Assignment: Effective Team Discussion

Assignment: Effective Team Discussion
Assignment: Effective Team Discussion
Assignment: Effective Team Discussion
Discussion Question 2: Characteristics of an Effective Team As the saying goes, “There is no I in team.” There is another saying, “The whole world is a team.” These two sayings support the fact that everyone in healthcare organizations must work together for the good of patients. There is much in healthcare literature focusing on the role of high-performance teams and their impact on patient quality, patient safety, and healthcare worker satisfaction. One of the greatest “value-added” benefits of high-performance teams is the collaboration and sharing of essential information to enhance quality and patient outcomes. In modern healthcare organizations, effective teams are critical to providing patient and healthcare worker satisfaction. Using the readings for the week, the South University Online Library, and the Internet, respond to the following: Describe at least three characteristics of an effective team. Identify two challenges with interprofessional healthcare teams with respect to the various roles. Describe one high-performing team in which you are currently engaged or have engaged in the past. What are the reasons for the success or failure of this team? Examine how education models created for interprofessional healthcare students may develop high-performing healthcare teams. Comment on the postings of at least two peers. Evaluation Criteria: Described at least three characteristics of an effective team. Identified two challenges with interprofessional healthcare teams with respect to the various roles. Described one high-performing team in which you are currently engaged or have engaged in the past, and explained the reasons for the success or failure of this team. Examined how education models created for interprofessional healthcare students may develop high-performing healthcare teams. Justified your answers with appropriate research and reasoning. Commented on the postings of at least two peers. Week 7 – Assignment 1 Discussion Discussion Question 1: Nurse Leader and Organizational Culture of Caring Caring is the primary reason nurses enter the field of nursing, and the concept of caring is often thought of as the essence of nursing. Not only do nurses care for patients but they also have to care for each other. Sometimes, nurses tend to focus so much on patients and their families that they forget to care for themselves and one another. This is a major source of compassion fatigue causing nurses to leave the healthcare organization or, worse yet, to totally leave the nursing profession. Compassion fatigue is the cumulative impact of physical, emotional, and psychological exposure to trauma, stressful events, and the care for patients or nursing colleagues who face many challenges. Compassion fatigue can sabotage nurses in healthcare organizations as it is challenging, and nurses may be harmed by the very work to which they are so devoted. Nurses must be aware of what it means to create a community within the workplace and to offer support and resources to retain nurses the organization has worked so diligently to recruit. Using the readings for the week, the South University Online Library, and the Internet, respond to the following: Describe the role of the nursing leader in building a community and creating joy in the workplace. How does an effective leader create an organizational culture of caring, respect, and dignity for all? Identify one strategy you would use in your own healthcare organization. Describe two negative outcomes on recruitment and retention of nurses when a culture of community does not exist in the healthcare workplace. Comment on the postings of at least two peers. Evaluation Criteria: Described the role of the nursing leader in building a community and creating joy in the workplace. Explained how an effective leader creates an organizational culture of caring, respect, and dignity for all, and identified one strategy you would use in your own healthcare organization. Described two negative outcomes on recruitment and retention of nurses when a culture of community does not exist in the healthcare workplace. Justified your answers with appropriate research and reasoning. Commented on the postings of at least two peers.