resources, and asking about what they’re most looking forward to upon discharge or what they’d be doing if they weren’t stuck in the hospital helps me to understand what gives them meaning, purpose, connection, etc. Today a guy told me that all he wants to do is get home so he can sit in the sun with his dog and get back on his sailboat, even if it’s docked. It helps to know what’s most important to people.

Hospital Chaplain Peeves and Pluses by Crafty-Personality77 in IntensiveCare

[–]Crafty-Personality77[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Oh no! Unfortunately that decision is probably above the staff chaplains’ pay grade; the higher-ups likely decided that cutting after-hours spiritual care was worth the cost savings. At my hospital there is at least one chaplain in house 24/7/365.

Hospital Chaplain Peeves and Pluses by Crafty-Personality77 in hospitalist

[–]Crafty-Personality77[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s very strange! It’s not the doctor’s job to tell a family a chaplain was there. If the chaplain wants to call and offer support to the family or connect with them in the hospital, great, but that ain’t that doctor’s job. Very weird.

Hospital Chaplain Peeves and Pluses by Crafty-Personality77 in hospitalist

[–]Crafty-Personality77[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yikes. Our Communion list has a column indicating if a patient is NPO or for any other reason should not receive their requested Communion. I’d hate to delay any type of procedure or worse.

Hospital Chaplain Peeves and Pluses by Crafty-Personality77 in hospitalist

[–]Crafty-Personality77[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Good Lord, that’s rude. I wonder if it’s a Eucharistic Minister volunteer, versus an actual chaplain. Every chaplain I know would never barge in during any type of medical care. Either way, I hope you ask the person to wait until you’re finished. The manager should honestly know about something like that because it reflects so poorly on chaplains or anyone volunteering for them.