Professionalism in Healthcare: A Primer for Career Success (3rd Edition)

Professionalism in Healthcare, 3/e addresses the special skills and attitudes that a worker must possess to be recognized as a health care professional. This text stresses the idea that professional recognition isnt automatically bestowed upon a person when he or she completes an educational program, obtains a degree or certificate, or secures a license to practice. Recognition as a healthcare professional has to be earned and maintained each and every day. Professionalism is a state of mind, a way of being, knowing, and doing that distinguishes exceptional workers from the ordinary . Enhancing professionalism has become a major challenge for healthcare educators, employers, and personnel. This text helps meet that challenge by describing the professional standards that apply to all health care workersthe common ground that everyone shares in providing the quality care and service excellence that today's patients deserve and demand.