Caroline Petrie suspended for Praying
Caroline Petrie is a community nurse from Weston-Super-Mare who has been suspended from work because she offered to pray for a elderly patient whilst undertaking a home visit. As a result of this she has been suspended without pay since the middle of December 2008.
They say that nursing is a vocational role and it certainly is not an easy job. I guess one of the characteristics of a nurse is that they are caring. Caroline, as a Christian, showed this caring attitude by offering to pray for someone and this praying has got her into trouble.
Should Caroline have prayed for the lady? Was it inappropriate behaviour for a nurse? As Christians we should not departmentalise our lives so our faith should effect her working life. Caroline may well pay the price for living out her faith at work. We need to pray for her that she might know God’s peace in her heart at the moment whatever the eventual outcome of this.
Interview with Caroline Petrie
Interview with Caroline Petrie and background to suspension from work
Filed under: Prayer
[...] had a similar case earlier this year when a nurse was suspended for offering to pray for a sick patient but thankfully in in that case common sense prevailed and she was [...]