Reflective Writing on Teamwork and Communication Skills

Running head: REFLECTIVE WRITING
REFLECTIVE WRITING
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REFLECTIVE WRITING
Description:
I was working as a student nurse in the H3 southward surgical ward where I had to work with
another set of junior nurse and four senior nurses n my placement months. Although I get to
develop my clinical knowledge about different patient situation, I also had to face different other
issues like bullying, ineffective participation from the senior nurses, difficulty in explaining my
issues and getting proper solutions and many others. Towards the later weeks, situations came
under control and we could easily gel with each other and worked as effective teams.
Feeling:
Initially before joining the placement ward, I was highly excited from the thought that I will
learn many new things, interact with patient, work as effective team member and many other.
However, after joining the placement, I got demotivated as well as tensed when I saw that I was
harassed and made fun by most of my seniors. They were not helping me at all and were mainly
criticizing my knowledge and skills stating that I had not prepared myself enough. However, I
became extremely happy and could complete my work with fun when we all developed bonds
among each other. I started feeling motivated and enthusiastic and this helped me perform well
Evaluation:
The bad part of the experience was that it affected me mentally in a way which created a barrier
in path of my learning new skills and knowledge in the placement ward. I could not concentrate
on the observation tasks where I need to observe my seniors perform their tasks. I was more
concerned about how I can overcome such scenario and was completely broken down. This
affected me learning attributes and concentration skills. However, in the next phase, I learnt
proper team-working skills and I developed strategies by which I could break the “ice” between