It is important to adhere to the agreed scope of the job role as a health care professional in order to perform the role in the most correct way possible and prevent abuse from happening as it is required by the job, employer and the law. In order to do everything in one's best way as possible, a health care worker needs to have a main motto, as powerful as a mantra which is to treat patients with dignity and respect as one's first priority. In order to make it happen, a health care worker needs to interact with the patient/client without directly interfering with their personal tastes and/or beliefs and habits. A health care professional needs to be extremely patient, caring a good listener. Instead of dictating how the patient/client should
Every nurse should have professional values in order to guide their practice in delivering the best possible care. Providing care to service users should be their first concern and it should be of a high
In health and social care sector, health care professionals take into account four key ethical principles when providing service to the service users. The key ethical principles are justice, autonomy, beneficence and non-maleficence. In health and social care settings people must be treated fairly without being judgemental regardless of who they are or where they come from. Health care professionals must allow their service users choose the type of services or treatment they want and the professional should support them in getting quality care that will benefit their service users. Also, health care professional must not
As a Registered Nurse is a crucial component to ensure that there is effective communication between the nurse and patient. As well as being respectful to the person’s dignity, culture, values, beliefs and rights. This is because everyone is different, and due to this it is important that I am being cautious to each person’s individual needs.
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 art of human caring is one of the most essential parts of the nursing profession. Caring is not something that you learn to do, but something that is within you. In nursing, it is important to know what kind of nurse you want to be as well as the care you intend to provide to your patients. The patient is the center of nursing, and it is your responsibility to make sure they are receiving the best care that they can receive. One of the most important things is to be able to set aside personal beliefs and morals in order to provide patient centered care. The way that you approach and care for a patient is either going to make or break the effect of the care you will be implementing to the patient.
Healthcare professionals have an ethical obligation to respect patient’s wishes. Consequently, many legal and ethical dilemmas arise in healthcare in response to clinical decisions related to the needs, beliefs, and preferences of patients and families. Other dilemmas result over concerns about the integrity, competence, or actions of other healthcare professionals. Preserving human dignity, relieving suffering, equality, integrity, and accountability are essential nursing values (Kangasniemi, Pakkanen, & Korhonen, 2015). Nurse leaders have an
Healthcare provider’s perception and judgment in the patient’s well being as well as taking into account the right of the patient in every action is one of the key elements in nursing practice. International Council of Nurses (ICN), (2006) states “The nurse at all times maintains standards of personal conduct which reflect well on the profession and enhance public confidence” (p. 3). Furthermore, nursing action guided by theory and principles of moral and legal
Fundamentally, it is vitally important to maintain professional boundaries between other staff members and individuals in your care, taking care to maintain a strong sense of mural respect and understanding of the beliefs of others, regardless of your opinion of them.
I learned that as a nurse it is my duty to always consider my own well being, along with my patient’s. I must keep a high moral character both in the workplace and in my personal life. I must continue to educate myself and keep myself up to date with all the latest nursing practices and research. I must subject myself to peer review and evaluation. I must never let my personal feelings about a patient’s lifestyle affect my care for them. When met with a tough choice that places me in an ethical crisis I must keep a good head on my shoulders and always have my patient’s best interests in mind. If I feel that a situation at work is in direct conflict with my personal values or my oath to be an ethical nurse I must go through the proper channels to work through the problem.
Practitioner should be aware of their own personal values, beliefs and attitudes and be organized to adopt the professional values and not impose the personal thoughts on the patient. For example: Talking about Muslim people, hijab and telling them that they are terrorist with patient this might influence them in a bad way, because if the patient will have the Muslim doctor or Muslim carer the patient will not feel comfortable with them and this can have risk on their life.
This takes into consideration the physical, emotional and social needs of a patient and leaves no room for ineffective communication, depersonalization or desensitization. We must not forget that patients are people with feelings, souls, dreams, and
I am currently working at an outpatient physical therapy clinic as a rehab aide to gain professional experience to pursue masters in occupational therapy and a career in outpatient rehabilitation. As a future health care provider, I come in contact with patient of different background on a daily basis. Maintaining a good ethical standard and keeping a high personal integrity is the key to being successful in the field of healthcare. In my daily job, I need to maintain a high ethical standard as well as personal integrity during my personal interaction with other patients. Because every patient comes from different background, it is very important for me to make sure I am treating everyone with kindness, respect and honesty. Making sure I am
The social interaction is an integral part of everyday life of each individual, which is learned from the early childhood and is innate in its nature. It includes the social exchange of information, the ability to communicate, decide, and take responsibility for one’s action. The routine work of healthcare professionals includes the information exchange on an everyday basis. The excellent knowledge of primary disciplines necessary for the practice is crucial for the healthcare professional; however, one can encounter the difficulties without the deeper understanding of ethical principles of communication in the healthcare environment. The book “Health Professional and Patient Interaction”” by R. Purtilo, A. Haddad, and R. Doherty introduces the readers with the basic ethical principles and behaviors in the healthcare setting. The key points that the healthcare professional has to practice to achieve success and harmonic professional relationship with the patient are: respect in all circumstances, the ability to listen, the readiness for challenges, and care with empathy to the patient situation beyond any limits.
A patient should feel at ease with the nurse who is attending to them. Therefore, a professional nurse would go about her job with a good attitude. Also, nurses should be respectful and unbiased. When it comes to culture, religion, belief systems, and values Leininger’s theory about transcultural nursing should be implemented to meet the standard of care that respects the beliefs these people (Black 2014) .
This activity is based on different roles and responsibilities of healthcare professionals and seeing what we can and cannot do as a pharmacist. First, we were divided up into groups of four and given a specific healthcare occupation to look up as a team. Our group was given occupational therapy and we had to look up their roles as an occupation therapist, the scope of practice and what contributions they provide to the healthcare field. We had to answer these questions in a limited amount of time and after we did, we were divided up again into bigger groups. Groups of around ten were given the task to put our information we had about our specific healthcare occupation on a poster. Our group decided that we would create a poster with a