QSEN Competency: Teamwork And Collaboration

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QSEN Competency: Teamwork and Collaboration
ICARE Value: Accountability
Journaling Question:
Reflect on conversations/interactions you have heard or been involved in within the health care setting today and benefited the patient.
This week in labour and delivery I was able to gain many new experiences. On Tuesday, I gained a lot through the interaction and conversation between healthcare workers and students as it was a slower day on the floor allowing me to see how important teamwork and collaboration is in the health field. This week I was able to work with Lisa, a registered travel nurse who did an excellent job at making me feel part of the team. She gave me many new experiences and taught me a lot through engaging me in with the patient.
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The discussions revolved around each other’s duties that they were accountable for to help collaborate with to making a well-functioning team. I was also able to have conversations with the other nursing students about their experiences with their patients during clinical about helpful ways to count new born heart beats, read monitors ect. The other students and I found this to be very educational being able to watch and interact with the healthcare workers and each other to enhance our learning. With my patients, on Tuesday I had no set patient which allowed me to jump around from patient to patient as they come and go. I enjoyed being accountable in the different experiences providing the best possible care for my patients through being competent, compassionate and caring. Some I was accountable for doing vitals on babies, providing comfort to the mother, giving medication and other duties that were delegated to me to promote the patient’s safety and satisfaction. Through

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