Teamwork in Nursing- Project Report
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Added on 2019-11-26
Teamwork in Nursing- Project Report
Added on 2019-11-26
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School of NursingASSESSMENT COVER SHEETStudent Name(s):Student No.(s):Note: If this is a group assessment submission, please list the student name and numbers of all group members in the above box.Unit Name: Unit Code: Due Date: Lecturer’s/Tutor’s Name: Tutorial Day/Time: Assessment No. Assessment Title:TEAMWORK IN NURSING
Student name and number 2Teamwork in Nursing Introduction:Teamwork is an essential part of everyday work life. Even more so in nursing.Healthcare is an industry that includes doctors, nurses and allied health that all work togetherto problem solve, develop strategies and provide and manage patient care. Many factorsaffect the professional relationships within the team environment in nursing practice. Factorsthat impact on the team’s relationship include inexperienced leadership skills, staff morale,working conditions and lack of a performance appraisal system (Awases, Bezuidenhout, &Roos, 2013). Using the Bain model, this essay will explore this model and identify issues, thesignificance of teamwork and finally discuss strategies for successful teamwork. Identifying the issue:It was on a busy Saturday night in the emergency department, and we were understaffed. The shift started off as usual until approximately 1 AM when the shift started to fallapart. Communication amongst the team began to deteriorate. An argument between acolleague and myself erupted as she had left a patient unattended because she thought Iwould deal with the situation since she had an emergency. Needless to say, before the shiftwas over no communication existed. The events of that night left me feeling disappointed and angry with myself. I couldnot understand why we could not just work together and provide adequate patient care despitebeing overworked. I felt annoyed that the other team members expected me to do their workfor them while still doing my job. To some extent, I blamed myself for the argument since Ihad chosen to ignore the patient since it was not my responsibility. I also thought that Ishould express my feelings in a way that did not result in conflict. I felt I was to blame forthe lack of communication and coordination among us.
Student name and number 3The theory on teamwork by Tuckman (2013) describes how teams undergo fourstages of development before they can function as a team. The first stage is the finding whereindividuals are getting to know each other and learn their roles. The second stage is thestorming where conflicts arise as people start to identify themselves as members of a team.Conflicts may also arise due to conflicting interests since the members are yet to know eachother. In the third stage, processes and rules are established. Performing is the last stagewhere members begin to thrive as a team (Newland, 2015). Based on this theory, our teamwas in the second phase where members were arguing and confronting each other. Therefore,if we overcome the different stages, we can provide patient care as a team. Teamwork in nursing occurs when nurses work together towards a shared purpose. Asaforementioned, teams undergo different stages of development. One reason why the issuearose is that our team was undergoing the second phase of development where our teammembers had not yet identified their roles. The second reason for the conflict was the lack ofcommunication among us which may have been due to lack of trust. The third reason is thatwe did not have an established strategy to plan or any working processes (Craig & Mckeown,2015). It was challenging to determine who was supposed to do what task and when. Wewere also unable to discuss and identify what our individual strengthens were to maximiseour care plan.From this experience, I have learned that the lack of teamwork could lead toinadequate patient care and conflicts with team members. As a graduate registered nurse, Iwill be required to collaborate with nurses, and other professionals in the healthcare industryto problem solve, develop and manage patient care. Therefore, I must develop strategies thatwill assist me to work more efficiently in a team whilst understanding the different stages ofdevelopment. I should also learn to be adaptable to changes and being aware of how differenteach person is (Elrick, 2016).
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