As a nurse, on any given shift that you work, you know you are going to take care of a number of patients that not always share the same thoughts and beliefs as you do. With saying that, one must know where they personally stand, but ultimately not force their beliefs on others. Some examples of the nurse vs patient beliefs are as followed; Values, described by yourdictionary.com as things that are most important to someone. An example would be religious beliefs (ex. nurse – Baptist, eat meat: patient –Hare Krishna, don’t eat meat due to religious beliefs and values); Morals, described by dictionary.com as the belief of what is right or wrong or what we “ought to do”. An example would be vaccinating children (ex. nurse – we should vaccinate
