Professionalism

When following the notion of professionalism in the world of work, there are eight factors one must apply. These factors are honesty and integrity, relability and responsibility, respect for others, compassion and empathy, self-improvement, self-awareness, communication and colloboration, and altruism and advocacy. The definitions of each of these factors and how the contribute and can be applied to professionalism will be discussed.

Honesty and integrity are two important terms to consider when dealing with patients. In the dictionary, honesty is defined as: "Not given to liest, theft, cheating. Not false or misleading." Integrity posts a similar definition: "firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values, or otherwise known as incorruptible." Since these two words are so similar, it can be concluded that one with honesty has integrity. Someone who has integrity and honesty always does what is morally right. A person who possesses honesty and integrity...
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