Team Building Flashcards
Training Definition
Organized method of ensuring that people have knowledge and skills for a specific purpose and that there is proper knowledge to perform job duties
- doing a mini workshop for IV pumps
Education Definition
More formal and has a broader scope than “training”.
Who is responsible for staff development
Managers and education department staff
How is staff development evaluated?
Quality control
Fiscal accountability
Explain Adult Learning Theory
By Knowles
Androgogy - the idea of adult learning
Pedagogy - the idea of child learning
Adults like to plan their learning.
Because they respect openness, they should be included in the evaluation.
They can benefit from experimental learning.
Adults view mistakes an opportunity to learn.
They like to apply what they’ve learned quickly.
What is Social Learning Theory?
By Bandura
While adult learning is important, they can also learn things within social context while at work.
- example: us practicing lab skills in small groups by using social communication to help one another
Obstacles to adult learning (6)
Institutional barriers
Finding Time
Self-confidence
Situational obstacles
Family rxn
Special individual obstacles
Assets/qualities of Adult Learning (5)
High self-motivation
Self-directed
A proven learner
Knowledge experience reservoir
Special individual assets
3 reasons for staff development
- Establish competence
- Meet new learning needs
- Satisfy interest the staff may have in learning specific areas
What is Socialization?
Learning of the behaviors that accompany each role by instruction, observation, and trail & error
Sharing of values and attitudes of the organization are included as well as the norms.
- ex: first socialization starts in nursing school and continues after graduating
What is Re-socialization?
Learning NEW skills, attitudes, values, responsibilities, and norms due to changes in type of work.
Role model example
Type of relationship?
Competent employees
Passive or nonexistent relationship
Preceptor
Type of relationship?
Experienced nurse who provides support who is a strong clinical role model (even appointed)
Relationship is active and purposeful as well as nonjudgemental
Mentoring
An in-depth nurturing and formal relationship between an expert and novice
- lasts 2-5 years
T/F
Your organization should support your certification, trainings, and further learning.
True - they believe learning enhances the team.
(this isn’t always financial)
Boomer years
Outlook
Work ethic
View of authority
Leadership
Relationships
Turnoffs
Boomer - 1943-1960
Outlook - optimistic
Work ethic - driven
View of authority - love/hate
Leadership - consensus
Relationships - personal gratification
Turnoffs - political incorrectness
Xers
Outlook
Work ethic
View of authority
Leadership
Relationships
Turnoffs
Xers - 1960 - 1980s
Outlook - skeptical
Work ethic - balanced
View of authority - unimpressed
Leadership - competence
Relationships - reluctant to commit
Turnoffs - cliche, hype
What is Power?
Authority and ability to get things accomplished
Capacity for you to get others to do something they usually wouldn’t do
Influence people’s attitudes and groups
Referent
Association with others who are powerful or can help you
Legitimate
Position that gives you power
Coercive
Power by Fear
Reward
Power to grant favors
Expert
Knowledge and skill giving you power
Charismatic
Personality that gives you power
Informational
Need for info as a source of power
What are 6 driving forces to increase Nurse’s Power
- Timing
- Size of nursing profession
- Referent power (association through other powerful disciplines and people)
- Increase knowledge base and education for nurses
- Unique perspective of nurses
- Desire of consumers and providers for change
Action plan for increasing power of Nurses
- Placing more nurses in positions of power
- Increase nurse levels of understanding of policy
- Build coalitions within and outside nursing
- Promote greater research to strengthen EBP
- Support nursing leaders
- Pay attention to mentoring future nurse-leaders and leadership succession
- Stop nurses from acting like victims & instead have them take control of the profession
