Reflect on a challenging conversation you had with a physician or primary care provider regarding a patient’s care.
Discuss your negotiation skills, in relationship to those described on p. 358 – 363 of Benner et al. (2009). At what level of Benner’s Model you do feel you were practicing at the time?
Provide support for the level you identified.
How did your relationship with the Physician or primary care provider, your nursing experience, and your negotiation skills, support or impede your ability to provide optimal patient-centered care?
How would your reaction to the situation differ now, assuming that you have progressed along Benner’s continuum?
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2. Reflect on a challenging conversation you witnessed between another nurse and a physician or primary care provider regarding a patient’s care.
Discuss the negotiation skills the nurse used, in relationship to those described on p. 358 – 363 of Benner et al. (2009). At what level of Benner’s Model do you feel that the nurse was practicing?
Provide support for the level you identified.
Did the nurse’s negotiation and communication skills support or impede their ability to provide optimal patient-centered care?
How would you have responded, if you had been involved in a similar situation?