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Learn MoreThis blog is taken from a recent HealthStream webinar titled “Building Psychological Safety and Belonging in Your Unit.” The webinar was moderated by HealthStream’s Beth Pfeifer, Product Marketing Manager and featured Cindy Cain, DNP, RN, CNS, CCRN-K, Clinical Practice Specialist for the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN).
The term “quiet quitting” is one of the latest workplace buzzwords. Quiet quitting really looks like a loss of engagement and results in employees setting boundaries around their work duties – essentially setting a “work-to-rule” policy that limits their activities to just those in their job descriptions to avoid working longer hours and extra assignments. The webinar focused on practical tools to help healthcare leaders embrace strategies that will help strengthen staff engagement, retention and satisfaction.
Cain began by acknowledging that quiet quitting can be a double-edged sword. Some see it as a means of self-care – people are simply pulling back and giving themselves time to heal and that eventually they will re-engage. “Conversely, there are those that see it as quite alarming as it points to a level of disengagement that we have not seen in a very long time,” said Cain.
Regardless of how quiet quitting may be perceived, there are some undeniable consequences to ignoring the importance of psychological safety and belonging. Cain cited the recently published AACN National Nurse Work Environment Report1. Although not surprising, the results indicated that improvements in the work environment are critical.
Healthcare leaders manage multiple priorities, so why should building psychological safety be one of those priorities? Simply put, psychological safety and belonging are critical to the safe and effective delivery of healthcare. Psychological safety results in:
In a unit where nurses feel like they belong, they will have a feeling of security and support along with a sense of acceptance and inclusion. When psychological safety is combined with belonging, nurses feel like they can bring their authentic selves to work which results in improved performance and higher levels of engagement.
Leadership matters when creating psychological safety and belonging. Leaders need to be transparent and willing to admit mistakes when appropriate. Leaders will need to be patient, vulnerable, and accepting of different points of view.
In addition, Cain gave some specific recommendations on how managers can help to build psychological safety and belonging on their units.
Leadership matters when creating psychological safety and belonging, but employees should contribute too. They should be encouraged to praise their colleague’s work as appropriate. They should also be urged to provide timely and honest feedback for their colleagues and their leaders, and be willing to thank them for their contributions. Like their managers, they should also be respectful of everyone’s opinions.
AACN has established some standards to help leaders assess the health of their work environments. You can begin with an assessment to evaluate the health of your unit. The assessment will help you evaluate: skilled communication, true collaboration, effective decision making, appropriate staffing, meaningful recognition, and authentic leadership.
Cain also recommended psychological safety assessment tools from both Google and Magnet. In addition to these tools, she recommended that leaders take the time to better understand their own leadership styles through the use of leadership style assessment tools. Results from tools that assess team and leadership strengths can help inform the process for building psychological safety and belonging.
1 https: //doi.org/10.4037/ccn2022798
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