A mediator suggested that the nurse manager and staff members decide on a method to resolve conflicts. It is important to have agreements about how team members will work together be-cause:
a. If there are no agreements, each member will make up rules about how to handle disagreements and relationships.
b. People are naturally difficult and will not work well together without such agree-ments.
c. People will naturally ask for agreements about how to be together.
d. A way to eliminate nonproductive team members must be available.
A
People must agree on the goals and mission with which they are involved. They have to reach some understanding of how they will exist together. Tenets or agreements such as "I will res-pectfully speak promptly with any team member with whom I have a problem" go a long way to avoid gossiping, backbiting, bickering, and misinterpreting others. Without agreement, people have implicit permission to behave in any manner they choose toward one another, including an-gry, hostile, hurtful, and acting-out behavior.
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