During my meeting with Ashley Christ I can appreciate more what Resident Life does and what they expect out of their Resident Assistants. First, I focused the first part of my interview on the Coordinators and what they do. Now, I asked about what a “typical day” for a coordinator would look like. In reality, each day is different but there were components that occurred on a regular basis. First Ashley suggested that she started her day with her office hours. Then she talked about how she usually goes on OrgSync to see what her resident assistants submitted, because they frequently have work that needs to be viewed. She then talked about how coordinators have great deal of meetings between the bi-weekly meetings that they attend, the professional staff meetings, meetings with other departments, conduct meetings, and maybe more. She put some emphasize on the professional staff meeting (mainly because that will be the part where the resident assistants play), in which, she described that typically these meetings they talk about what is happening is Resident Life and what that means …show more content…
Teamwork was something that I am very familiar with. Working at my local Dairy Queen, I have learned that other’s often need help (especially in areas that get more work like Drive Thru and grill) and since I don’t have any customers to wait on, I try to help them. This occurs at my other job as an Environmental Service Worker (housekeeping and laundry), where often don’t have enough housekeepers, we often send out a laundry worker to help them with their duties. Also after being on the busy side of these jobs I have learned to ask for help when I need it. Now, I learned that I should try to be very fluent in confrontations because that’s a component that Ms. Christ suggested that most of her resident assistants struggled with (which she seemed very
By working together there is information sharing, improve safety and quality also collaboration gives knowledge to other professionals. (Littlechild and Smith, 2013).what I have learned through working in partnership with other professionals was creating a poster related to what each professional does. Some of the professionals I did not know how exactly they work together in partnership. Example: I was not aware of how a radiology would work with a social work and the outcome of that was that Radiology develop and maintain collaborative relationship with medical colleagues and participates in regular meetings with other professionals activities to meet the needs of a service users therefore they collaborate with Social Workers. By doing a poster and delivering information I learned a lot from the other team members, shared experiences knowledge and skills with other group members. Group work made me realise how it is very important to work in multi-displinary team, the benefit of it and what others can benefit from. During the poster each of the student was from different professional however we all had the question but each had to look at it in each profession perspectives. This gave an opportunity to everyone to go and search for each professional and communicate with the rest of the group the outcome of the presentation. By doing that, we exchanged ideas learned from each other’s skills and used it into practice. I have learned about sharing information with others, learned about communication and
In her first year as a Resident Assistant, Andrea Robinson received a Christmas card from a resident named Charlotte, thanking her for helping Charlotte adjust to her new life at college. Robinson recalled that Charlotte was overcome with homesickness, as many first time students can be, and to help boost her spirits, she went with Charlotte to an opening week picnic. That made a huge difference for Charlotte and her gratitude she conveyed in the card. But the message had an extra meaning to Robinson. “I was just doing my job,” Robinson said. But knowing the difference she had made to Charlotte, she asked, “Why wouldn’t anyone want to do this for the rest of their life?”
Since I was very young, I knew my calling in life was to be a nurse. When I was eight years old my favorite place to be was the Assisted Living Facility up the street from where I grew up. I was fascinated watching the nurses taking care of the residents as if they were family. I would follow the nurses around for hours and was excited when they would give me little jobs to do like going to get gloves or playing BINGO with the residents. That was just the beginning of when I knew what I was called to do.
For the duration of this clinical experiences my intentions are to gain experience in leadership and develop those skills by establishing a partnership with R.K. She is currently teaching a leadership development course which I would like to develop a partnership with her and complete a community project.
As a nurse, I feel that at many times I am placed in a situation, where I need to use my leadership skills in order to provide efficient care by managing the limited time. According to CNO guideline, leadership is a process of influencing people to achieve common goals. It requires self-awareness and commitment towards profession, ability to delegate, manage time and to communicate effectively within the health care professionals.
I found working within a team enabled us to spread responsibility and we determined ...
Some research shows a connection between teamwork and reduced incivility in the workplace because a good team establishes a level of trust and effective communication, therefore, allowing nurses to feel empowered and supported (Logan, 2016, p. 48). Teamwork produces healthier environments with better healthcare outcomes. It is essential for staff to be proactive by attending staff meetings and committees such as shared governance and learn how to become effective mentors for new nurses.
Ever since I first understood the world, I loved to spend time with my family. If I were ever invited to a sleepover, I would refuse nine out of ten times, so my dad and I could go see a movie. However, I’ve started to realize that not everybody is as fortunate as I am. If I were given one day and $1,000 dollars to make a difference in my community, I would savor every second. I’d gather my closest friends and family, make a trip to every nursing home in town, making every senior feel like I have for the past fourteen years.
I am interested in a residence life position not for what it shall bring me, but for what I can possibly do to help others. I have seen the Resident Assistants in my hall, Grier, helping the residents and I would love to be able to make a difference in someone’s life as I see them doing everyday. Specifically, I have seen how Kayla Beadles has been able to help others as well as myself by creating a warm environment that has made it extremely easier to assimilate into college life. I hope that by being a Resident Assistant, I can inspire those in my hall the same way that I have been.
During the first session with the client we went over the consent form and I asked them if there were any questions about it, which they had only one to make sure that it was not being show to the entire class, once answered they signed the form. I think that when I make my own form I will have a better understanding of how to explain the reason behind it and also better explain what it is form. After the form was signed I conducted and interview with the client.
I believe that my time as a SADI RA and as a Student Ambassador have helped prepare me for this role. Through working the SADI program I have had the chance to familiarize myself with how rounds are executed and reported, as well as how to host programs for residents. During my time as a SADI resident assistant I also had to react to urgent situations as they came up and de-escalate tensions between residents for the time of the SADI program. As a Student Ambassador, I’ve been a representative for Moore at events, having to be able to react and resolve conflicts as they come up in a composed manner and resume interacting with students and parents afterwards. I have also been entrusted with heavily confidential information that cannot leave the admissions office, which as I have come to understand by talking to members of the reslife team over my two years living in the Moore dormitories, is essential for the resident assistant position as well.
The start of my training began in a group setting with multiple other new hires. I appreciated combining all of the newbie’s together because we all felt on the same playing field. This group training lasted two days and consisted of big picture concepts. With that being said, my particular position was not touched upon however we were all educated on Kearney Regional Hospital mission, goals, computer programming and overall vision. The approach is clever
As an RA one must always be approachable, observant and acceptant to all residents and the events that have made them who they are as a person. The most important thing to remember as an RA is to never create a single story towards someone or a group of residents based on the media or other influences. Getting to know one’s story is important and being an active listener is what makes an RA that much more approachable to others. Being open-minded to everyone’s stories, their culture and beliefs are essential in this leadership role. An RA has residents who are not only Americans but international as well.
Working in this community has taught me things about myself I did not know I can accomplish as well as different mental health diagnoses. I have always wanted to work in a setting with older adults but I could not pin point exactly what I wanted to specialize in. My experience of this summer working with older adults who have dementia is a one in a life time experience. My development of knowledge has expanded beyond my measures with the experience I have experienced within this community.
From the beginning, where we were unfamiliar with each other and became a team, my team and I had started to learn each other name and getting to know each other. Throughout each meeting, we slowly start to feel more comfortable and open minded with each other. Not only are we getting familiar with each other, each meeting that was held we progress of becoming an effective team member, we learn our strengths and weaknesses of everyone. During the meetings, we learn many concepts from the textbook, “Communicating in Small Groups: Principles and Practices” by Steven A. Beebe and John T. Masterson. We were able to learn different types of concept in the textbook and utilized it as a team to complete certain tasks. The three concepts that impacted my team and I are human