Licensed practical/vocational nurses, as well as the other members of the health care team, require a specific set of skills and personal characteristics
Which personal characteristic is essential to be a competent and effective provider of health care?
A) Willingness to tell clients and clients' family what is best for them
B) Ability to emotionally disengage in order to remain objective
C) Willingness to inflict pain on others
D) Ability to keep their personal problems private and to themselves
Ans: D
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People who provide health care services must have the ability to keep their personal problems and concerns to themselves. This is not, however, the same as emotional disengagement. Health care does not normally involve telling people "what is best for them." The provision of health care often involves discomfort or pain on the part of the client or the client, but this is not an essential characteristic of all health care providers.
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