What I learned in Sociology 101
What I have learned in this class… I learned a great deal about where people come from and how taking sociology would help me a great deal in my nursing career. Sociology takes cultures as a group instead of looking at an individual. As the saying goes; “It takes a village to raise a child.” We are who we are not only from the way we were raised but also by the environment and culture in which we are surrounded by. The medical field deals a lot with ethics and there are so many ethical questions that have to be answered, having knowledge of different cultures perspectives will allow me to handle each patient with the utmost respect. I have always loved learning what made people “tick” the way they do and I thought with all the courses I have taken with psychology that I had a really good grasp on it, sociology has opened my mind to understanding people more than I ever could have imagined. Nursing goes beyond just tending to a patients illness, it helps create a wider plan to ensure that patient illness and over all wellbeing is treated as well. Learning about different cultures and the way the viewed the world has made me a better-rounded individual. I want to go in to hospice care the ability to take of someone until their final day is something I find to be a greatest honor. I want to make sure that they are at peace and that they are comfortable. Because what I am choosing to do is something that most people would run from I had to understand what death meant to others and why most are afraid of it even though it is something that happens to us all. Sociology has enlightened me on cultures perception of death and what it means to them. Sociological inquiry can illuminate and help make sense of the relationship between private troubles like illness, premature death, and lung cancer and public issues. Sociology is a value to nurses to enable them to question the values and beliefs of their professional and the