This story has been told many times over about two Filipina RNs speaking in Tagalog, rudely I must say, just outside a patients room in a hospital here in San Francisco, California. After a lenghty conversation it was time to say their goodbyes, one of the Filipina RNs said to the other: Sige na day. (roughly translated: So long lady.) Minutes later the patient who heard the two nurses conversation in Tagalog was heard crying loudly. Nurses went to the crying patients room to find out what was bothering the patient. The patient, while still crying, told the nurses that she was going to die. When asked why she thought that she was going to die, the patient told the nurses who went to the crying patients room that she just heard one nurse tell another nurse that: Shes gonna die! You see, Sige na day was heard as Shes gonna die! This story, whether true or not, was told in many continuing education classes and nursing meetings by Caucasian nursing supervisors. My message is, we are all professional nurses, lets act professionally. Speak English in front of English speaking patients and staff. Thats showing respect and consideration for others, then I believe that others will respect Filipino nurses more in return. Indeed.
Posted on: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 21:41:14 +0000
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