Monday, August 14, 2006

Building Professionalism: Trust and Risk Taking M. B., a nurse from Alberta emailed me with some comments about professionalism:   "I highly value the principles of professionalism but find in some workplaces and amongst some nursing colleagues that this has varying connotations and meanings.  I have put this question to various professionals in health care and some exclaim that it does not truly exist. The more I search I have come to realize that professionalism in an institution is largely dependent on leadership's belief and value of professionalism.    "The extent of the leadership's belief is reflected in how professionalism is exercised and maintained in culture of that work environment. If this belief is low, then any kind of behavior is acceptable in that work environment. If it is high, then that the culture will be of mutual respect and high trust.  This indeed would be the ideal workplace but I am afraid I have been exposed to both in my life time career, thus far.  The first is "hell", the second is "heaven".   Read more... 11:43:36 AM     comments.

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