{"id":905,"date":"2015-07-03T04:30:08","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T13:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=905"},"modified":"2015-07-03T04:30:08","modified_gmt":"2015-07-03T13:30:08","slug":"july-3rd-the-enforcer-side-of-chaplaincy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=905","title":{"rendered":"July 3rd \u2013 The \u201cEnforcer\u201d Side of Chaplaincy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shariff\" data-title=\"July 3rd \u2013 The \u201cEnforcer\u201d Side of Chaplaincy\" data-info-url=\"http:\/\/ct.de\/-2467514\" data-backend-url=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/plugins\/shariff-sharing\/backend\/index.php\" data-temp=\"\/tmp\" data-ttl=\"60\" data-service=\"gftr\" data-services='[\"googleplus\",\"facebook\",\"twitter\",\"reddit\",\"info\"]' data-image=\"\" data-url=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=905\" data-lang=\"en\" data-theme=\"colored\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\"><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/elevator.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-632\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/elevator.jpg\" alt=\"elevator\" width=\"183\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One of the nursing homes I visit frequently to see Hospice patients is three floors tall and has elevators for staff and visitors to use.\u00a0 Each entrance to the elevator has a combination key pad where you have to enter the proper sequence of numbers before you can \u201ccall\u201d the elevator to your location.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Residents of the nursing home who would like explore on their own are frequently sitting or standing near the entrances in the hopes of hitching a ride with someone who can enter the proper code.\u00a0 In some situations residents insist on boarding the elevator with me.\u00a0 If I can\u2019t verbally convince them to stay on their floor and not board the elevator, I have to let the doors close, go find a staff member to deal with the resident, so I can enter the elevator without aiding a resident in an escape.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The residents have the most \u201churt feeling\u201d expressions on their faces when they see I don\u2019t want to let them onto the elevator.\u00a0 It makes me feel like an \u201cEnforcer\u201d.\u00a0 I guess that is because I frequently ask my Hospital patients, \u201cHow can I help you today?\u201d with the intention to granting their request if it is allowable for me to do so.\u00a0 At the Hospital I rarely have to say \u201cNo\u201d.\u00a0 Many times I have to say that I will check before doing what they ask me to do, and other times I say I will get someone else to help that is better trained for what they need.\u00a0 But I don\u2019t just say \u201cNo\u201d.\u00a0 Hospitals and Nursing Homes vary in many respects; this situation is just one of the ways in which the cultures differ.\u00a0 I just have to remember when I am denying a resident access to the elevator I am doing the best thing for the safety of the resident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; One of the nursing homes I visit frequently to see Hospice patients is three floors tall and has elevators for staff and visitors to use.\u00a0 Each entrance to the elevator has a combination key pad where you have to enter the proper sequence of numbers before you can \u201ccall\u201d the elevator to your location. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=905\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">July 3rd \u2013 The \u201cEnforcer\u201d Side of Chaplaincy<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=905"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":906,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905\/revisions\/906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}