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Reply 1

In this week's episode, Tomas is a transgender patient who was admitted to the hospital after he fell off a roof, he was also experiencing shortness of breath. When the doctor walks in he calls him “Ms. Gutierrez” when they correct him, he just says “whatever” and all he tells him is that they will get him patched up and out of the hospital. He keeps saying “she” as he is referring to him. He does not even care enough to evaluate the patient properly. He is very disrespectful, and when Sara confronts him, he continues being disrespectful, especially since she is a female. I have witnessed this behavior before at one of my previous jobs. The individual was gay, and he would get discriminated against by the manager due to this. He was a great worker, but the manager would always try cutting his hours and he would treat him differently than he would treat others. The main quality that all leaders should show is transformational leadership, these leaders have others' interests in their hearts, they are trustworthy, and they always empower and motivate their team members (Collins et. al., 2020).

Reference:

Collins, E., Owen, P., Digan, J., & Dunn, F. (2020). Applying transformational leadership in nursing practice. Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987), 35(5), 59–66.  https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.2019.e11408 Links to an external site.

Week 8 Saving Sara, Episode 8: Sara's Season Finale. West Coast University. (n.d.). Retrieved October 11, 2022, from  https://my.westcoastuniversity.edu/

Reply 2

This week's episode of saving Sara was a bit heartwrenching seeing how Tomas was treated by Dr. Tkachyck. Again Sara presented herself as the true leader and handled the situation the way it should be handled. In my own experience, I remember not being hired for my first job after migrating to the United States because of my accent. Coming to a new country with a different accent prevented a lot of opportunities for me and I had to learn how to deal with these events as I experienced them. I had completed a 2 weeks course and was told by one of the other students who was close with the instructor that even though I had done well on my final exam my accent was too heavy and I would not be considered for the job. I felt crushed when I found out about it. Fast forward to today, being a nurse and having many different encounters with people of all races and different cultural backgrounds I feel happy to be able to learn about others and help them the best way I can. It is important to treat others with compassion whenever you have an encounter with them. This is one of the qualities I have learned about and will ensure that I instill those qualities whenever I begin work as a Registered nurse. 

References:

Dillon, L. (2021, May 20).  Strategic leadership: The 10 characteristics of a good leader. ClearPoint Strategy.  https://www.clearpointstrategy.com/strategic-leadership-characteristics/ Links to an external site.

Week 8 Saving Sara, Episode 8: Sara's Season Finale. West Coast University. (n.d.).   https://my.westcoastuniversity.edu/