W3 Analysis of Leadership Traits and Strengths

Post#1 by Kelly Little: Analysis of Leadership Traits and Strengths

Hi there, while I was working at a pharmacy years ago, we had a regular who was paralyzed from the waist down due to a car accident. The individual only wanted certain people to wait on him because he was ashamed of his disability and the medications that he was taking. I wanted the patient to feel comfortable with me but I also wanted to respect his wishes. The way the patient that you described acted could certainly be a coping mechanism for a very significant loss. Perhaps he was a man who had always taken charge and now he is left vulnerable and needing to be helped for the first time in his life. Avarzamani et al. (2021) conducted a recent study on males with borderline personality disorder (BPD). Not assuming that this young man had BPD, but if he did, he may suffer from emotional dysregulation, which is characterized by intense responses, sensitivity, and needing longer than normal to return to baseline (Avarzamani, 2021). If you are in the PMHNP track like I am, these are things that we will need to learn to navigate. Another similar study was completed on individuals with bipolar disorder and found that they also had more difficulty managing their emotions than the healthy controls (Kuo et al, 2021). Being able to correctly identify the cause of a patients anger, without assumptions, has been proven to lead to overall better communication and better health and safety outcomes (Coder et al, 2015). I would like to think that the nurse did not calm down the patient, but allowed him to calm on his own by making him feel a little bit more at ease. I also appreciate that you clarified that the nurse did not “make” him apologize. The nurse should not need an apology, but if this is how the gentlemen felt, then it is certainly okay that he gave her one.

References:

Avarzamani, L., Hosein Mozafarian, M., Shahmiri Barzoki, H., Mohsen Rahnejat, A., & Ebrahimi, M. (2021). Comparison of emotional intelligence in young male patients with borderline personality disorder or traits and healthy controls. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1037/pro0000337

Codier, E., & Codier, D. (2015). A model for the role of emotional intelligence in patient safety. Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing, 2(2), 112–117. https://doi.org/10.4103/2347-5625.157594

Shih-Yu Kuo, Yun-Hsuan Chang, Tzu-Yun Wang, Huai-Hsuan Tseng, Chih-Chun Huang, Po See Chen, Hsien-Yuan Lane, Yen Kuang Yang, & Ru-Band Lu. (2021). Impairment in Emotional Intelligence May Be Mood-Dependent in Bipolar I and Bipolar II Disorders. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.597461