One example comes to my mind when looking at this competency. During my first Level II Fieldwork experience while in the acute care setting at Methodist North Hospital, I had treated a patient for over a week after she had a total hip replacement. Her daughter was present in the room every time I treated her, and her daughter had lost both of her legs due to a previous event. I was always very personable with them and used my therapeutic use of self when treating, just like I did with every other patient. On the last day that I saw this patient, her daughter asked for my name and number because she wanted to send me a gift to thank me for everything I had done for them. I politely told them that I was a student and could not accept gifts from them, but thanked them for the offer. They completely understood, but continued to talk about how I was the only staff member who had been personable with them and who seemed like they really cared about them. I followed up by giving credit to my fieldwork educators and how they had trained me to get to know my patients and really form a relationship with them. I always made sure to give credit where credit is due when patients said these kind things about me. I also made sure to not let these compliments get to my head, but instead motivate me to continue being personable and forming a relationship with my future patients. Entry-level practitioners should always put their values and their patients before themselves. If not, this can be a safety hazard for the patient because then the practitioner is not putting the patient first when treating them.