Listening With Understanding And Empathy

I believe that this picture of my Mother who is a nurse exemplifies someone who must listen with understanding and empathy. The first reason why I believe this, is because a nurse must be able to understand what their listening to for example, if a nurse is listening to someone’s heart beat they must be able to tell if there is something wrong with that heart beat. Nurses must also be empathetic to their patients in order to be of the most help to the patient. This Habit Of Mind is and will be critical to my current and future relationships with people. This ability can help me relate to future coworkers in whatever career I chose. As a student I know that it helps when I have a professor who is empathetic to my personal situation. For example, when I missed sometime this semester because of my surgery I found it very helpful when my professors understood my situation and helped me get caught up with my schoolwork. I know that this will also help me with my relationships with fellow students. A good example of that would be if I were in a group project it would be very helpful to be able to understand each person and his or her strengths and weakness of each person enable to work better as a team.