Questions:
1. How is professionalism being demonstrated?
2. How do you exhibit professionalism in your daily work?
Answers:
1. Professionalism is referred to the attributes of the individuals in their specific workplaces, where those individuals are bound to follow the responsibilities, duties, guidelines and rules related to their jobs. There are six characteristics in a perfect profession style, which are, intellectual, committed, theoretical, responsible, altruistic and ethical (Rees et al., 2014). In this particular paper, the author has chosen an article named “Professionalism: Value and ideology” (Evetts, 2013). According to the author of this paper, professionalism can be demonstrated as the key concept in the organizations, professions, occupations and work sociologies. Professionalism has been changed and is changing with time and organizations. This article highlights various ways, where the professionalism is being and has been interpreted. The professional settings can be hospital, law office, corporate sector, schools, banks etc. the professionals should work in such a way that their work will be reflected in well-kept and positive image. According to the paper, a perfect professionalism brings about better work performances, promotion, raises, respect etc. Professionalism is not a single act, but also a collection of presentations and behaviors, which present that the person is focused and dependable on his/her work. A perfect professional can understand the coexistence of all types of people in a respectable manner and open to improvement. In this paper, at the beginning section, the professionalism field is defined and the concepts are clarified. In the second section, the current development and concept of professionalism and its history are described. The third part of this paper highlights the consequential changes of employment conditions and work contexts for professionalism both as an ideology and as an occupational value in the global world.
2. Professionalism will be exhibited through special circumstances, professional traits, physical appearance and communication style in daily work (Jang, 2016). Nursing is such a profession, where the patient’s care can be improved through the proper nursing skills and professionalism. In this part I will be highlighted my work professionalism as a nurse through a situation. In that situation, suddenly the condition of the patient became critical at the nighttime. At that point, I was appointed for that patient. The doctors were not present at that time, when the condition of the patient became critical. In that critical condition, the patient was not able to breathe. I had learnt about nursing professionalism through RN program. As a professional nurse, I made myself calm and composed and tried to figure out the critical condition in the patient. I monitored her basic health conditions, like, heartbeats, blood pressure (Anderson & Bolt, 2015). I found that the patient’s heartbeat had dropped down. The heartbeat was almost not found. As no doctors were present at that time, so I have to take the responsibility. Suddenly, I remembered the treatment and critical care medications, which I learnt in BSN program. Therefore, immediately, I collected all the needed equipments and medications. I put the medication intravenous. I provided all the necessary shocks to get back the heartbeat. After few minutes, the patient returned into the normal condition. Though her nerves were weak, still she was able to communicate. After that situation, I realized that the BSN program along with RN program improved my professionalism largely. Above all, the professionalism of the nurses helps the patients to be cured.
References:
Anderson, L. E., & Bolt, S. B. (2015). Professionalism: skills for workplace success. Pearson.
Evetts, J. (2013). Professionalism: Value and ideology. Current Sociology,61(5-6), 778-796.
Jang, I. (2016). The effects of emotional regulation between clinical practice stress and nursing professionalism in nursing students†. The Korean Data & Information Science Society, 27(3), 749-761.
Rees, C. E., Monrouxe, L. V., & Ajjawi, R. (2014). Professionalism in workplace learning: understanding interprofessional dilemmas through healthcare student narratives. Exploring the Dynamics of Personal, Professional and Interprofessional Ethics, 295-310.
