Great Job Fennie: Professional Analysis

Everyone has to deal with conflict: both in the workplace and personal lives. Fresh nurses too have to witness this at their new work setting.

The workplace conflict may come out to be strictly interpersonal; however, it is important to ask yourself if it is possible that workplace conditions were the catalyst or the enabler. Maybe a charge nurse or head nurse ignored the system of budding. The new nurse shoud work together (working side to side) with senior staff instead of having her work entirely by herself. Eventho the charge nurse is always assisting her, but the charge nurse has many other duties to bear away.

On a crisp autumn day in 2016, while hidden away from the cares of my daily routine in my family room, I was called upon to elaborate on an important aspect of my life. It took some time for consideration to determine how to best portray a journey I have taken in managing conflict, as I am not a young woman. Decades filled with the blessings of being the mother of disabled children, years lived as a single parent, as well as the process of maturation, tempered by the fires of adversity, have molded me into who I am today. As I reflected, I wondered if would I know how to deal with conflict as I do now without the life experiences I have had? Certainly not! The following paragraphs will describe my primary conflict style and why I use it, how I have changed constructively in this area, how the other four styles of conflict management may serve me, and where I hope to arrive as I continue to make my way along the journey of my life.

Professionalism is a very important key in the nursing profession. It is what paints a good image for a business or, in this case, an organization, people will most likely choose the professional organization over the unprofessional, because with the nurses that are professional they have great quality in customer service. Examples being, nurses that are professional aren’t rude or disruptive, they handle business in a kindly manner, following directions and policies etc. Unprofessionalism in nursing practice continues to hinder the expansion of the field. There are many things that nurses do that are highly unprofessional at the workplace. A few major unprofessional mistakes nurses tend to do is, bullying, breaking HIPPA, and behavior. To me, these are the biggest mistakes that really pop out at me.

I totally agree with your last paragraph which is explained as a nurse working at a hospital.

Everywhere you go and in everything you do, professionalism comes in to account in some way or another. Professionalism has been defined as, “a strict adherence to courtesy, honesty and responsibility when dealing with individuals or other companies in the business environment” (Clarke, 2015). When it comes to the career of nursing, professionalism is taken to a whole other level. Not only does professionalism come in to account with your business professionals and peers, but you have patients with whom professionalism is highly practiced as well. Professionalism in nursing means that you are able to handle all the responsibilities given to you in an efficient and proper way. It means that when you are given an order that needs to be carried out by a doctor or a patient who needs your help, you adhere to what is being expected of you in a timely manner. Physicians put trust into nurses in order to carry out orders that are needed to save patients’ lives. If you’re not looked at as professional and responsible, it is going to be very hard to have a successful career. Responsibility is what nursing is all about. Professionalism in nursing means that along with taking on big responsibilities, you have discipline. Discipline in nursing is crucial to being successful. Not only to keep your patients safe, but so that you personally are on the ball and looked at by others as professional, therefore, making you a great nurse. Professionalism means that you have the

I was particularly impressed by way this meeting dissected critical issues. The participants of this gathering welcomed openness and honesty from all. This meeting investigated ethical issues regarding patient care, and scenarios in which one’s discretion licensed him/her to question a patient’s judgments. This gathering also addressed the issue of productivity, in terms of sustaining it and enhancing it amid a taxing and demanding environment. The participants then proceeded to address common relational issues, which involved disagreements among nurses, and conflict mitigation. After witnessing the dynamics of this meeting, it became readily apparent that conflict

NHS (2015) recommends nurse as a leader; must intervene efficiently in the initial stages of conflict by preventing and handling that behaviour in care setting and manage risks. Nurse should hence create and maintain environment which is safe for them and others, follow policies and work with others to seek advice to reduce escalation of aggression and

I need to understand that it may not be the person's personality causing the conflict it may be the situation that the patient is in. One conflict scenario I may come across as a nurse that would be difficult for me due to a personal conflict would be a young 32 year old. She is a wife and mother to three young children. The patient has been diagnosed with breast cancer and has been treating her breast cancer with chemotherapy and radiation.

According to Tabak and Koprak (2007) a major source of stress among nurses is related to conflict between nurses and physicians leading to not only a substantially higher level of stress, but also to job dissatisfaction. Given these implications it is imperative to resolve conflict within the workplace. In the case of Jane’s situation with Dr. Smith, a staff meeting should be held to “addresses [the] particular challenging issue...for which signs of conflict already exist” (Porter-O’Grady & Malloch, 2013, p.125). Not addressing the conflict that is already noted will give the impression that the staffs concerns are being undermined and ignored. It is important to recognize and address any issues at hand early (Porter-O’Grady & Malloch, 2013)

In a highly respected profession such as nursing, professionalism is an important element to staying employed and setting one’s self apart from the rest of the applicants when competing for a potential job. By definition professionalism are the qualities and traits that describe a professional. While knowledge is crucial in any profession, according to an article published by the University of Kansas (2012), “all medical professionals must strive to retain those humanistic qualities integrity, respect, and compassion that constitute the essence of professionalism.” Whether you work in a hospital or administration these three qualities encompass the core of nursing and exemplify what it means to be a professional.

This experience in the hospital was weird and very eye opening for me. It made me realize that you need to stay calm in heated situations even if you want to get mad. I realize how hard of a job being a nurse is. They have to make tough decisions and calls that could danger the patient if they don't know what they are doing. Their decisions could even jeopardise their career. They depend on a lot of doctors to do their jobs. Patients depend on nurses to do their job. Working in a hospital can be very stressful, and how you maintain yourself reflects on how well of a nurse or doctor you can

This is an interesting topic to discuss. I worked at nursing skilled facility for about a year and half and I was on both sides: receiving and sending a patient. I think as a nurse, we have to respect each other whether you work in ED, rehab, nursing home or home care. Sadly, the study from Dr. King and Dr. Kind showed negative consequences from ineffective communication as you experienced it also. In your case, that was not only about ineffective communication, but also an attitude problem because you overheard what they talked. It is a different case if the ED nurse doesn’t know the patient, because as we know, in ED, patient come and go in 24 hrs. So, perhaps, it was on shift changed then, the incoming nurse barely knows about the patient

I would agree in that, not everyone will get along with each other, however, and if we are not able to set our own feeling aside that it will affect the quality of nursing care that, we provide to patients and how our fellow co-worker view us a professional. Great post, thanks for sharing.

After further review of the case study, conflict management among team members needs to be addressed. Resolving conflict can often be like a constant balancing act among the opposing needs and interests; conflict can be unpleasant and stressful (Haraway & Haraway III, 2005). Conflict manage is essential for the success of healthcare organizations. Learning, as an organization, to constructively manage and succeed in conflict situations is a foundational construct of leadership and management (Ledlow, 2009). There are six different conflict styles: (1) accommodating, (2) avoiding, (3) collaborating, (4) competing, (5) compromising and (6) problem solving. After reading the case study, the surgical team is displaying conflict style of avoiding “potential disruption outweighs the benefits of resolution, gathering information supersedes immediate decision making, others can resolve the conflict more effectively and issues seem a result of other issues,” (Ledlow, 2009). Instead of going to the Physician Assistant, Nurse B should feel comfortable speaking to the surgeon with her questions and concerns.