Improving Communication and Critical Thinking Skills in Nursing

Running head: NURSING
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Nursing
Name
Institution

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NURSING
Nursing
Description
I undertook a group activity section in which we were supposed to go and do wound
dressing for a person who lived with chronic ulcers on his legs. We were to present before a class
the procedures and type of medication used during our activity. The group was made up of five
people from different levels of education. The group was designed to improve on our learning
skills.
Feelings.
I felt confident because the assignment enabled me to improve my communication skills
in an easy way. I was also anxious to be in a group of people not familiar with. I did not know
how to handle them since I was not aware of their altitudes. I took the group work as an
advantage to increase my communication skills. Communication is the central to human
interaction and without it people cannot interact well (Mark, 2018). I also felt confident because
working with people from different levels of education will improve my skills in wound
dressing.
Evaluation
At first, people were afraid of giving out their ideas because we were all strange to each
other. We decided to give ourselves ten minutes break to interact and know each other well.
Through this interaction, people got to know each other’s attitudes, their culture and other things
which created a strong relationship between the members. Good relationship and effective
communication aid in achieving goals (Michael, 2016)). The similarity between this learning
experience with that of professional is that both requires effective communication to achieve