5 Ways Nurses Can Improve Their Relationship With Other Medical Professionals By Rasheed Ramat
- 28/08/2019
5 Ways Nurses Can Improve Their Relationship With Other Medical Professionals By Rasheed Ramat
The importance of a good relationship as a nurse with other medical professionals is too good to be ignored. Lack of healthy and good relationship among healthcare workers is one of the numerous problems facing the healthcare system.
Most nurses are observed to be frustrated and tired of other healthcare personnel’s behavior. It varies from disruptive acts, uncooperative attitudes, dismissing acts, verbal abuse, physical attack among many others.
This doesn’t mean that nurses are clean or free from all these behaviors but it is found to be rampant among other members of the team with the nurses at the receiving end.
As a nurse, the main goal is to deliver competent, safe and holistic care to the patient. A good nurse will understand that without a good communication pattern and a healthy relationship with other medical professionals, this goal can’t be met.
The healthy professional relationship among health care providers fosters quick recovery of patients. It gives no room for medical errors.
Hence, the needs to know the steps in improving the relationship among healthcare providers are as follows:
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Don’t be afraid of stating your opinion or been your patient’s advocate, that is one of your duties.
Having the knowledge of what is happening, being observant, asking thoughtful questions during the ward round and carrying out duties efficiently will give no room for disrespect.
Ability to create the impression that you know what you are doing will make you gain respect and trust from other medical professionals. This will go a long way to create a healthy relationship among healthcare professionals.
Acknowledging the work done by others goes a long way in validating their emotions. It prevents frustrations and enhances a good healthy relationship.
Being humorous relaxes a tensed situation and can be a way out of difficult situations.
Patience is also a virtue to have in order to improve one’s relationship with other co-workers.
It is hard to be calm when people are not listening to you, doesn’t reason with you or sees their mistakes. It is good to thread with caution and be patient. Try to explain things and bring evidence of what you are saying. This will go a long to prevent conflict.
As a nurse, you are also human and you can’t control other people’s attitude or behavior towards you. But, you can choose the way you react to people’s negative attitudes.
This will help in improving your relationship with other healthcare professionals.
Written by Ramat Rasheed
FNA Intern
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2 Responses
These are awesome and explicit points you’ve got here. I also think that if we work towards being our authentic self and always be mindful of not just ourselves, but also the emotional state of others per time, then we won’t be bordered by certain actions from colleagues and others.
This will cause others to perceive some level of maturity in us which will in turn influence them.
For every action, there is always an equal but opposite reaction. When we sow good professional approach, it may take time but we will surely reap same.
Thanks for this amazing piece.
Thank you for reading
You are a great point too there