196 8.1.1 Facilitating Successful NP Integration in LTC Practice

Where do you fit? Review the pyramid^[1] to determine where you feel you currently are.

Psychological health and safety definitions:

• Psychological health is a form of well-being that allows individuals to think, feel, and behave in a manner that enables them to perform effectively in their work environments, personal lives, and in society at large^[2]
•  Psychological safety is a condition in which people are free from threats of harm to their psychological health^[3]
• Psychological health and safety (PH&S) is embedded in the way people interact with one another as well as the way working conditions and management practices are structured within the workplace^[4]

Psychological safety is not^[5]:

• Conflict avoidance
• Ensuring ideas are always recognized and rewarded
• Permission to reduce work expectations
• An open forum for complaints
• Oversharing of information