The purpose of this paper is to identify professionalism in the workplace. There are multiple understandings and expectations of professional behavior. It can vary based on where you work and what are your duties. The focus of this paper will be in the healthcare field and especially the expected professional behavior of nurses. We all have a certain image that comes with the word “professional”. For some it is a black suit and a tie; others identify professionalism as the ability to perform certain duties. Dress codes and the ability to perform professional duties are important; however, professionalism includes way more components and important details. Randall et al. (2016) conducted a study to understand how students and faculty at the …show more content…
Brennan and Monson (2014) reviewed interdisciplinary empirical studies and identified that individual professionalism promotes the building of rapport with a patient and creates positive outcomes for patients. Benefits include increased patient trust, improved patient outcomes, increased staff productivity and overall satisfaction for both patients and employees (Brennan & Monson, 2014). Professionalism is a key to create a thriving and safe workplace, therefore healthcare organization’s leaders are working hard to find appropriate …show more content…
McNally, Frey, and Crossan (2017) completed a study using the qualitative descriptive method to identify nurse managers and student nurses’ perceptions of the use of personal smartphones or tablets as an educational implement in clinical settings. The sample size included 13 student nurses and five nurse managers (McNally, Frey & Crossan, 2017). The results of the study demonstrated that even though nurse students perceived personally owned technology as a useful tool in researching relevant clinical information, nurse managers associated the use of personal phones and tablets with unprofessional behaviors that could potentially lead to concerns regarding safety and security (McNally, Frey & Crossan, 2017). A new nurse or student nurse needs to ensure his or her behavior is appropriate for the clinical settings, and all professional behavior requirements are fulfilled. Nurses provide care for patients with different physical, emotional and social needs. Building trustful relationships with patients is a crucial determinant of positive healthcare outcome (Brennan & Monson, 2014). A concentration on professional care shows concern and respect for patients and their families. Nurses are patient advocates, it is part of nursing professionalism to provide high-quality care to each of the patients, and ensure that each patient receives respectful and holistic care,
Often time, nurses has been viewed by patients, their family members and the medical team as basic emotional care givers, pill crushers or cart pullers and not as healthcare professionals who are more interesting in health promotion, disease prevention and better patient outcomes. They also often forget the emotional, physical, mental, and caring part that is involved with the profession. And to make matters worse, nurses are continued to be viewed as a threat by doctors more than ever before especially with the opening of Nurse Practitioners programs.
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Throughout the Practical Nursing program, there has been many opportunities to closely observe working nurses in different hospitals and facilities. It also has been a great chance to grasp the general idea about professionalism in the workplace and how it can have a great impact in a successful work environment. Combining what was observed and what was learnt from the class, there were three particular aspects of professionalism that seemed to be key characteristics of professional nurses: knowledge from continuous education, autonomy, and positivity. Out of all other characteristics for professionalisms in nursing, those three were the most remarkable features found from the some of the great nurses observed from the clinical sites.
Professionalism is an adherence to a set of values comprising both a formally agreed-upon code of conduct and the informal expectations of colleagues, clients and society. The key values include acting in a patient's interest, responsiveness to the health needs of society, maintaining the highest standards of excellence in the practice of medicine and in the generation and dissemination of knowledge. In addition to medical knowledge and skills, medical professionals should present psychosocial and humanistic qualities such as caring, empathy, humility and compassion, as well as social responsibility and sensitivity to people's culture and beliefs. All these qualities are expected of members of highly trained professions.
The nursing health field didn’t start as professional and organized as it is today. It started long away in the 19th -20th century; with a lady named Florence Nightingale. She was well known for her night rounds to help assist the wounded soldiers. She was known as, “Lady with the Lamp” (Potter & Perry, 2015 pg.106). What we are learning in school today is about the fundamental of patient care, cleanliness, and management is the legacy of Florence Nightingale. According to Fundamentals of Nursing by Yoost and Crawford, it stated that nursing profession has elevated to a higher degree of professionalism and respectability. I believe that professionalism is required in the working place. As a professional nurse, I’m expected to
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Nurses are typically thought of as respected and trusted individuals. In order to keep this reputation, nurses must aware of their professional boundaries and strive to remain professional in all aspects of their career. There are many resources that act as guides to maintaining these boundaries in the healthcare profession. These standards are set as laws that governs nurses so that they know which actions are not acceptable. It is important for nurses to stay true to their values, focus on the interest of the patient, and be aware of becoming too involved with
Professionalism can be defined as the competence of skills and principles of an individual in a profession. A professional must be knowledgeable in their profession, committed to improvement of one’s knowledge and skills, service oriented, covenantal relationships to patients/patrons, creative, innovative, ethical, accountable and a leader. These competencies are essential for a professional to perform and excel in their profession. As a graduate student and member of my community, the White Coat Ceremony was attributed to professionalism due to its professional attire, and dialogue which evoked a feeling of pride for the profession being entered as well as being relevant to the current generation of student pharmacists.
Nurses must have a professional relationship with all types of people. The nurse must be a professional with their coworkers, superiors, and patients. The most important relationship is with the patient; if a professional relationship does not exist with them, the nurse as well as the organization will get a bad reputation. This in turn will ruin our professional relationship with our coworkers and superiors and will eventually cost that person a
“Professionalism is the internalized conceptualization of expected professional obligations, attributes, interactions, attitudes, values, and role behaviors in relation to individual patients and clients and society as a whole.” 2
In a career based society, professionalism amongst excellence is what is striven for. If one were to find themselves in a business career, their day to day life would require a strong element of professionalism in order to succeed. The same holds true for that of students in a physical therapy program. As students, the requirement lies not only in classroom etiquette but also outside of the classroom, interactions with professors and students, and in private, while studying or taking exams. Each of these areas require students to hold a level of professionalism in order to succeed in a doctorate program.
Healthcare professionals in the medical office should be friendly and open. Patients entering the medical office should be greeted immediately with a smile and having a gentle touch also let the patient know you care. “Healthcare professionals in a medical office are held to a higher standard than most professions because they are dealing with the dignity of patients and the ability to be healed” (Wolff). Educating the staff to be professional in the medical office represents the office as being excellent in patient care. Patient-centered care success is required by the whole office which is treatment and patient experience, from the time they enter the office until they leave.
The study concluded that entering professional nurses tend to avoid conflict in the work setting, and experienced nurses formed teams of decision makers who share similar values to resolve conflict (Miller, 2006). The study also explored the keys to success when caring for patients. Essential elements to professional care include: affection, cognition, volition, imagination, motivation, and expressiveness of action. These conditions are supported by virtues such as respect, compassion, intellectual honesty, accountability, empathy, and altruism, all supporting the importance of caring in the nursing profession (Miller, 2006).
Professionalism is the P in the PR.I.C.E framework and the foundation for which we shall build upon in this essay. When you embrace professionalism it means that you will assume responsibility for you own actions. It means you will demonstrate professional and appropriate communication skills. You will present an appropriate professional appearance for the environment. It also means you are able to handle sensitive or difficult issues with grace and confidence. Through the video provided I’ve learned that having professionalism key to achieving workplace success and the first step to becoming a great person. I demonstrate professionalism by understanding what I’ve done wrong if my grades are not perfect.
The purpose of this research is to educate or inform people, who are working or about to work in the field of business, about professionalism in the business industry because it is extremely complex and important. Besides from wearing proper attire or having higher education, many set standard of procedures must be abided by to be recognized as professional (Beaton, 2010; Granowski, 2012). As Granowski and Beaton suggests or implies, professionalism is not easy to acquire because it exists for the purpose of satisfying the customers, who are individuals with various and unique personalities. The goal of business is to make profit. As long as customers desire and expect professional service, business must be able to provide that.