My Jewish culture

My Jewish culture

My Jewish culture believes in God and the teaching of the bible. Silverman and Cohen (2016) agree that Jewish belief in the teaching of the ten commandments that dictates out everyday actions. We also observe the teachings and practices of the Israelites in the bible as descendants of Abraham. This applies to our way of life, eating habits, and the subject of healing. This positively influences our health practices in the family. Ferngren (2016) suggests that we seek treatment, and observe doctor instruction along with taking care of our health as the bible instructs in Deuteronomy 4: 15.

My Jewish culture of taking care of one’s body, and healing the sick, is a notion I can apply as a nurse leader to promote the health of the patients. I can utilize the teaching of healing the sick to rally the nurses to care of patients, and even go beyond their stipulated duties to promote patient care. I also use the belief of taking care of yourselves to educate patients on how to take care of themselves: eating nutritious food, get adequate rest, and exercise.

It is essential to understand the values, beliefs, and rituals held by culturally diverse staff and patients to promote cooperation and elevate patient-centred care. Patients are reluctant to open up and get medical treatment if they feel their culture is not observed. Culture influences their behaviour, and if any doctor action or intervention violates, they will refuse treatment. Therefore, understating it can allow medical practitioners to adjust treatment to reflect patient culture (Tucker & Sanchez, 2015). Also, nurses will dedicate themselves more if their duties don’t violate their cultural beliefs, values, and practice.

Cultural sensitivity, where one respects other cultures, has implications for a nurse leader. The first one is it impacts the adoption of the decision since staff accept, and are glad to implement any instruction for the leader. The other implication is increasing the moral, and job satisfaction of nurses as they will find the workplace environment friendly.

Two primary special tools can be used to incorporate cultural diversity into the workplace setting. The first one is communication, where the hospital understands the language of different cultures, along with being open-minded when communicating to patients and staff. According to Purnell and Fenkl (2019), the other tool is training staff on cultural competence where they are trained in various cultures, and how to respect them.