HU 260 / 43425 Week 3 Assignment / Fair-Minded Qualities

HU 260 / 43425 Week 3 Assignment / Fair-Minded Qualities P a g e | 1 HU 260 / 43425 Week 3 Assignment / Fair-Minded Qualities 1. First Quality-How do you possess this quality? a. Quality intellectual empathy - I put myself in the other person(s) shoes to try and identify with their position first before we start in with our own disagreements. I will think about how I would feel in the specific situation and then empathize with the other person. If it is regarding their child for instance, I would think about how I would feel if it were my child in that situation. My friend’s daughter was just involved in a car crash and I was able to empathize with her because my son was just recently in a wreck and I could remember how terrifying walking up to the accident scene was. I can remember as a parent what it is like to walk up to an accident scene and see the fire department using the jaws of life to get my child out of the car. I was able to understand her and could remember the mindset I was in at the time, don’t think it’s anything I could ever forget. I feel like being empathetic with others is a very important quality to have when working in healthcare. Patients come in sick, hurt and the patient has family that is concerned as well, so it is important to possess this ability t