This week we had a lecture on how to be professional. It is especially important in the field of healthcare when health professionals are dealing life and death decisions. Even when not dealing with life or death decision, but being in a position of higher knowledge and the ability to make a person better or not. The decisions in which we make greatly affect our patients.
It appears that professionalism is pretty much common sense; however, apparently it is not. I feel that this is mostly due to the technologically advanced world in which we currently live in. Although, the technology has advanced our lives in some aspect, it has also drew us back .
There is a lot of disconnect now between people interactions as technology, such as a cell phones, had deterred us from connecting. I feel that connecting is one of the essentials to Professionalism. Everyone communicates via email and phone nowadays and this takes away from the personalization of actually talk to someone and reading nonverbal cues. There is a lot of power in reading nonverbal cues when communicating. Nonverbal cues tells the actual feelings as opposed to what the person is saying and that is where professionalism now falls short theses days.
This semester has gone by rather quickly; however, the tools an education during this semester has been pivotal to my career goals as a future Nurse Case Manager. Of course, I am not saying that I will be perfect and understand all aspects the NCM entails but I have a better understanding and feel more prepared going in to preceptorship. I feel that my only concern is the overall process in which the initially assessment is done and how to move forward from there. I hope to find a great preceptor that is will to teach me accordingly to the areas in which I may lack knowledge.
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