Jacqueline M. Pressey
Entry #1: Welcome to The Diary of a Hospital Chaplain's Blog!
Yea do I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, Clinical Pastoral Care Education Units Program. I will not fear, Come join me!
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Dr. Jacqueline M. Pressey
Jun 19, 20235 min read
Entry: #30: Don’t Cry for ME!
During my years serving as a hospital chaplain, I’ve been asked many questions from patients, their families, staff and even doctor’s.
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Jacqueline M. Pressey
May 1, 20234 min read
Entry #29: Serving Between Both Sides of the VEIL!
And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon. (2 Chronicles 3:14, KJV, Solomon...
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Dr. Jacqueline M. Pressey
Dec 20, 20226 min read
Entry #28: Melodies from Heaven!
What does one do as a hospital chaplain when you get a melody stuck in your head? Well, on one of my patient visits that melody turned...
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Jacqueline M. Pressey
Apr 19, 20224 min read
Entry #27: I am the F.A.C.E. of Lupus!
F - FAITHFULLY, A – ANOINTED, C – CHOSEN, & E – EQUIPPED The Background Story Since about 6 months after birth, I have been fighting...
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Jacqueline M. Pressey
Feb 10, 20228 min read
Entry #26 Walking into the DEEP PLACES: Realities of Trauma Stewardship
Chaplains respond regularly to daily codes and consults as part of our pastoral/spiritual care responsibilities. We have been training...
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Jacqueline M. Pressey
Jan 17, 20226 min read
Entry #25: Losses for Your, Win!
Happy New Year & Welcome to the 1st Diary of a Hospital Chaplain’s Blog, new edition for 2022! Here’s an interesting fact about hospital...
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Dr. Jacqueline M. Pressey
Dec 1, 20214 min read
Entry #24: The Moral of the STORY!
I want to be a doctor, I want to be a lawyer, I want to be a movie star, singer in Hollywood or an astronaut. As a child playing with my...
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Jacqueline M. Pressey
Oct 29, 20215 min read
Entry #23: I’ll be SEEING you!
Have you ever planned to be sick, injured or in a traumatic event? None of us if we're honest thinks that it will ever happen to me until...
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Jacqueline M. Pressey
Sep 11, 20215 min read
Entry #22: Hide & Seek!
With INTENSITY,1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6,7, 8,9,10, ready or not, here I come! This was an exciting childhood game that I played for many years....
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Jacqueline M. Pressey
Jul 4, 20215 min read
Entry #21: The Perfect Stranger!
Chaplains can be the perfect stranger and a quick unlikely companion, because when you need us, we are there for you. But once we have...
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Jacqueline M. Pressey
Jun 4, 20214 min read
Entry #20: No FRIENDLY Fire, please!
“To be or not to be, that is the, (hospital chaplains) question, from the Shakespeare’s Hamlet’s play (1601). It’s that moment where, the...
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Jacqueline M. Pressey
May 7, 20216 min read
Entry #19: The Royal Throne of Holier than Thou!
Welcome to the royal throne of holier than thou, this is a pastoral visit account of a hostile patient (1st assumption). My 1st...
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Jacqueline M. Pressey
Apr 16, 20214 min read
Entry #18 The Model Maker!
Try being a chaplain after you receive a code page like this one. When I spoke to the nurse and she started telling me the details of...
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Jacqueline M. Pressey
Mar 26, 20214 min read
Entry #17: Becoming a Lotus Flower!
During one of our InterFaith services, one of our chaplain residents introduced the lotus flower to us. From that moment of learning...
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Jacqueline M. Pressey
Jan 29, 20215 min read
Entry # 16: A DISCRETIONARY TALE!
Discretionary tales can take on many forms, looks, and feelings for the hospital chaplain. To mentally and emotionally process through...
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Jacqueline M. Pressey
Dec 18, 20206 min read
Entry #15: Twas the Night Before Christmas, the Chaplain Walks In!
Twas the night before Christmas and I’m stuck in a hospital instead. The only creature that was stirring was me from my bed. The I.V. was...
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Jacqueline M. Pressey
Nov 20, 20205 min read
Entry #14: Billows May Roll, The Breaker’s May Dash!
No one ever truly plans on becoming a patient as one is happily pursuing their life’s ambitions, goals & dreams. Yet, there are cycles in...
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Jacqueline M. Pressey
Oct 23, 20205 min read
Entry 13: Peek a Boo, I See You!
The code blue pager calls activate the chaplain’s gifting of God’s presence and the clinical training preparation to serve potential patient
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Jacqueline M. Pressey
Oct 9, 20205 min read
Entry #12: This is my STORY!
Within my starry-eyed dreams of pursuing clinical chaplaincy I never pictured the realities of encountering racial, gender prejudices
& bias
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