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Web site spotlight: Catch debate fever in your classroom

Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education, September 25, 2008

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Most of your staff members are probably keeping an ear tuned to the presidential prospects for the upcoming election. With this in mind, many will be listening to and watching the debates between both the presidential and vice presidential hopefuls. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to take advantage of debate fever and relate it to the workplace.

The structured debate can serve as a springboard for initiating change, implementing evidence-based practices, or even defining unacceptable behaviors for a department. When staff have an opportunity to hear the pros and cons, as they do in a debate, they learn how to validate their needs. A controlled, professional, yet fun, environment of presenting both sides is what the debate process has to offer. Examples include debating changes in holiday scheduling or patient assignments.

Use of the debate process provides staff:

• An opportunity to become actively involved in processes
• A reason to want to become more engaged in how patient care is delivered
• Knowledge of successful debate strategies, which improves their confidence
• Skills to negotiate approaches to patient care with staff members

Editor's note: This excerpt was taken from "Catch debate fever at your facility," found in The Reading Room at www.StrategiesForNurseManagers.com. Get a free trial membership that will give you 30 days to test drive all the exciting features on the Web site.

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