NR582NP Week 3 Discussion: Conflict
Preparing the Discussion
Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the discussion. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.
General Instructions:
Conflict is common in healthcare settings. Common team sources of conflict include hierarchical relationships, authority differentials, poor communication, negative or disruptive behaviors, and multigenerational interprofessional teams.
Include the following sections:
- Application of Course Knowledge: Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.
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- Describe a conflict you have encountered in your nursing practice. Identify the roles of the stakeholders involved. Do not identify the stakeholders by name.
- Analyze how the conflict was resolved. Which conflict resolution style was used?
- Evaluate the efficacy of the resolution. Was the conflict resolution style used to address the conflict the most appropriate option? Why or why not?
- Identify and describe your preferred mode of conflict resolution.
- Integration of Evidence: Integrate relevant scholarly sources as defined by program expectations:
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- Cite a scholarly source in the initial post.
- Cite a scholarly source in one faculty response post.
- Cite a scholarly source in one peer post.
- Accurately analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles from evidence with no more than one short quote (15 words or less) for the week.
- Include a minimum of two different scholarly sources per week. Cite all references and provide references for all citations.
- Engagement in Meaningful Dialogue: Engage peers and faculty by asking questions, and offering new insights, applications, perspectives, information, or implications for practice.
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- Peer Response: Respond to at least one peer.
- Faculty Response: Respond to at least one faculty post.
- Communicate using respectful, collegial language and terminology appropriate to advanced nursing practice.
- Professionalism in Communication: Communicate with minimal errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation.
- Reference Citation: Use current APA format to format citations and references and is free of errors.
- Wednesday Participation Requirement: Provide a substantive response to the graded discussion topic (not a response to a peer or faculty), by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT of each week.
- Total Participation Requirement: Provide at least three substantive posts (one to the initial question or topic, one to a student peer, and one to a faculty question) on two different days during the week.
Solution: NR582NP Week 3 Discussion: Conflict
Describe a conflict you have encountered in your nursing practice.
In my nursing practice, I encountered a conflict between a nurse and a family member of a patient. The family member was unhappy with the perceived lack of communication regarding changes in the patient’s condition. The stakeholders involved included the family member, the nurse providing direct care, the charge nurse, and myself as part of the leadership team. Each party had different expectations about communication and the level of detail needed to address the family’s concerns.
Analyze how the conflict was resolved. Which conflict resolution style was used?
The conflict was resolved using a collaborative conflict resolution style. I facilitated a meeting where all stakeholders could voice their concerns. The nurse shared the documentation….Please click here to purchase at $5