The Seven C's In Nurse/Physician Relationship By Joyce Asabor RN

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The Seven C's In Nurse/Physician Relationship By
Joyce Asabor RN
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Joyce Asabor is a New York based registered nurse
with over 10 years of experience under her belt
in Administrative positions. She holds a masters
degree in Administration and has worked in
various Health care settings both in the private
and public sectors. Ms. Asabor realized the need
for better communication amongst health care
providers and has been a patient advocate since
becoming a nurse 16 years ago. She works
tirelessly as an advocate in service of her
patients and clients and would always go the
extra mile to help the underserved in her
community.
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Joyce Asabor prepared a presentation on the Seven
C's in Nurse/Physician Relationship which she
identified as key to successful interaction in
improving patient experience in any health care
setting. The seven C's are as follows -
Communication - Collaboration - Conflict
Resolution - Culture - Control - Change -
Competence
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The main objective of Joyce Asabors workshop is
to recognize the problem, recognize the need to
correct and change the mind set of health care
professionals so that they can be more open to
new ideas. Also to recognize the essence of a
healthy work environment and reduce stress in
order to increase productivity. The presentation
can be elaborated as follows
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• Communication Avoid unproductive complaining,
  communicate effectively, choose your words
  carefully, check your body language and tone,
  communicate with tact and diplomacy, communicate
  professionally, listen carefully before
  contributing.
• Collaboration Be open to work with others, with
  all ego thrown out of the window, be open to
  share your ideas, be part of a problem solver,
  ready to compromise, be a cooperative, recognize
  and understand others point of view, and lastly
  be a team player.

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• Conflict It helps to raise awareness of a
  problem, helps people learn how to recognize
  differences, can help people be real and think
  for themselves.
• Culture Cultural awareness is key, emphasizes
  value and diversity, breeds mutual respect for
  our differences, helps us understand and accept
  others for their uniqueness.
• Control In this Joyce explained that one should
  be ready to be a part of the team, put aside
  their ego and be open to accept other peoples
  ideas.

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• Change She explains that change breeds
  challenges, creates opportunities, it is a
  process that takes time. The main idea is to
  change the mind set and be open to new ideas.
• Competence It enhances confidence, saves time,
  money and cuts wastes, increases productivity,
  improves quality and commands respect.

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At last, Joyce Asabor summarizes this
presentation and defines the Nurse/Physician
relationship as a working partnership between all
disciplines especially the Physician and the
Nurse in a professional manner by sharing
problems and debugging conflicts and
communicating respectfully and effectively with
one another to come to a consensus for a common
goal and the good of all.
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Thank You Joyce Asabor