Compassion

     Compassion is one of my main values in life. It's part of why I want to go into the field of healthcare. Compassion is important to me because I'll feel and use it every day in my future career. It requires a lot of empathy and concern to be an ultrasonographer because in a lot of situations they work with patients in moderate to intolerable amounts of pain and they may need extra care and effort to perform the procedure. According to the Occupational Outlook Handbook "interpersonal skills" is among the top three important qualities for a Diagnostic Medical Sonographer. If someone comes in complaining about a tender, throbbing spot on their body and need an ultrasound on it, the patient will be very uncomfortable and might need to be talked through it. Other patients might be under extreme mental stress and their cooperation might not always be easy so compassion would be necessary to gain their cooperation. For the person in stress or pain, they benefit from having someone there for them to help them through a rough time. For the person performing the ultrasound it’s beneficial because they can get the satisfaction of doing their job well and the ultrasound will go more smoothly.
     Compassion is helpful to be able to feel in any job in which you work with the public. When working with the public, people come to businesses in need of a service. This service could be auto work to dental work but chances are that person is in distress over the reason they need the service. If the person at the business can sense this and feel and display compassion for the customer the entire transaction or service can be carried out much more smoothly and can ensure the customer a place to go in the future and the businessman a future customer. Compassion benefits both sides.
     Without compassion people would be like robots without relationships. Relationships are built upon mutual agreements and social spoken and unspoken promises. A couple getting married promises devotion. Families promise support. Both promise love. Without compassion there can’t be love or devotion or mutual support and relationships would crumble.


Works Cited:
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2012-13 Edition, Diagnostic Medical Sonographers, 
on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/diagnostic-medical-sonographers.htm (visited October 22, 2013).