Question

Based off of the case study provided, is there a religious basis for the Hindu nurses' lack of assertiveness in confronting physicians and why?

Case study: Edmund Gutierrez is an experienced intensive care nurse in his fifties and a practicing Catholic who works alongside six nurses recruited from India. Because of the shortage of nurses in the United States the young women have been quickly granted permanent resident status and were completing a two-year contract with the hospital. Edmund is impressed with their excellent knowledge of nursing science. Unlike other nurses they never ask for help from other nurses when the workload is heavy, though the charge nurse is prone to “yell at them” for not being as assertive as American nurses in contacting the physician to get changes made in patient orders. Instead their training has been to wait for the doctor to give orders. The supervisor has told him, “They are so stupid like idiots. When you yell at them they just smile.” Edmund notes that if he came by when any of them were eating on break, they would stand up out of respect. They were invariably cheerful. Later, in a conversation with one of them he learns about her views on the caste system, karma, and reincarnations. “Karma is like the unused minutes on your cell phone that get turned over. We die and then we come back again. If we treat others with kindness we will come back as humans.” She smiled, “But if we treat others like the charge nurse who yells, we come back as animals. The charge nurse will come back as a goat.” Edmund recalls, “One time she asked me to eat less beef because cows are sacred. And she asked me to pray that she get a good husband.” With the two-year contract coming to a close, the women plan to leave the hospital and find work in a more pleasant environment. It is highly unlikely that they will tell the charge nurse that her unprofessional behavior was the main reason for their decision to leave the hospital.

Answer 1

Answer: Whenever we work at any of the organisation or company we should work with more zeal and enthusiasm. We should never bring religion in our path. We are first human beings, the nurse should not impose her ideology to anyone. The main reason for her to leave job was her ideology at work place. She should be more consent about her job rather than her religion at work place.