Initial Professional Development

Define Professionalism Professionalism means having to improve educational standards, being part of a professional organization (e.g. union and ANA), being able to develop a theory based nursing practice and ability to apply learned theory into practice. Being able to have autonomy and accountability using patient centered approach to achieve acknowledgement and respect from other disciplines (Wolf, 2013). Apply basic ethics concept to a patient, staff or student issues Autonomy means…

Professionalism is a popular issue leading the healthcare system. The Article Professionalism: good for patients and health care organizations by Brennan, M. D., & Monson, V addressee the role that health care organization can play in establishing that are conducive to the consistent expression. The article identifies some important strategies that can help promote combined organizational and individual approaches. Health care professions must place the need to the patient ahead of anything else…

To a mental health counselor, the main ethical practice is to promote the clients welfare. I would say this extends to the community as well. The resources, strengths, and abilities of a community can greatly assist clients in positive changes. As a counselor, if you fail to educate your community you can be met with resistance by old opinions and viewpoints that disvalue your work. To make this change in the community you have to change the preconceived assumptions about the profession.…

A profession is an organization of professionals that functions at an expert level. The field of medicine is an example of a profession, because people that seek out doctors expect to receive top notch treatment performed by a specialist in that field with years of training and experience. You can’t just fall into a profession and become a subject matter expert. It entails years of training, understanding, and practice, because people’s lives depend on it. The Army is a profession, because of…

that they are expected to play, their personal and professional values, their personal religious beliefs, their personality, and their personal and educational experiences. Each of these areas helps to establish each person’s individual counselor identity. Just like in every other profession, no two counselors are the same, because of their various experiences and backgrounds. Professional Counselor Role Each counselor has a professional role that they play. This role depends on their…

Sergeant To be a professional is to understand, embrace, and competently practice the expertise of the profession (The Profession of Arms, 2010). The Army White Paper, The Profession of Arms, further explains the definition of the profession of arms as a vocation comprised of experts certified in the ethical application of land combat power. “I am an expert, I am a professional” often recited by American Soldiers, in the Soldier’s Creed, are attributes of the competent professional in their…

decision-making, the professional nurse must remain open…

The Foundations of Professionalism The world as we know it has changed and is still changing, some for good and some for worse. One point that cannot be altered is professionalism. So where does professionalism start and how do you create a professional out of a student? The foundation of professionalism in a university setting starts at the core roots with of course the staff members of the university which should be spread across the branches to the students. In addition, there’s also a…

Obviously, you want to treat people in the workplace and in the classroom with the most respect and you want to work hard in both settings. But it is different in the sense of style; typically you dress more professional for work than you would for class. Perhaps at work you can refer to you boss by his or her first name but in the classroom you don’t address your professor by their first name. All in all, there are some similarities and some differences when it…

need to change my values or beliefs. I have my own values and beliefs but I do not try and impose those onto anyone. I am very open and respectful to people with other views and I do not judge them for the values or beliefs that they have. As a professional, we come to the workplace with our own values and beliefs but sometimes those need to take the backseat so that we can sufficiently help those that we are serving. My experiences have opened my eyes to new thought processing and with more…