Men's Issues in Health & Nursing

Volume 23, Number 2 Spring 2006

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Personal or group study ideas.
Read the articles, choose your questions!

Inequities in Nursing
Read Haas, pp. 13-17 and/or Editorial, p. 1.
a. Reflect on times you?ve felt alienated or discriminated against as a nurse or student.What was your response? How do you feel about these events now?
b. Choose from Is 53; Mt 13:54-57, 27:27-31; Lk 18:31-34; Jn 1:45-46. How did people discriminate against Jesus? What was Christ?s response (Phil 2)?
c. Choose from Jn 15:13-14; Eph 5:21; Phil 2:1-5; Col 3. How can Christian nurses treat one another in the ways described in these verses? What changes would need to happen in you and your colleagues to do so?

Facing Addiction:
Read Graham, pp. 18-24.
a. Consider issues surrounding addiction as a disease and a choice. Read Prov 14:12; Eccl 7:20; Jer 17:9-10;Rom 3:9-12.What do these Scriptures indicate about our natural state of being?
b. Read Rom 6:1-2, 8:13-16; Gal 5:16-24.What do these passages say about redemption in Christ?
c. How do these perspectives influence lifestyle change for our patients? For us personally?

Discerning Truth:
a. Read 2 Tim 3:16; 2 Pet 1:21.What do these Scriptures say about what is true?
b. Read 2 Tim 2:15; 2 Pet 1:3-11.What do these Scriptures show us about how we can discern what is true or not true? How could you apply this to your work in nursing?

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3 Reverse Discrimination? - Editorial

6 When Prostate Cancer Strikes Gene Roberts

Over 234,000 men in the U.S. were diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2005, while around 30,000 died from it. Discover invaluable lessons learned from one nurse's journey with this very personal cancer.

18 Evaluating Addictions Treatment in Light of Scripture Kathy M. Graham

Addiction is a growing problem in America. In March 2004, 1066,351 clients were being treated for substance abuse. Is treatment effective? Do beliefs underlying mainstream treatment line up with biblical thinking?

13 Men in Nursing: Hard-Wired for Adventure!
Richard Haas

Some things in nursing inadvertently send the message, "No men need apply." Haas shares three common needs men have an dhow they pursue fulfillment in the work of nursing.

16 Why Aren't Men Choosing Nursing?
Kathy Schoonover-Shoffner

The percentage of men in nursing has remained around 6% for decades, compared to 94% females. Why aren't men entering nursing? How can they be recruited into the profession?

26 The Fatherless Epidemic: Transforming Tragedy to Triumph
Bernadine Irwin and Kimberly Ann Copen

While the impact of fatherlessness is staggering - accounting for the majority of teen crimes - one nursing school has found a way to introduce troubled teens to the Fatherhood of God.

Christian Ethics

31 A Difficulty Patient?
Susan Anthony Salladay

32 On the Tip of My Tongue: Living with Aphasia
John A. Liechty

John lost his ability to communicate, his career and much of life that was significant to him. He shares his journey and how he reconnected with himself, other people and God.

34 Riding Out Hurricane Katrina
Joyce Martin

What was it like to work as an ER nurse in New Orleans during Hurrican Katrina?

Missions

38 God Had Other Plans
Larissa Funk

This nursing student discovered God - and herself - in a gritty, inner-city Chicago clinic.

Men's Issues in Health & Nursing

Volume 23, Number 2 Spring 2006

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contents

Christian Ethics

Missions

40 Practicing

41 FAQs in Spiritual Care

42 Advertising

46 Resources

48 PulseBeats