{"id":1114,"date":"2016-02-03T20:47:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T02:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.osfhealthcare.org\/blog\/?p=1114"},"modified":"2022-02-09T15:23:12","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T21:23:12","slug":"a-hospital-full-of-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/a-hospital-full-of-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"A Hospital Full of Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OSF HealthCare is full of faith. Faith was a driving force when founders, The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, moved from Germany to care for the sick in Illinois. Now, each Sister and employee is encouraged to use his or her own faith, no matter the religion, to help serve with the greatest care and love.<\/p>\n<p>The environment at OSF HealthCare is open and friendly in a way that allows employees, referred to as Mission Partners, to share their faith to comfort and encourage those around them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel that faith is what has helped keep me strong in my job,\u201d said Jennifer Wilson, a hospice registered nurse at OSF Home Care Services in Galesburg, Ill. \u201cI feel that every day I am helping others and am doing God\u2019s work.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>The Call to Serve<\/h2>\n<p>The call to serve is familiar with many nurses. Whether that desire comes with a religious background or not, OSF HealthCare opens its arms to everyone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince working at OSF HealthCare, I have been impressed with the acceptance of people of all races and religions,\u201d said Sheila Standfield, an ambulatory services nurse at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford, Ill. \u201cThey truly treat everyone with the greatest care, love and respect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>OSF HealthCare recognizes the impact and comfort religious faith can have during a patient\u2019s stay at inpatient facilities or while under outpatient care.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love that patients, families and visitors welcome faith as part of their care,\u201d said Jennifer Girard, a surgical acute nurse at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center. \u201cNurses allow time for prayer before procedures; nurses have prayed with patients and families. And even though OSF HealthCare is a Catholic facility, there is no judgment against other religions and no push to convert to Catholicism.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Not Just a Mission Statement<\/h2>\n<p>OSF HealthCare is not the only faith-based health care system, but OSF HealthCare truly takes the faith and Mission to heart every day. The Mission to serve with the greatest care and love is not just a mission statement, but a lifestyle. OSF HealthCare embraces and encourages the opportunity to find strength in your faith.<\/p>\n<p>Come join OSF HealthCare Mission Partners as they daily live the Mission to serve those in need with the greatest care and love.<\/p>\n<p>OSF HealthCare is currently hiring nurses. To learn more about a nursing career at OSF HealthCare, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.osfcareers.org\/nursing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit osfcareers.org\/nursing<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OSF HealthCare is full of faith. 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