S2E5: How to cope in a toxic work environment

Nurse to Nurse Chronicles - The Podcast

Welcome back everyone to another episode of The Nurse to Nurse podcast- Straight talk with two skilled nurses Kevin and Starshema!

“A toxic environment keeps people in a fight or flight mindset—the constant pump of cortisol, testosterone, and norepinephrine generates physical, emotional, and mental stress,” -Cheri Torres

Patient safety should be the number one goal of nurses and all healthcare professionals in the world.

But with the toxic environment that we live in, how can you do your responsibility as a healthcare professional when your health and well-being are also at risk?

In this episode, we talked about working or navigating a toxic environment

More of the topics we discussed:

• 6:00 Women in the workplace
• 11:53 Is bottling up your emotion contributes to a toxic environment
• 14:34 Green vs. red zone
• 17:49 What happens when you work in a toxic environment
• 19:37 Mentors Need to Watch Out For Toxic Work Environments
• 24:07 Bringing effective communication where everybody feels like they can speak up
• 31:17 Kevin’s experience of working in a toxic workplace.

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Stay in touch with the hosts

Connect with Kevin:

Website: https://morethancpr.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-stansbury-40b66427/

Connect with me:

IG: @nursecoachstarshemaRN

FB: Starshema RN

Website: iamstarshema.com

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