Importance Of Group Work In Nursing

Teamwork is a positive interaction between members of the group having the ability to help other people to achieve common goal. Group work plays a vital role in the clinical field especially for nurses, because healthcare providers need to coordinate and discuss information for the continuity of care of their patients. I can recall a good experience. When I worked in the hospital before, me and the team always keep in mind that having teamwork in the unit, people can accomplish tasks effectively and efficiently and creates a good working environment. For instance, my colleagues were very approachable and focus on two way communication where we are able to share information and knowledge. If somebody is behind and having so much workload to do at the end of the shift, some of my co-workers would offer help such as taking the obs of the patient. However, Based on my personal its not always the case.

I also have a negative experience. I remember when I was having my placements in different hospitals as a student nurse. I have had this unforgettable experience that, while listening for handover I’ve noticed that the nurse who will be endorsing (the patients that I will be handling) was very rude and telling me abbreviations and medical jargons that I am

In the Philippines, nursing is a four year course. I have to do lots of assessments that include research studies and case presentations. It will be easier and faster if those assessments were done in groups. For instance, before graduating, we have to passed in a thesis assessment. I was assigned to be the leader of my group and I distributed task equally. I believe with my approach and having spirit of team work makes our work easier, because we have an equal participation level, open channel of communication and it encourages verbalisation of concern and equal decision making which our marks resulted with