February 2, 2022
How can we create the Compassionate Connection if we can not shake of the stresses of what has come before, as we walk towards what is to come next?
Research note: We can improve systems, improve the registration process, better explain tests and procedures, reduce waiting times BUT IT WILL NOT improve overall satisfaction as much as if we Anticipate Needs and Show Empathy to pain, stress and grief.
We introduce the Showtime! mindset (from our partners at Vistelar) to staff on our conflict resolution training programmes, asking them to explore how their own emotional equilibrium could set the stage for the types of encounters we needed to address.
Activating the Showtime Mindset is critical when walking into a potentially stressful or challenging work situation:
There was a consensus that in addition to knowing the Showtime Mindset activation steps, naming and reframing our own triggers was hugely powerful in giving us control and a sense that we can choose our responses to people's behavior - rather than to be intimidated or abused by those behaviors - and to be placed in a ‘reactive mode’ where we might say and do the less-desirable things in the situation, despite what our professional brain knows is the correct conflict management response to the person in front of us.
Using the conflict management tools above, we hope that you can create a Compassionate Connection with your patients, visitors and colleagues at your NHS hospital.
Dynamis provides a comprehensive conflict management training programme which spans the whole spectrum of encounters in a hospital environment. In this series of posts, our Director of Training reflects on key ideas in addressing conflict and reducing violence in the hospital.
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