Professionalism in Nursing

A professional is characterized by or conforming to the technical or ethical standards of a profession (2) : exhibiting a courteous, conscientious, and generally businesslike manner in the workplace. Being professional should be a subconscious effort in the fact that it should always be applied. When employees are professional it helps the system run more efficiently and safely. A person must me a certain criteria when being evaluated on professionalism, a person is judged based on the clients; Attitude, Values, Communication techniques, and approachability. Clients who display a committed, dependable attitude will benefit more from work exerted, and overall be rewarded with incentives. Although professionalism may be in the eye of the beholder.

A profession is defined as a trade or vocation, mainly one that involves some sort of higher education or special training. Professionalism is a stature that the client must maintain when in the workplace because of the standards he or she is held to. Some standards may be higher in different scenarios but a level of professionalism should be maintained. Motivation is something every employee needs, staying professional will help keep all employees motivated to display competent and accurate demeanor. Holding no professionalism will lead to employees wont take it seriously but refer to it as a place where they stay till something better comes up.

There are professional boundaries that every employee should be

conscious of, these include; relationships, communications, self disclosure, exploitation, and breaches in confidentiality. The public holds an employee to a higher esteem than people who are only interested in the benefits rather then the job itself. Compassion plays a hug...

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...al workplace and professional employees is a standard in healthcare. “Series of statistical analyses revealed that professionalism was related significantly to years of experience as an RN, higher educational degrees in nursing, membership in organizations, service as an officer in the organization, and

specialty certification.” (contributing factors to professionalism in nursing, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14613064) With new graduates on the rise one can only hope that the professional aspect of the career is well kept and that they will pass the concept down for future generations to oblige and conform to.

Works Cited

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14613064

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/professionalism-in-nursing.html

http://www.nursetogether.com/Career/CareerArticles/CareerArticle/tabid/102/itemId/1169/Are-You-a-Nursing-Professional-.aspx