Compromise Mode In Nursing

As an emergency room nurse my mind is hard wired to treat patients as quickly as possible and have them vacate to an admissions bed or back home. The acute care environment can be so hectic that looking past a patient’s discharge instructions can easily be over looked. An emergency room nurse regardless of her or his acute care mindset still knows how to apply the nursing process to any plan of care at hand and it is no different to a plan of continuous care in a patient’s home. The key is sending home a plan formulated in conjunction with the input of the same medical professionals and support staff that took care of the patient in the first place. Nurses are no longer moving towards a care process of just following orders, yet as partners …show more content…
There are several modes of communication that can be enacted to solve group issues. Among them are the defensive mode, the compromise mode, and the creative problem solving mode. In defensive mode some people feel they are winning and others will feel they are losing. This mode is used to gain time, ease off the situation, and give thought to solutions. The group members in the conflict can be separate, people can choose not to speak about anything, or come to an understanding that a conflict exists and review the issues (Huber, 2014). In the compromise mode, everyone gives something up and finds a half way point. With the creative problem solving mode solutions are found so everybody feels like winners. This is attained by having private conversations in a neutral place, showing respect and empathy, have factual not emotional conversations, listen to each other with intent and find solutions everyone can agree upon (Huber, …show more content…
In this situation she can apply the conflict resolution strategies of confronting, collaborating, and problem solving (Huber, 2014). In confronting, charge nurse Witte can just cut to the chase and put together a meeting in one of the hospital conference rooms. During the meeting she can have the doctors express their reluctance and give input on a solution. In using the collaboration strategies during the meeting everyone can work together and put together the plan of care for this patient when they go home. The dietary representative can join the conversation to explain the diet protocols of the hospital. Problem solving will come into play throughout the discussions in the meeting as the solutions to the plan of care start to materialize and everyone feel they are winning. If the home health nurse cannot be present someone can write the meeting minutes and hand over a copy to their team for input, or they can join the conversation via a conference call or via video. As a nursing leader throughout this meeting, nurse Witte can apply the leadership strategies of giving positive feedback, constructive criticism and encouragement to augment a new mind set and behaviors of members of the medical team (Huber,