Question

Discussion Prompt

Interview a charge nurse and a manager, discuss their vision and approach to teamwork. Ask them the pros and cons of teams and how dysfunctional teams can affect the work environment. How do they correct the dysfunction?

Post your takeaways (at least five) from your interviews and include-

• How the charge nurse and manager are the same and/or are different in their approach to working with teams?
• What was the most interesting finding that you learned about working with teams and why?

Expectations

Initial Post:

• Due: Saturday, 11:59 pm PT
• Length: 150 - 250 Words
• A minimum of 2 references (not older than 5 years) with corresponding in text citations using APA format

Answer 1

Takeaways:

Teamwork is an effective strategy to bring up proper collaboration and coordination among the staff. Both the charge nurse and the manager had an approach to bring up the nursing staff together and increase work efficiency of the nurses.

Both the charge nurse and the manager think that working in teams have both pros and cons of its own. According to the charge nurse teamwork can enhance collaboration and decrease work load among nurses. However, the manager said that teamwork among the healthcare staff increase workplace efficiency and provide better understanding among the staff.

Both the charge nurse and the manager agreed upon the cons of working in teams. The manager told that nurses that like to work on an individual level can feel it difficult to work collaboratively in teams which can lead to conflicts.

The manager and charge nurse had different approach toward a dysfunctional team. According to the charge nurse dysfunctional teams can lead to multiple types of medical errors such as medication error and delay in monitoring patient health. However, the manager told that dysfunctional teams can lead to lack of communication, conflicts and lack of understanding among the nurses.

According to the manager a dysfunctional team can be corrected by proper identification of the loopholes and timely evaluation of the team members. Any clashes and conflicts should be resolved on the ground level. Moreover, the charge nurse said that the team should be promoted to work collaboratively.

Findings:

· Teamwork is an effective strategy to enhance workplace efficiency because it enhance collaboration and coordination.

· Dysfunctional teams can lead to conflicts and clashes because of communication gap or lack of trust but timely evaluation of the teams can prevent dysfunctional teams to decrease their efficiency.