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CRITICAL THINKING EXERCISE 1
Please read and consider the following clinical examples. What is your reaction to each example? How would you handle the situation if you were a part of the conversation or overheard either conversation?



• Situation 1: You receive report on a new admission who is coming in with pancreatitis. During report,
you are told that the woman’s primary language is Spanish. After you share this information with the admitting physician, the physician states, “Oh, great! I sure hope she has somebody with her who can speak English. You KNOW what a pain it is to set up and use the translator system. What am I saying?! She is sure to have SOMEONE with her who speaks English. Those people ALWAYS come in packs.”

Situation 2: You are at the nurses’ station and overhear the following conversation: Person 1: “I need to know which patient is going home so that I can write discharge orders.” Person 2: “The Indian family.” Person 1 (laughing): “Indian how? Red dot or red feather?”

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These examples show healthcare workers stereotyping patients, you should intervene by assertively validating the correct protocols in each case to stop these inappropriate actions.

What does situation 1 show?

Situation 1 shows a healthcare worker who refuses to use the translator system to understand a patient who speaks Spanish based on the argument that this patient is likely to have someone that speaks English.

What does situation 2 show?

Situation 2 shows healthcare workers mocking patients based on their ethnicity as one of the healthcare workers refers to the Indian patients as "Indian how? Red dot or red feather?".

What should you do?

These two situations show unethical behaviors because patients are being stereotyped and the protocols to help them are not being followed. Due to this, as a healthcare worker, you will need to address the people displaying these behaviors and remind them:

  • Correct protocols such as asking for a translator need to be followed.
  • Stereotyping patients or mocking them based on ethnicity is unethical and can lead to legal consequences.
  • All patients should be treated fairly no matter their gender, origin, religion, etc.

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