Raising a ConcernGraded assertiveness, and what to do when the first attempt does not work.NursingEscalate the language step by step until the concern is heard and acted on.Graded assertiveness · CUSState the observation plainlyI am Concerned about thisI am Uncomfortable with thisThis is a Safety issue — we need to stopIf unresolved, go to the next person upRecord what you said, to whom, and whenPrinciplesConcerns about patient safety are always raisedRaise early, when it is still a small problemFocus on the patient, not on the personalityUse the local escalation route in orderKeep your own contemporaneous noteSeek support from your union or professional bodyEducational reference. Protections for raising concerns differ bycountry and employer. Use your local speaking-up route and takeRaising a Concernlearnposters.com
Raising a Concern — printable life science wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the Raising a Concern poster

12 entries in 2 groups.

Escalate the language step by step until the concern is heard and acted on.

Educational reference. Protections for raising concerns differ by country and employer. Use your local speaking-up route and take advice early.

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What’s on the Raising a Concern poster?
12 entries in 2 groups. Escalate the language step by step until the concern is heard and acted on. Graded assertiveness · CUS: State the observation plainly, I am Concerned about this,…; Principles: Concerns about patient safety are always raised, Raise early, when it is…. Educational reference. Protections for raising concerns differ by country and employer. Use your local speaking-up route and take advice early.
Who is the Raising a Concern poster for?
Raising a Concern belongs to the Nursing section rather than to a school year, because life science is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning professional practice can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Raising a Concern poster?
The escalation is scripted so that speaking up does not depend on confidence. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Raising a Concern belongs on the wall where that life science work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Raising a Concern?
Clinical Governance, Confidentiality and Cultural Safety sit alongside Raising a Concern in the Nursing section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Clinical GovernanceConfidentialityCultural Safety
Is the Raising a Concern poster free to download and print?
Yes. Raising a Concern downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Nursing section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Raising a Concern poster print at?
Raising a Concern is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Raising a Concern loses nothing.Printing guide

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