The ability of an individual to recognize who they are, related to others around them, is a skill that can’t be taught, but more so, learned through experience. How we interact with our peers can give great insight to how we come to better understand them. As a health professional, it is important to self reflect on our actions towards others and recognize the areas that may be bias. Nurses are involved in the many areas of our patients lives, not only their physical health, but also the areas of their life that may be revolved around their health such as their different ethnicity, socioeconomic class, race and social role in society. Being able to identify our personal attitudes, and resultantly, our personal behaviors towards these different
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My father’s religion is classified as Greek Orthodox and my mother was raised Protestant. As there are differences in these religions, it was settled that the Bible is the main determinant in our house. I have many friends and family members who don’t necessarily believe in the Bible or its viewpoint. Not pushing my views onto them, and vice versa, has kept our relationship balanced in many areas. Because there are hundreds of religious groups in one society alone, it is important to become open to these beliefs, even if they may be different from your …show more content…
How an individual is represented in society is not the basis to who they are as a person. Whether it is their social group or at a broader stance, their socioeconomic class, the professional demeanor we exhibit at the bedside can show how we acknowledge the group or class in which they identify, and allow ourselves to better accommodate to their individual needs. Having a patient who is homeless, it was important to welcome in their concerns about the cost of care that was being provided and be mindful of my personal actions towards them. In retrospect, when caring for an individual whose last concern is money, it was important to not allow the feelings I dealt with from my homeless patient, to cloud my judgment with an opposite situation. My behavior towards these two unique circumstances would not be affected by how they present to the hospital, nor would it cloud my judgment in their plan of
My father’s religion is classified as Greek Orthodox and my mother was raised Protestant. As there are differences in these religions, it was settled that the Bible is the main determinant in our house. I have many friends and family members who don’t necessarily believe in the Bible or its viewpoint. Not pushing my views onto them, and vice versa, has kept our relationship balanced in many areas. Because there are hundreds of religious groups in one society alone, it is important to become open to these beliefs, even if they may be different from your …show more content…
How an individual is represented in society is not the basis to who they are as a person. Whether it is their social group or at a broader stance, their socioeconomic class, the professional demeanor we exhibit at the bedside can show how we acknowledge the group or class in which they identify, and allow ourselves to better accommodate to their individual needs. Having a patient who is homeless, it was important to welcome in their concerns about the cost of care that was being provided and be mindful of my personal actions towards them. In retrospect, when caring for an individual whose last concern is money, it was important to not allow the feelings I dealt with from my homeless patient, to cloud my judgment with an opposite situation. My behavior towards these two unique circumstances would not be affected by how they present to the hospital, nor would it cloud my judgment in their plan of