Essays on Professionalism

The Medical Protection Society define a profession as a “calling or vocation involving a degree of skill, learning or science”. Professionalism is a set of core values, behaviors and beliefs that are based around integrity, duty, honesty and competence in clinical skills. (Sarah Whitehouse, 2013) Professionalism in the healthcare workplace is based on putting patients’…

What is professionalism and how is it defined? I believe there are a number of different ways that we can define professionalism with the most important one being how you want people to perceive the way you define it yourself through your actions. Marriam-Webster’s Learner’s Dictionary defines professionalism as: “the skill, good judgment, and polite…

Choose 1 item from the PA Code of Conduct that you have personal experience with or value highly. Discuss the importance of this item to you personally, and to the PA Profession. I would like to pick Nonmaleficence and discuss about the situations where as a provider we will be forced to take care of…

Professional behavior is a way of conducting oneself that includes: Respect for others: Courtesy and respect for others are fundamental elements of professional behavior. A professional strives to understand the differences among classmates and colleagues, provides fair constructive feedback when asked to evaluate others, contributes equitably in group work, and is punctual and avoids disrupting…

It is not a secret that working as a nurse in the emergency department is a physically and mentally taxing occupation which holds many responsibilities. Nurses that work twelve hour shifts and longer are shown to report increased concern over failing patient safety, due to fatigue (Griffiths et al., 2014). If a nurse is unable…

Professionalism can easily be defined by how one carries and conducts him or herself in the workplace. A huge goal, specifically in the healthcare workplace, is to maintain a proper level of professionalism, especially when working in patient care. It is a skill that is developed with practice, experience and a lot of patience. In…

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, professionalism is defined as, “the conduct aims, or qualities that characterize or mark a profession or a professional person.” The Oxford dictionary defines success as, “a person or thing that achieves desired aims or attains fame, wealth, etc.” To be successful, one must obtain professional qualities. Developing professional attributes as…