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Do You Dare To?Kathryn E. Roberts,
MSN, RN, CNS, CCRN, CCNS
President
American Association of Critical Care Nurses
Clinical Nurse Specialist
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Helen Keller
Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing at all.
Learning Objectives• Describe what daring looks like for you and discuss the barriers that frequently prevent us from pursuing our “Dare To’s”
• Compare and contrast risk taking and risky behavior
• Identify the “Dare To’s” that will have the most impact for your own professional and
personal life
To Dare
• Dare (verb): to be sufficiently courageous to; to have sufficient courage; to confront boldly; to have the courage to contend against, venture or try
Merriam Webster Dictionary
Courage
• Mental or moral strength to venture, persevere and withstand danger, fear or difficulty
Merriam Webster Dictionary
Relationship Between Daring and Courage
Daring CourageBravery
Bravery
• Having the confidence to do something you believe in
• The ability to overcome fear
• The ability to go ahead and do something you believe in despite being afraid
Bravery
• Having the confidence to do something you believe in
• The ability to overcome fear
• The ability to go ahead and do something you believe in despite being afraid
Who Comes to Mind When You Hear the Words Daring, Courage or Bravery?
Who Comes to Mind When You Hear the Words Daring, Courage or Bravery?
Trialbyfiredoc.com
Who Comes to Mind When You Hear the Words Daring, Courage or Bravery?
AACN’s Real Story Campaign: www.aacn.org
What do all of these folks have in common?
• Willing to take a risk and stand by their convictions
• Even when it means standing alone
Daring
Did your own name come to mind when I asked that
question?
Only You Can Define Daring….for you
• Only you know what you need to do on your journey towards excellence
• Only you know what scares you• Only you can decide what you will dare
to do
Only You Can Define Daring….for you
Who Comes to Mind When You Hear the Words Daring, Courage or Bravery?
Insert your
picture here…
Do one thing everyday that scares you.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Taking a Risk
Taking a Risk
• Strive for difficult goals– Even in the face of possible failure– Stepping out of your comfort zone
• Risk giving yourself an “A”– “The Art of Possibility” (Zander & Zander)
Engaging in Risky Behavior
• Risky behavior –
Engaging in Risky Behavior
• Risky behavior – action or inactionthat puts ourselves or others in danger
Engaging in Risky Behavior
• Risky behavior – action or inactionthat puts ourselves or others in danger
Silent Treatment Study
• Follow‐up to the Silence Kills study– Found that >195,000 people die every year as the result of medical mistakes
• Study of > 6,500 nurses and nurse managers–All members of AACN and/or AORN
Silent Treatment Study
• 8 out of 10 nurses said that safety tools warned them of a problem
• > 50% did not dare to speak up
What Stops Us From Being our Daring, Courageous Selves…?!?
What Stops Us From Being our Daring, Courageous Selves…?!?• Fear
• A need to prove ourselves
• Our assumptions
• Others’ assumptions
What Stops Us From Being our Daring, Courageous Selves…?!?• Fear – of our own inadequacy
• A need to prove ourselves – to ourselves and others
• Our assumptions – a reluctance to challenge them
• Others’ assumptions – reluctant to challenge them too!
Our Dares are Our Dreams
Name Your Dare To
• Write it down
Hello, you longshots, you dark horse runnersHairbrush singers, dashboard drummers
Hello, you wild magnolias just waitin’ to bloomThere's a little bit of all that inside of me and you
Thank God, even crazy dreams come trueI stood at the bottom of some walls I thought I couldn't climb
I felt like Cinderella at the ball just runnin’ out of timeSo I know how it feels to be afraid
And think that it's all gonna slip awayHold on, hold on
Here's to you free souls, you firefly chasersTree climbers, porch swingers, air guitar players
Here's to you fearless dancers, shakin’ walls in your bedroomsThere's a lot of wonder left inside of me and you
Thank God, even crazy dreams come trueNever let a bad day be enoughTo go and talk you into givin’ up
Sometimes everybody feels like youOh, feels like you, just like you
Thank God, even crazy dreams come trueThank God, even crazy dreams come... true
Crazy Dreams Lyrics
Share Your Dare To
• Say it out loud
• Share it with someone sitting near you
Cecil Beaton
Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play‐it‐safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of ordinary.
Share Your Dare To
• Say it out loud
• Share it with someone sitting near you
• Recruit a support team!!
Act On Your Dare To
• Action Strategies–Write it down
– Identify your first steps
– Schedule your first steps
Act On Your Dare To
• Action Strategies√Write it down
– Identify your first steps
– Schedule your first steps
Act On Your Dare To
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you
want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
Dale Carnegie
Sprint vs Marathon
Beware of Action Traps*
• Procrastination
• Catastrophizing
• Cop‐Out
• Fear of Failing
*Margie Warrell – Find Your Courage
Procrastination
http://anxiousmoments.blogspot.com/2012/04/spring‐procrastination.html
Procrastination
Procrastination
Catastrophizing*
• Survival instincts– Better to be overly cautious than not cautious enough
• Imagining the worst‐case scenario (and fixating on it)
*Margie Warrell
Catastrophizing*
• Acknowledge that these fears are real to you
• How realistic is this worst‐case scenario?
• Decide how you will handle it if things don’t go quite as planned
*Margie Warrell
The Cop‐Out
The Cop‐Out
• Not an excuse for passively watching life parade by
• Especially if you have the ability to do otherwise…
Fear of Failing
• What if I make a mistake?
• What if someone else could do a better job?
• What if, what if, what if…..?
Fear of Failing
Fear of Failing
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their own dreams. In the long run, we really do shape our own lives; and then together we shape the world around us. The process never ends until we die, and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Thank You!!!
