Do You Dare To? Kathryn E. Roberts, MSN, RN, CNS, CCRN, CCNS. President American Association of Critical Care Nurses

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1 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

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3 Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing at all. Helen Keller

4 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

5 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

6 Courage Mental or moral strength to venture, persevere and withstand danger, fear or difficulty Merriam Webster Dictionary

7 Relationship Between Daring and Courage Daring Bravery Courage

8 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

9 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

10 Who Comes to Mind When You Hear the Words Daring, Courage or Bravery?

11 Who Comes to Mind When You Hear the Words Daring, Courage or Bravery? Trialbyfiredoc.com

12 Who Comes to Mind When You Hear the Words Daring, Courage or Bravery? AACN s Real Story Campaign:

13 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

14 Daring Did your own name come to mind when I asked that question?

15 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

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22 Only You Can Define Daring.for you

23 Who Comes to Mind When You Hear the Words Daring, Courage or Bravery? Insert your picture here

24 Taking a Risk Do one thing everyday that scares you. Eleanor Roosevelt

25 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)

26 Engaging in Risky Behavior Risky behavior

27 Engaging in Risky Behavior Risky behavior action or inaction that puts ourselves or others in danger

28 Engaging in Risky Behavior Risky behavior action or inaction that puts ourselves or others in danger

29 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

30 Silent Treatment Study 8 out of 10 nurses said that safety tools warned them of a problem > 50% did not dare to speak up

31 What Stops Us From Being our Daring, Courageous Selves?!?

32 What Stops Us From Being our Daring, Courageous Selves?!? Fear A need to prove ourselves Our assumptions Others assumptions

33 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!

34 Our Dares are Our Dreams

35 Write it down Name Your Dare To

36 Hello, you longshots, you dark horse runners Hairbrush singers, dashboard drummers Hello, you wild magnolias just waitin to bloom There's a little bit of all that inside of me and you Thank God, even crazy dreams come true I stood at the bottom of some walls I thought I couldn't climb I felt like Cinderella at the ball just runnin out of time So I know how it feels to be afraid And think that it's all gonna slip away Hold on, hold on Here's to you free souls, you firefly chasers Tree climbers, porch swingers, air guitar players Here's to you fearless dancers, shakin walls in your bedrooms There's a lot of wonder left inside of me and you Thank God, even crazy dreams come true Never let a bad day be enough To go and talk you into givin up Sometimes everybody feels like you Oh, feels like you, just like you Thank God, even crazy dreams come true Thank God, even crazy dreams come... true Crazy Dreams Lyrics

37 Share Your Dare To Say it out loud Share it with someone sitting near you

38 Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play itsafers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of ordinary. Cecil Beaton

39 Share Your Dare To Say it out loud Share it with someone sitting near you Recruit a support team!!

40 Share Your Dare To

41 Act On Your Dare To Action Strategies Write it down Identify your first steps Schedule your first steps

42 Act On Your Dare To Action Strategies Write it down Identify your first steps Schedule your first steps

43 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

44 Sprint vs Marathon

45 Beware of Action Traps* Procrastination Catastrophizing Cop Out Fear of Failing *Margie Warrell Find Your Courage

46 Procrastination procrastination.html

47 Procrastination

48 Procrastination

49 Catastrophizing* Survival instincts Better to be overly cautious than not cautious enough Imagining the worst case scenario (and fixating on it) *Margie Warrell

50 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

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52 The Cop Out Not an excuse for passively watching life parade by Especially if you have the ability to do otherwise

53 Fear of Failing What if I make a mistake? What if someone else could do a better job? What if, what if, what if..?

54 Fear of Failing

55 Fear of Failing

56 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

57 Thank You!!!

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