It is a professional duty of a nurse to render care for all patients regardless of their gender, religion, race and ethnicity. But when a nurse who takes care of you is homosexual it might already be a different kind of thing but it all depends on how the two individuals would interact with each other. Stereotypes of homosexual behavior may affect the care that is rendered to their patients because of the gender conflicts that might lead to the inefficient and insufficient care that is given by the nurse. It is unquestionable that the population of homosexuals grow as the year goes by and it only means that there is also an increasing number of homosexuals who are entering in the world of nursing. Nurses are the heartbeat of healthcare. The American Nurses Association states that nursing as the …show more content…
Exploring the lives of homosexual nurses who are working in a hospital might help us understand what they are really encountering in their field and it might enlighten us on how they work despite of the feeling of dissimilarity. Homosexual nurses might have a different way of approach in order to build a working relationship to their patients and perhaps the level of compassion and commitment to their work is far different from the other …show more content…
The findings of this study could give information to the nursing profession on how a homosexual nurse deal with everyday experiences they encounter in the hospital. Moreover, the findings could lead to the understanding on their life and most especially to develop an appropriate interventions that can help them alleviate and cope with the encountered difficulties or problems in order for them to render a quality nursing care despite of their divergence in the
Nurses provide a vital role in the health care system. Sure, we may not be able to diagnose or write prescriptions. However, we are the main advocates for the patients. We also stand by the side of our patients through their entire hospital stay. It is the nurse who notices the smallest changes in their patients.
Nurses manage to top the survey in comparison to other occupations in the healthcare line as they are the only ones to provide continual direct care and support. Healthcare professionals are also trusted
Nursing; the silent hero of the modern and past world. Nurses tend to be overlooked in the grand scheme of the medical world. Doctors are generally held higher in the hierarchy of hospitals, while one may think nurses simply check their blood pressure and give them shots. That assumption can not be more wrong. Nurses are the backbone of a hospital, and they have worked hard over hundreds of years to get to where they are today.
As a nurse it is important to become culturally competent in every area. Recently the definition of culture has expanded to include lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) as a culture group (Linda Dayer-Berson, 2014). The nurse must recognize any knowledge deficit and seek learning opportunities to provide the best nursing care to the LGBT population. The challenges and difficulties a lesbian couple can come across when seeking prenatal care is discrimination, hostility, patronizing treatment, intimidation, attempts to change the patient’s sexual orientation, denial of care, neglect, and undue roughness in the physical exam.
The article, “How the Gay Airline Steward Became a Stereotype” was about how around World War II when flight attending jobs was available it was mainly a man’s job. However, women with nursing experiences took over and because of this reason flight attending seemed more of a woman’s job. For this reason, men who want to work as a flight attending are assumed to be gay. When flight attendant became a job, it was only men that were allowed to work. This term was gendered job segregation, which meant that a certain job was occupied with all men or all women.
One journal published in Texas Law Review reports on the treatment of queer patients (Ritter, 2011). The author states that although the NHRA has had some success in improving the conditions of nursing homes, there is evident abuse and neglect of queer patients (Ritter, 2011). There are reports of nursing home staff that have abused and ridiculed patients based on their sexual and gender identity. The lack of training and awareness of queer culture is a large contributor to this stigmatizing behavior evidenced by these staff members. Reports of this type of mistreatment is on the rise in nursing homes (Ritter, 2011).
Respect and equality are two aspects anyone would least expect to not have in an industry that saves lives. From the earliest of time in the medical care, there have been cases in the nursing profession the indicate racial discrimination and sexism by the result of others unnatural behaviors, following claims and the show unnoticed. In the issue of these cases, the Civil Right Act of 1964 begins to show unrecognized. For coming up nursing, they must think is this the right fit for them. The wrongful racial discrimination and sexism have been established in a nursing career recently through the influence of false behaviors of respect and equal rights in the industry.
In relation to discriminatory practices some of the reason why discrimination happens in health and social care are because of culture, disability, age, gender, social class, sexuality, health status and family
One of the most integral parts of cultural competency is the process of successfully becoming culturally competent. After synthesizing available research on the topic I have constructed four main steps in becoming culturally competent. Those include self-awareness, understanding various aspects of the culturally diverse population for whom you care for, practice evidence based medicine as it relates to culturally diverse populations and continuing education (Kodjo, 2009; Purnell, 2012). The first step includes becoming self aware of one’s own beliefs.
Nurses make up the largest group of health care professionals and therefore, can do many things to positively influence positive changes in health care. Nurse leaders should empower nurses' participation in clinical decision making as nurses spend the majority of the time out in the community and at the actual bedside. Nurses are on the front lines and get to witness the outcomes of interventions first hand making them extremely valuable resources. Fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, encouraging higher levels of education, utilizing technological advances and promoting executive levels of nursing leadership are all examples of actions nursing professionals can take to improve health care across the board (American Association of Colleges
Their contribution is accredited and easily verifiable based on a keen following of their research work. They write in support of the habit and thus defend those who practice it. The authors discuss the subject matter of homosexuality by giving very valid points. Most people do not have personal differences with the homosexuals as they are ready to coexist with them. This group of tolerant citizens only malign themselves from the gays because of their religious and church affiliation.
Nurses ' voices need to be heard. Our perspectives are different based on our knowledge, experience and expertise. The "central idea of nursing is the pivotal role of nurses in delivering high-quality patient care" (Johnson & Billingsley, 2016). Our minds offer a valuable resource to the public. Through participating and increasing local involvement, such as professional unions, and conferences, nurses form an integral part of the healthcare world to the public eye.
One of the major topics that are a worldwide concern is the sexism among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans (LGBT) patients and healthcare professionals. According to Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing,
Hence, the researcher will seek for ethical approval from the research ethic committee ahead of this proposed study. The director of nursing, service manager and clinical nurse managers of the acute medical wards will be contacted for the formal permission and access to the research site (Maltby et al. 2010). The main ethical principles include respect for individual freedom, confidentiality, and beneficence/non-maleficence will be maintained throughout the study (Grove et al. 2013). As individuals are autonomous beings, the participants are free to involve or refuse without repercussions. Consent will be implied by the completion of the study questionnaire and the participation in the study will be voluntary.
Extra standard precautions like wearing double gloves while doing intravenous cannula insertion or inserting foley catheter are sometimes observed among healthcare professionals. Inadvertent comments about the patient’s possible sexual practice are sometimes noted. With this, the researcher intends to explore other discriminatory practices that currently exist which are more culture specific and to know the level of stigma within the area. It is for this reason that the study will be conducted to further identify corrective actions or measures through research-based policy formulation which aims to minimize or eliminate discrimination and stigmatization among patients with HIV. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus.