Teamwork in Nursing Instructions In health care, being able to lead a team is equally as important as being part of a team. There are a number of facilitators and barriers to effective teamwork in nursing. Some examples of barriers might be lateral violence, poor communication, peer pressures, and being over-worked, or not being skilled enough. Some facilitators might be effective leadership, healthy workplace, your level of emotional intelligence. Consider what would make a team best able to meet its goals. Would you include the patient as a team member? How will you resolve conflicts in your team? How can you support a student nurse in your team? What characteristic of teamwork do you think is the most important? It better assist you to work as part of a health care team and leave you free to be able to enjoy your working life! For this assessment, you as a team to demonstrate your understanding of teamwork, leadership, and communication styles to consider the given questions. Part 1 Mrs Nguyen has been on the ward for 5 days. After being admitted with falls for investigation. You cared for her on her first day and then had 4 days off. Today she is allocated to you again. You read her notes and check her charts and recall that her blood pressure has been unstable and that her antihypertensive medication was ceased on the chart by the medical officer on her admission day. You check the vital signs and note BP has varied between 80/60 and 130/86. You note on the drug chart that despite the diltiazem being ceased on day 1 it has been given very day since. Two ANUMs have signed for this medication as well as 2 other RNs who work on the ward. One of the ANUMs is in charge today. What will you do to manage all aspects of this situation? Part 2 What are the barriers and facilitators that influence team performance in part 1 of this project?
