THE RICHES OF GOD’S THE RICHES OF GOD’S RESOURCES FOR NURSES ARE RESOURCES FOR NURSES ARE GREATER THAN OUR GREATEST GREATER THAN OUR GREATEST NEED. NEED. WHY HAVE WE NOT LEARNED WHY HAVE WE NOT LEARNED HOW TO TAP INTO THESE HOW TO TAP INTO THESE RESOURCES SO THAT A RESOURCES SO THAT A HEALTHY, FUNCTIONAL STRESS HEALTHY, FUNCTIONAL STRESS LEVEL IS NOT STRAINED TO LEVEL IS NOT STRAINED TO BREAKING POINT? BREAKING POINT?

Resources and Resources and Resource Resource

ManagementManagementDetermines:Determines:

11 Work – Life – BalanceWork – Life – Balance

22 Disrupted Work - Life – Disrupted Work - Life – BalanceBalance

33 Family EquilibriumFamily Equilibrium

Moral Rectitude and the Moral Rectitude and the Paper War Paper War

• Assessments and more assessments Assessments and more assessments in many institutions and virtually no in many institutions and virtually no assessments in others. assessments in others.

• How many Nurse hours are spent in How many Nurse hours are spent in Nurse –assessment and writing up Nurse –assessment and writing up the assessment?the assessment?

• How really effective are many How really effective are many assessments in helping a Nurse be assessments in helping a Nurse be really competent and confident?really competent and confident?

Let Each Day be your Let Each Day be your MasterpieceMasterpiece

• What has happened to the personal integrity What has happened to the personal integrity of Registered Nurses and Midwives?of Registered Nurses and Midwives?

• What has happened to the integral value of What has happened to the integral value of the handover from one Registered Nurse to the handover from one Registered Nurse to another?another?

• Where does critical thinking and professional Where does critical thinking and professional discussion come in to each Duty?discussion come in to each Duty?

• Who is the Nurse’s Advocate?Who is the Nurse’s Advocate?

Nurse Power - Fact or Nurse Power - Fact or Fiction!Fiction!

• Have we become hungry for power but not Have we become hungry for power but not for purity? for purity?

• Have we lost our authority because we have Have we lost our authority because we have confused power and authority with self-confused power and authority with self-assertive and aggressive power?assertive and aggressive power?

• What do we stand for?What do we stand for?

• Has comparative-righteousness become the Has comparative-righteousness become the norm for Nurses?norm for Nurses?

Who is the Nurse’s Who is the Nurse’s Advocate?Advocate?

• The Government?The Government?• The NZNO?The NZNO?• The Nursing Council of New Zealand?The Nursing Council of New Zealand?• The Te Runanga?The Te Runanga?• Tongan Nurses Association?Tongan Nurses Association?• Samoan Nurses Association?Samoan Nurses Association?• The Pacifica Nurses Association?The Pacifica Nurses Association?• In your nation?In your nation?• The Patient or client?The Patient or client?

Who is the Nurse’s true Who is the Nurse’s true AdvocateAdvocate

The LORD Jesus Christ saidThe LORD Jesus Christ said

• ““You did not choose Me, but I You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should remain, that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.” in My name He may give you.”

John 15 : 16.John 15 : 16.

Our True Advocate’s Our True Advocate’s Interest in NursesInterest in Nurses

Is by offering each Nurse:Is by offering each Nurse:

• RedemptionRedemption• RegenerationRegeneration• RighteousnessRighteousness

We choose to accept We choose to accept

Our True Advocate’s Our True Advocate’s DefenseDefense

Prayer Prayer We pray, He answers We pray, He answers

Protection ‘The LORD is my helper, I will Protection ‘The LORD is my helper, I will not fear.not fear. Hebrews 13:6Hebrews 13:6

Provision ‘And I give them eternal life, and Provision ‘And I give them eternal life, and they they shall never perish; neither shall never perish; neither shall anyone shall anyone snatch them out of My snatch them out of My hand.’ hand.’ John 10:28John 10:28

Perseverance ‘But the LORD stood with me Perseverance ‘But the LORD stood with me and and strengthened me…and the strengthened me…and the LORD LORD delivered me from every delivered me from every evil work and evil work and preserved me for...’ preserved me for...’ 2 Timothy 4:172 Timothy 4:17

This Advocate’s Blessings This Advocate’s Blessings for Nursesfor Nurses

•Another Helper Another Helper the Holy the Holy SpiritSpirit

•A new CommandmentA new Commandment•A new natureA new nature•A new nameA new name•A new lifeA new life•A new relationshipA new relationship..

Our duties prescribed by Our duties prescribed by our Advocateour Advocate

• Our missionOur mission ‘Go… and low I am ‘Go… and low I am with with you always, even you always, even to the endto the end of the age.’ of the age.’ Mathew 28:19-20Mathew 28:19-20

• Our MeansOur Means The Holy Spirit, the The Holy Spirit, the HelperHelper

• Our MightOur Might The full armour of God The full armour of God

• Our MotivationOur Motivation The love of ChristThe love of Christ

NursesNurses

Will Will

be strong be strong

in the power of His in the power of His might.might.

For all Nurses in Every For all Nurses in Every NationNation

Pray, if possible two Nurses together:Pray, if possible two Nurses together:

• To learn how to claim the intervening To learn how to claim the intervening power of the only true Advocate Jesus power of the only true Advocate Jesus ChristChrist

• To understand better our central role To understand better our central role of advocacy in Nursingof advocacy in Nursing

• For guidance in becoming better For guidance in becoming better advocates for truth and justice, with advocates for truth and justice, with compassion and love, and grace and compassion and love, and grace and mercy, in the complex relationships mercy, in the complex relationships in the health services.in the health services.

Sing prayerfully for all Sing prayerfully for all NursesNurses

A new A new CommandmenCommandment I give unto t I give unto

youyou

A New CommandmentA New Commandment

AA new commandment I give unto you, new commandment I give unto you,That you love one another as I have loved That you love one another as I have loved you,you,That you love one another as I have loved That you love one another as I have loved you.you.

By this shall all men know that you are My By this shall all men know that you are My disciples,disciples,if you have love one for another.if you have love one for another.By this shall all men know that you are My By this shall all men know that you are My disciples,disciples,if you have love one for another.if you have love one for another.

John 13:34-35John 13:34-35

““COME LET US REASON COME LET US REASON TOGETHER”TOGETHER”

SAYS THE LORDSAYS THE LORD