NUR 512 Module 3 Discussion What Makes a Team

Sample Answer

Many themes work together to have a good collaboration between and within teams. I have experience from my participation in working with two hospital organizations. It was very enriching and powerful to see how well the teams collaborated and how by working together outcomes were much more positive for each different role played within the team. I have also seen the opposite in effect. When there is a team that does not work well together due to a lack of trust, or egos, it shows not only to those outside of the team but also to the patients who work with them.

Effective clinical team

Effective clinical teamwork is one where each nurse does not look at their job as separate from others, they don’t consider themselves to be better than another nurse regardless of how long they have been a nurse. Effective teams are collaborative with multidisciplinary teams who are working with the same patients. Teams that are willing to work with a resident, student, coworker, and others that are made up of a care team trust each other’s abilities, have more knowledge as a team than as a single person, and are willing to collaborate to find the best treatment for a patient (Pinilla et al, 2020).

In my current position where I work, we are constantly reminded that we all are there to work as a team whether a doctor, hospitalist, technician, or housekeeping. The benefits of managing network support allow students to achieve their learning outcomes, build confidence, and expose them to other opportunities for learning (Pinilla et al., 2020).

Ineffective clinical team

My experience in a hospital with an ineffective clinical team involved doctors and nurses who tended to spend time in their perspective teams i.e., doctors stayed with doctors and nurses stayed with nurses. There was animosity between staff nurses and travel nurses, as well as fear from nurses when working with specific doctors. Many times, the nurses who felt less confident would be further insecure with no assistance from those nurses who were more confident and had more experience. The students felt very unwelcome, and there was a lot of gossips among the staff.

Clinical team effectiveness is best when residents can integrate students within the teams, and facilitate meaningful entrustment opportunities to allow the student to learn more and build confidence (Pinilla et al., 2020). Lack of understanding of the differences between the amount of time team members spend working together and those that are not able to do so can affect the outcome of an effective clinical working team (Wee et al., 2023).

Conclusion

Working as a team builds confidence with newer staff in their new profession, and it shows to the patients or customers a well-run company or practice that respects and listens to patients’ needs establishing strong trust.

References

• Pinilla, S., Kyrou, A., Maissen, N., Kloppel, S., Strik, W., Nissen, C., & Huwendiek, S. (2020 July 23). Entrustment decisions and the clinical team A case study of early clinical students. Med Education 55. 365-375. https //doi.org/10.1111/medu.14432
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• Wee, J., Ng, M., & Teunissen, P.W. (2023, January 3). How do factors in fixed clinical teams affect informal learning among emergency medicine residents. The asia pacific scholar 8(1) 25-32. https //doi.org/10.296060/TAPS.2023-8-1/OA2850
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