Looking for advice. Feeling angry

[Sarah2018]

Hello,

I am registered nurse and I work in Dubai among many Indian and Filipino nurses.

My charge nurse is an Indian too.

I work in an out patient department and most patients who attend here are local people who speak Arabic.

Now, none of my Indian of Filipino colleagues speak Arabic except for one word or two despite working in Dubai for many years.

But the charge nurse rates them high in the evaluation for just helping her with her office work and some empty project to make herself busy. I think this is unjust.

Do you think the nurse who can not communicate with patients deserves an A and B rating

Also my Indians colleagues speak just Malayalam language and no other Indian languages, so they can not even communicate with most people who come from other places in India.

I feel bad . Is my charge nurse a racist?

[dishes, BSN, RN]

The practice of hiring nurses who cannot communicate the language of the patients is a reflection of the cultural values of Dubai. If healthcare employers in Dubai consider nurses subserviant staff rather than educated professionals, they won't see value in their communication skills. Whereas nurses in Western countries cannot become licensed unless they can meet the language requirements.