Do you know someone who thinks they are ALWAYS right?

Mentoring is an opportunity to teach respect for one another as professionals. We have a duty to exhibit thru our behavior how to learn, grow, lead and deal with people who believe they are ALWAYS right. Nurses Announcements Archive

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Lane Therrell FNP, MSN, RN, NP

18 Articles; 192 Posts

Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.

This article made me think of another key piece of wisdom, "Do you want to be RIGHT or do you want to be HAPPY?" Excelling in your work and performing tasks competently does not have to involve making other people wrong in the process. Personally, I've found that I'm happiest when I use other frameworks for judgement and evaluation besides right vs wrong. For example, looking through the lens of efficient vs inefficient or optimal vs non-optimal can lead to innovation-- and it also fosters trust and mutual respect. Nursing and medicine are arts as well as a sciences, and there are often multiple approaches that can be taken to getting the job done in any given situation.

kbrn2002, ADN, RN

3,822 Posts

Specializes in Geriatrics, Dialysis.

Sorry, can't help it...one of my favorite bumper stickers said " I once though I was wrong, but I was mistaken."

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