Establishing Professional Presence to Promote a Healthy Work Environment
Reflection Paper
Trisha Nicole Delos Reyes
College of Health Professions, Western Governors University
D024: Professional Presence and Influence
Professor Kristin Lemmerbrock
August 14, 2023
Establishing Professional Presence to Promote a Healthy Work Environment As nurses, we exemplify authentic leadership by not only providing high-quality care to our patients, but also by ensuring that we work in a healthy and joyful environment. To successfully achieve this, authentic leaders exhibit professionalism and a positive social presence. They promote mindfulness and a culture of joy in the workplace. And most importantly, they are equipped with social and emotional
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Nurses can promote mindfulness in the healthcare setting through interpersonal communication. By employing our active listening skills when we are communicating with our colleagues and patients, we show that we are physically and mentally present for them. We express caring and compassion by conveying that we genuinely care about what they have to say. This then helps build mutual trust and respect within the team. Social awareness is also another way to display mindfulness in the workplace. Being socially aware involves displaying empathy and taking the perspective of others. By putting ourselves in other people’s shoes and being open-minded and sensitive to the feelings and experiences of others, we can further enhance our mindful awareness and responsiveness as …show more content…
It is important to promote honesty and open communication in this step. Thus, I would implement it by conducting an anonymous online survey in which staff members can answer open-ended questions about the sources of joy and pride in their work. I will also use the strategy of sharing the overall findings with everyone through an email or an announcement during unit huddle. Through this, we can identify the strengths and successes that we can further build upon as a