Communication Skills for Teamwork within the NICU Culture
Every workplace has a culture, and the Newborn intensive care unit is no different. Staffing is multidisciplinary which brings perspectives that often differ. To be successful, we need the ability to be responsive to the attitudes and feelings of our colleagues. Effective communication improves patient outcomes as well as staff satisfaction. And yet communication is often hampered in this acute setting by limited time as well as the diverse backgrounds of the disciplines. This webinar will focus on helping the participant understand work cultures and what contributes to healthy work environmen...Read morets. Specific strategies for creating healthy work environments and improve effectiveness of feeding plans will also be shared. Experiences are shared to help the participant apply these concepts to their daily work life. Commonly asked questions are addressed, such as 1) how do I get people to follow feeding plans; 2) How do I get people to respect what I do as a therapist; 3) How do I as a staff nurse effectively communicate with my team members so that they listen to me? Less...
Learning Objectives
- Define “culturally sensitive health care”
- List at least one example of a trait of a healthy workplace
- Provide one example of why accountability is important with feeding plans in the NICU
- List at least one example of a component of effective teamwork
- List at least one example of an effective communication strategy to help with implementation of feeding plans
Tuesday, August 17, 2021
01:00 PM MDT - 03:00 PM MDT
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Agenda
1:00PM - 1:10PM Welcome, Disclosures, Overview
1:10PM - 1:20PM Systems thinking, Teamwork, Culture overviews
1:20PM - 1:35PM Team members and roles
1:35PM - 2:50PM Creating healthy workplaces
1:50PM - 2:05PM Effective teamwork
2:05PM - 2:30PM Communicating and collaborating effectively
2:30PM - 2:45PM Implementing feeding plans that work
2:45PM - 3:00PM Examples of real experiences, questions/answers
Continuing Education Information - Earn 2 CE Contact Hours
CE Approvals
American Speech and Hearing Association
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