WORK ENVIRONMENT ASSESSMENT

Respond to the two the two post ATTACHED by sharing ideas for how shortcomings discovered in their evaluations and/or their examples of incivility could have been managed more effectively. 3 REFFERENCES EACH

MY WORK ENVIRONMENT ASSESSMENT 1

 

MY WORK ENVIRONMENT ASSESSMENT 2

 

 

 

 

POST 1

 

Why workplace is or is not civil

Determining the civility of a workplace is something that I have not considered doing before this assignment. After completing the Clark healthy workplace inventory, I found that my workplace is moderately healthy, scoring 71 (Clark, 2015).  While completing the assessment, I found myself thinking extremely hard on the questions. I often had to think about how the questions have affected me personally, the unit, then the organization. Based on the assessment, I will say that the workplace is both civil and not civil. Clark (2015) explained that for a workplace to be considered healthy, it must have skilled communication, true collaboration, effective decision making, appropriate staffing, meaningful recognition, and authentic leadership according to the American association of critical nurses (p.2). Based on this, I think my unit specifically needs to work on all of them but mainly on skilled communication.

Incivility in the workplace and how was this addressed 

Since working on the unit, I have found that leadership finds it extremely hard to address issues. For example, when a nurse is late multiple times to work, they won’t address the issue, yet expect the charge nurses to address it. Although this seems to a great way of approaching the issue, it becomes hard when they feel like they are not supported. There have been multiple complaints to leadership about lateness, but this seems to be an ongoing issue because it hasn’t been addressed by the manager. Instead, act like it does not exist especially when they are friends with the individual. It is important for leaders to be transparent with staff and to treat them equally. By not addressing issues at the workplace can negatively impact employee physical and mental health, job satisfaction, productivity, and commitment to the work environment (Clark,2013).

To address this, I spoke with the manager expressing my concerns with another staff. I explained that it was unfair to hold others accountable and everyone needed to be treated equally despite the length of time you have known them personally. Although this issue was talked about with leadership, it is still present as I have observed people coming to work 15 minutes and later without any consequences. Due to the inability to approach staff and address issues, many have stopped approaching leadership whenever there is a concern due to thinking that it won’t be addressed. Since this issue is ongoing and haven’t been resolved, Griffin and Clark (2014) suggest cognitive rehearsal in addressing incivility and bullying behaviors as it has been proven to be an effective way to control the work environment.

 

References

Broome, M., & Marshall, E. S. (2021). Transformational leadership in nursing: From expert clinician to influential leader (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Springer.

Clark, C.M. (2013). Creating and sustaining civility in nursing education. (2nd ed.).  Indianapolis, IN: Sigma Theta Tau International.

Clark, C. M. (2015). Conversations to inspire and promote a more civil workplace. American Nurse Today, 10(11), 18–23. Retrieved from https://www.americannursetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ant11-CE-Civility-1023.pdf

Griffin, M., & Clark, C. M. (2014). Revisiting cognitive rehearsal as an intervention against incivility and lateral violence in nursing: 10 years later. Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 45(12), 535–542.

 

 

 

POST 2

 

Pauline Kiragu 

RE: Discussion – Week 7

COLLAPSE

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Workplace Environment Assessment

The results of my work environment showed an incivility score of 54. According to Clark, 2015, this means that it’s an unhealthy organization and hence very uncivil.

I was surprised that I have not paid enough attention to some very important details about my organization. For example, the issue of workload in our organization has been a great deal of a problem, the ratio of nurses to patient has always been very high due to lack of enough nurses to work; this has been a great challenge.

Comprehensive mentoring program for all employees also lacks in our organization. The lowest score was communication at all levels of the organization. Effective communication in health care is a mainstay of patient safety and staff perception of a healthy work environment. (Jones et al., 2019). Communication in our organization is not utilized well, for example, the chain of command is not effectively followed due to disorganized problem-solving techniques. A lack of skilled communication in healthcare settings has been shown to negatively affect patient safety and quality. (Jones et al., 2019)

A healthy work environment has been described as a workplace that is positive, supportive, safe, collaborative, empowering, motivational, collegial, professional, respectful, caring, and satisfying. (Saunders et al., 2021). One idea I believed before conducting this assessment and was confirmed is the opportunities for promotion and career advancement. In our organization, chances of getting promoted are very low because of the slow progress in the growth of the organization and high turn over rate of employees. Meaningful recognition promotes job satisfaction/retention, personal psychological well-being, and less job stress, which all contribute to establishing a healthy work environment. (Saunders et al., 2021).

I experienced incivility in my workplace two weeks ago when I complained of the work overload to my supervisor. We were short two nurses in the unit and that affected the nurse to patient ratio. The supervisor only stated that she will communicate with the manager, but she did not get any help for me. I was forced to work with alot of patients which was not safe for me or the patients. I ended up contacting the manager about the issue. I am still waiting to hear the feedback.

The positive results of authentic leadership are optimism, trust, work satisfaction, engagement, low turnover, and creativity. (Saunders et al., 2021). I hope to implement this lesson to my organization if at all I ever get a chance to.

 

References

 

 

Jones, L., Cline, G. J., Battick, K., Burger, K. J., & Amankwah, E. K. (2019). Communication Under Pressure: A Quasi-Experimental Study to Assess the Impact of a Structured Curriculum on Skilled Communication to Promote a Healthy Work Environment. Journal for Nurses in Professional Development35(5), 248–254.

Saunders, J., Sridaromont, K., & Gallegos, B. (2021). Steps to Establish a Healthy Work Environment in an Academic Nursing Setting. Nurse Educator46(1), 2–4.

M.Clark, C. (2015). Conversations to inspire and promote a more civil workplace . Retrieved from  https://www.myamericannurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ant11-CE-Civility-1023.pdf

 

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Running head: MY WORK ENVIRONMENT ASSESSMENT

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

P

O

S

T

 

1

 

 

Why

 

workplace

 

is

 

or

 

is

 

not

 

civi

l

 

Determining

 

the

 

civility

 

of

 

a

 

workplace

 

is

 

something

 

that

 

I

 

have

 

not

 

considered

 

doing

 

before

 

this

 

assignment.

 

After

 

completing

 

the

 

Clark

 

healthy

 

workplace

 

inventory,

 

I

 

found

 

that

 

my

 

workplace

 

is

 

moderately

 

healthy,

 

scoring

 

7

1

 

(Clark,

 

2015).

 

 

While

 

completi

ng

 

the

 

assessment,

 

I

 

found

 

myself

 

thinking

 

extremely

 

hard

 

on

 

the

 

questions.

 

I

 

often

 

had

 

to

 

think

 

about

 

how

 

the

 

questions

 

have

 

affected

 

me

 

personally,

 

the

 

unit,

 

then

 

the

 

organization.

 

Based

 

on

 

the

 

assessment,

 

I

 

will

 

say

 

that

 

the

 

workplace

 

is

 

both

 

civil

 

and

 

not

 

civil.

 

Clark

 

(2015)

 

explained

 

that

 

for

 

a

 

workplace

 

to

 

be

 

considered

 

healthy,

 

it

 

must

 

have

 

skilled

 

communication,

 

true

 

collaboration,

 

effective

 

decision

 

making,

 

appropriate

 

staffing,

 

meaningful

 

recognition,

 

and

 

authentic

 

leadership

 

according

 

to

 

the

 

Amer

ican

 

association

 

of

 

critical

 

nurse

s

 

(p.2).

 

Based

 

on

 

this,

 

I

 

think

 

my

 

unit

 

specifically

 

needs

 

to

 

work

 

on

 

all

 

of

 

them

 

but

 

mainly

 

on

 

skilled

 

communication

.

 

Incivility

 

in

 

the

 

workplace

 

and

 

how

 

was

 

this

 

addresse

d

 

 

Since

 

working

 

on

 

the

 

unit,

 

I

 

have

 

found

 

that

 

le

adership

 

finds

 

it

 

extremely

 

hard

 

to

 

address

 

issues.

 

For

 

example,

 

when

 

a

 

nurse

 

is

 

late

 

multiple

 

times

 

to

 

work,

 

they

 

won’t

 

address

 

the

 

issue,

 

yet

 

expect

 

the

 

charge

 

nurses

 

to

 

address

 

it.

 

Although

 

this

 

seems

 

to

 

a

 

great

 

way

 

of

 

approaching

 

the

 

issue,

 

it

 

becomes

 

hard

 

when

 

they

 

feel

 

like

 

they

 

are

 

not

 

supported.

 

There

 

have

 

been

 

multiple

 

complaints

 

to

 

leadership

 

about

 

lateness,

 

but

 

this

 

seems

 

to

 

be

 

an

 

ongoing

 

issue

 

because

 

it

 

hasn’t

 

been

 

addressed

 

by

 

the

 

manager.

 

Instead,

 

act

 

like

 

it

 

does

 

not

 

exist

 

especially

 

when

 

th

ey

 

are

 

friends

 

with

 

the

 

individual.

 

It

 

is

 

important

 

for

 

leaders

 

to

 

be

 

transparent

 

with

 

staff

 

and

 

to

 

treat

 

them

 

equally.

 

By

 

not

 

addressing

 

issues

 

at

 

the

 

workplace

 

can

 

negatively

 

impact

 

employee

 

physical

 

and

 

mental

 

health,

 

job

 

satisfaction,

 

productivity,

 

and

 

commitment

 

to

 

the

 

work

 

environment

 

(

Clark,2013)

.

 

To

 

address

 

this,

 

I

 

spoke

 

with

 

the

 

manager

 

expressing

 

my

 

concerns

 

with

 

another

 

staff.

 

I

 

explained

 

that

 

it

 

was

 

unfair

 

to

 

hold

 

others

 

accountable

 

and

 

everyone

 

needed

 

to

 

be

 

treated

 

equally

 

despite

 

the

 

length

 

of

 

time

 

you

 

have

 

known

 

them

 

personally.

 

Although

 

this

 

issue

 

was

 

talked

 

about

 

with

 

leadership,

 

it

 

is

 

still

 

present

 

as

 

I

 

have

 

observed

 

people

 

coming

 

to

 

work

 

15

 

minutes

 

and

 

later

 

without

 

any

 

consequences.

 

Due

 

to

 

the

 

inability

 

to

 

approach

 

staff

 

and

 

address

 

issue

s,

 

many

 

have

 

stopped

 

approaching

 

leadership

 

whenever

 

there

 

is

 

a

 

concern

 

due

 

to

 

thinking

 

that

 

it

 

won’t

 

be

 

addressed.

 

Since

 

this

 

issue

 

is

 

ongoing

 

and

 

haven’t

 

been

 

resolved,

 

Griffin

 

and

 

Clark

 

(2014)

 

suggest

 

cognitive

 

rehearsal

 

in

 

addressing

 

incivility

 

and

 

bul

lying

 

behaviors

 

as

 

it

 

has

 

been

 

proven

 

to

 

be

 

an

 

effective

 

way

 

to

 

control

 

the

 

work

 

environment

.

 

 

 

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