Professionalism in healthcare PDF

PROFESSIONALISM IN
HEALTHCARE

Introduction
• Professionalism should be the highest priority for healthcare professionals.
The ethical perspectives of healthcare professionals are as follows
• Quality care irrespective to patients background
• Well-developed communication skill
• Decision-making ability
• The study will discuss the effectiveness of quality care, communication
skills and decision-making ability as the professional aspects of healthcare.
The concluding part will summarize the whole study.

Analysis
Quality care
• The healthcare professional must be responsible for the
patient’s health.
• The healthcare professional needs to deliver safe, patient-
centric, evidence-based and indiscriminate treatment
care(Timmins, 2013).
• The cultural aspects and rights of the patient must be
maintained
• Professional integrity must be provided
• A care related partnership must be developed with the rest of
the healthcare and social professionals(Ekman & Halpern,
2015).

Analysis
Communication and interpersonal skills
• Extraordinary communication skill is considered to be one of the most
valuable aspects for nursing care professionals. The critical aspects of
effective communication and interpersonal skill in the healthcare setting
are as follows
• The communication must be respective top the patients’ rights and cultural
and religious beliefs(Timmins, 2013).
• Safe and compassionate communication must be provided to the patients
• A wide range of intervention strategies must be used to increase the
effectiveness of patient communication(Ekman & Halpern, 2015).
• The healthcare professionals must gather adequate information to
communicate patients with physical and mental disabilities

Analysis
Decision-making ability
• Decision-making ability should be the prime focus for the healthcare staffs
to attain quality professionalism. The criterion of professionalism to
develop the decision-making process is as follows:
• Attention must be provided to the patients to maintain dignity for the
promotion of healthcare wellbeing
• Physical and mental health care needs of the patients must be satisfied
through effective assessment for quality care(Timmins, 2013).
• Complex and coexisting needs of the patients must be maintained properly
• The outcome of the decision making must be shared with all the healthcare
professionals, patients and patients’ family(Ekman & Halpern, 2015).
• Must analyze the possible interventions for patient’s health with updated
technology and shreds of evidence.

Conclusion
The study has analyzed the criterion for professional aspects of healthcare.
Quality care, communication and ethical decision making have been
identified as the criterion. Professionalism must be developed for an
effective outcome.

Reference List
• Ekman, E., & Halpern, J. (2015). Professional Distress and Meaning in
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• Timmins, F. (2013).Professionalism and Self-Presentation. Professional
Behaviour in Healthcare Professions: Professionalism and Self-
Presentation. Nurse Education In Practice, 13(3), e8. doi:
10.1016/j.nepr.2012.12.005