Image by Clarita Begin: A group of participants sit in a circle. The facilitator starts the circle by saying a word (‘blue’). Without pausing the person on the left repeats the word, then free-associates another word in response (‘blue … sky’). The next person on the left repeats the pattern starting . . . → Read More: Play it Again… Eight to the Bar! Number 1 in The Improvising Manager series. A group of people stand in a circle. One person holding two tennis balls (or something similar) stands in the center. The center person tosses one of the balls out to a person in the circle and that person tosses the ball to another person in the . . . → Read More: Forget the Shoulda’s! Image by Clarita In her research on resiliency among operating room nurses, Brigid Gillespie identified Hope, Self-Efficacy, Coping, and Competence as critical factors in fostering the resiliency that the nurses need in the operating room and hospital environments. We have looked at the first three factors and their role in personal and organizational resilience. The last area . . . → Read More: Resiliency Part 4 – Are you Competent? Image by Clarita You think you know stress?? How about being an OR nurse? I cannot imagine an environment that would require more coping skills than a hospital operating room (except perhaps a battlefield). From having someone’s life in your hands, to dealing with hospital bureaucracy, must result in levels of stress that . . . → Read More: Resiliency Part 3 – How are you Coping? |
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