[Margaret Pilkington]

I'm with you Jaysay.......We are so over-run with qualified nurses in this country we are drafting girls in from China, and other far flung places.....but we can afford to put this womans job on the line for something so petty......she didn't offer to pray for a muslim...but if she did, would that be such a crime? A prayer is a prayer in any religion, and as long as it is done with good intent I can see no harm in it.

The old lady who was offered the prayer(and declined it) did not feel offended and did NOT complain.....it was another carer who visited her the next day who decided that this competent Nurse had done something wrong.......so who died and left this other person as King?

If I was offered a prayer by a committed Christian,(or a religious person of any faith) I would not see it as them trying to convert me, or evangelise.......I would see it as another human being who was compassionate enough to think about me outside of a work setting.

As a retired nurse I can tell you there have been many many times when my thoughts have gone out to sick patients, and their families too.
Illness is worrying, being in hospital is worrying....to know that someone is thinking of you and wishing you well can do no harm.......and scientific surveys have proved(against all the odds) that being prayed for has a beneficial effect on the sick.