Helping senior nurses and allied health professionals, manage the challenges of working relationships, so they can reduce stress and anxiety in the workplace.
The healthcare environment is inherently collaborative. Yet it doesn’t always work like that or seem like the right option. Even experienced professionals like you face interpersonal challenges, and it’s normal to feel the frustrations that go with those situations. It may just be with one other person that you don’t see eye to eye with, but you know its affecting you. When another interaction takes place, you feel you are not being listened to, and your confidence takes a knock as a result. With all your years of experience you feel you should be able to resolve these issues, chastising yourself when you don’t know the answers. Perhaps you aren’t competent enough… Now think about the times when you are in your clinical role and you can’t quite get to the bottom of a patient’s symptoms. It’s a challenge, frustrating because you can’t find the answer. In all your years of experience you feel you should be able to resolve this. Your assessment and analytical skills are not revealing the problem. You know your limitations and you decide you need to look elsewhere and seek some help. You don’t think any lesser of yourself for it! If you compare the two examples, what do you notice? It’s a common misconception amongst senior nurses and AHP’s that your priorities should always be on patient care. Rather than looking after yourself and seeking out some help when you need it. Yet really you know that one equals the other. If this sounds like you, I can help. Drop me a message and let’s talk. #seniornurse #AHP #coaching
