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Articles: Team Building
Accountability needs to be one of a nurse's top priorities. If you are a nurse who wants to model accountability on your team, here are eight things you can do to earn the trust of your teammates.
Attitude: Does it Really Make a Difference?
Our attitudes make a difference in how we feel and also how we respond to others who do things differently than we do.
Case Study: I am just a Girl who Needs to Learn to say "NO"
Sue has been working in the emergency department in a large urban hospital over the past 6 months. Sue has begun to notice that her peers always turn to her first for requests for extra help and she is beginning to feel resentful.
Conflict: Learn the Signs, Signals and Responses
Conflict is a normal part of any relationship and knowing its signs, signals and interventions is a good start in learning to manage conflict in a productive manner. Here's your opportunity to gain more skills and competence in dealing more effectively with conflict when it rears its inevitable head on your team.
Case Study: Jose has been a nurse for seven years. When he is faced with accomplishing a task, he just does it—no discussion. Marie has been a nurse for less than a year, and she enjoys learning from experts on the team. Even though Jose and Marie work closely together, their different styles contribute to tension in their relationship.
Silence is not always Golden: How to Initiate a Difficult Conversation with a Fellow Team Member
One of the more challenging decisions a nurse may be faced with is initiating a difficult conversation with a team member whose behavior or actions deserve attention. Taking the first step to initiate a difficult conversation may be scary and difficult, but they are possible, and the results may surprise you.
I am a Nurse, and I Have Something to Say
Collaboration between nurses and physicians is essential in today's complicated health care environment. Even though collaboration is essential, it can be fraught with challenges. With physicians historically given more respect, credibility, greater financial compensation and often, unilateral power and support, the notion of collaboration is only now gaining traction in the medical community.
There are a number of situations that warrant feedback to a team member. This article will help you to give constructive feedback and make your team stronger.
Professionalism: Crucial to Establishing Credibility with Colleagues and Patients
Professionalism is an important expectation of being a nurse. Here's a more in-depth explanation of these elements and why they are important for a nurse to follow.
"If only He did what I want him to do"—Liberate Your Thought Patterns with a little Reframing
Have you ever had the fantasy that everything would be just fine if people acted the way you wanted them to act? The solution is called reframing, which allows you to transform self-limiting thought patterns into a more expansive mode of interpretation.
Being a good nurse has a lot to do with empathy, and the need for empathy extends beyond patient care into other relationships—including the patient's family members and your colleagues as well. This article contains a four-step method to help you develop an empathic approach toward those you work with everyday, your medical team.