WEEK 10: QUALITIES OF A HEALTH WORKER

For week 10, it is more focused on defining the overall qualities and tasks being performed by
the health worker. As future nurses, it is vital for us to know these qualities and tasks, because
we will become a part of the community health team someday which is composed of other
health professionals and local leaders as well. Furthermore, these qualities will serve as their
guideline in order to effectively address the needs of their community, thus, it will also establish
smooth-relationship towards its members which leads to engagement in solving and improving
the overall system of the community in terms of health. To start with, an health worker must
show to the members of the community including his/her colleagues that he/she understands
the situation being dealt by the community, thus, identifying possible solutions that will solve the
problems and concerns of the community. Moreover, a health worker must also accept his/her
mistakes in order to resolve the issue immediately and avoid further tensions/complications
inside the community. Another quality that a health worker must have was he/she performs the
tasks accurately and precisely even without the assistance of his/her colleagues. Through this,
his/her competency towards rendering an intervention increases due to familiarity and mastery
of craft all throughout. Also, a health worker must have the desire to learn all the time even if
he/she will be assigned in different areas. In this way, the health and knowledge of the members
of the community will be equally the same with the other members as well. Criticism will also be
present on their job at all times, therefore, an health worker must remain calm and open-minded
in terms of these criticism raised by the other members of the community, thus, he/she must
view it in a positive outlook by improving his/her tasks. As stated earlier, the job of a health
worker will not be easy due to the fact that the health of the community depends on their hands.
Even so, he/she must be composed and motivated at all times, but at the same time enjoying
the process of providing the needs of the citizens of their community.Team work is one of the
essential components towards the effectiveness of a program inside the community. Through
this, relationships with the other colleagues were being established as the time went by, leading
to a smooth flow of tasks and procedures. Lastly, most of the tasks being done by a health
worker includes his/her knowledge and learnings on different topics/procedures they render.
Therefore, he/she must take the full responsibility upon his/her actions. With this, conflict on the
other members of the community will be avoided, thus leading to a more competent and reliable
health team.

In this lesson, I also learned that the job of a health worker is never-ending. Thus, he/she must
observe that the other members of the community view them as their role models in terms of
health. A health worker must always keep in mind that they have the ability to create an impact
on the lives of the members of the community by being a good example in terms of health such
as; eating a well-balanced diet, regular exercise, proper posture, and even sanitary routines as
well. Uniformity or oneness is also observed on the part of the health team wherein this requires
the members of the health team to wear neat and appropriate clothing during work hours.
Through this, the campaign for the promotion of health among its audience becomes more
effective, thus, leaving a clean-looking image which also signifies neatness on their part. In the
community setting, a community health worker is viewed to be very important. Without them, the
life of the citizens inside the community will become chaotic and unorganized in terms of health
which leads to acquiring of different kinds of illness/diseases. Hence, through their help, the
community maintains its balance and harmony by implementation of programs that will benefit
its members especially in terms of fulfilling their health needs. Also, together with the other
sectors, programs that increase the productivity of the community such as COPAR are also
being led by the community health team which serves a huge impact in providing beneficial
programs and livelihood inside the community.