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Laquila
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Hattiesburg, Mississippi
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what will make a successful CRNA?
How would you be able to handle conflict ? while making sure you meet the goals so you can master the goals and requirements that your may meed to be the CRNA that you want.
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Tricia Nicks
Nurse: RN, MSN Nursing Education
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Hi - handling conflict during interprofessional interactions is a skill that is learned, practiced, and learned some more. The key to conflict resolution is recognizing that a "right-wrong" attitude isn't likely to be successful.
What is successful is finding out what the other person is trying to say while keeping your emotions in check - try to understand them, give them time to clearly state their concern, ask questions to clarify if you understand them correctly, make them feel heard. There you go - now you have a team-mate, a collaborator, someone who trusts you.
On the other side of this, is keeping your emotions in check. Practice reflecting on situations you have been a part of, consider what happened, what did you think would happen, what could have changed what happened, what would help you to know next time, what did you learn, what will you do next time, and what can you do to develop your skills to improve situations.
These skills are not specific to the CRNA role, but to attain your personal-professional goals, you generally need to talk to people, so people skills including conflict resolution are something you can always be working on. This work is never going to be finished, but you can certainly get better with knowledge and experience - this increases success in every way. A great investment in your future.
Research conflict resolution, interprofessional collaboration, active listening.
Consider emotional intelligence activities, practice mindfulness, and deep reflection in a prescribed, methodical way. Take a course, schedule yourself 1 hour per week, create "still" time.
Assess your overall health and wellness, mind, spirit, body, emotional, nutritional, sleep, social... prioritize yourself and optimize!
What is successful is finding out what the other person is trying to say while keeping your emotions in check - try to understand them, give them time to clearly state their concern, ask questions to clarify if you understand them correctly, make them feel heard. There you go - now you have a team-mate, a collaborator, someone who trusts you.
On the other side of this, is keeping your emotions in check. Practice reflecting on situations you have been a part of, consider what happened, what did you think would happen, what could have changed what happened, what would help you to know next time, what did you learn, what will you do next time, and what can you do to develop your skills to improve situations.
These skills are not specific to the CRNA role, but to attain your personal-professional goals, you generally need to talk to people, so people skills including conflict resolution are something you can always be working on. This work is never going to be finished, but you can certainly get better with knowledge and experience - this increases success in every way. A great investment in your future.
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Casey Johnson
WHNP/CNM
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Vista, California
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Casey’s Answer
I am not a CRNA but I have masters degree in Nursing and have been a bedside nurse so skills and qualities transfer in both. I feel it is vital to ask questions all the time about everything. This is as a student, new grad in practice, and seasoned nurse as well. You don't want to make decisions when you are unsure because they can be dangerous and end very poorly for you patients. It seems simple but its not when everyone is so busy and some nurses get annoyed with questions but ask anyways.
Thanks, can't wait to put this advice into action!
Laquila