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Conflict-Handling Styles Demonstrated By Nursing Students In Response To Microethical Dilemmas, Lorretta Krautscheid, Carissa M. Luebbering, Beth A. Krautscheid
Conflict-Handling Styles Demonstrated By Nursing Students In Response To Microethical Dilemmas, Lorretta Krautscheid, Carissa M. Luebbering, Beth A. Krautscheid
Faculty Publications - College of Nursing
Undergraduate nursing students have reported feeling ill-prepared to handle the conflict that accompanies the routine exposure to microethical dilemmas. Microethical dilemmas, as first defined by Worthley (1997), are routine questionable practices that have the potential to compromise quality patient care, negatively impact workplace culture, and initiate moral distress. Nurse educators employ a variety of strategies to support students’ ability to effectively manage conflict; however, little is known about how students authentically respond to ethical dilemmas. The purpose of this pilot study was to describe the frequency of conflict-handling styles demonstrated by undergraduate nursing students who encountered microethical dilemmas embedded within …
Improving Communication Among Healthcare Providers: Preparing Student Nurses For Practice, Lorretta Krautscheid
Improving Communication Among Healthcare Providers: Preparing Student Nurses For Practice, Lorretta Krautscheid
Faculty Publications - College of Nursing
Communication errors are identified by the Joint Commission as the primary root cause of sentinel events across all categories. In addition, improving the effectiveness of communication among healthcare providers is listed as one of the Joint Commission’s 2008 National Patient Safety Goals. Nursing programs are expected to graduate practice-ready nurses who demonstrate quality and safety in patient care, which includes interdisciplinary communication. Through objectively structured clinical assessment simulations, faculty evaluate each nursing student’s ability to perform many aspects of care, including the ability to communicate effectively with physicians via telephone in an emergent situation. This quality improvement project reports the …