Much can be written about the concept of collaboration or working together. It is a life skill that is taught from the time we become social beings.We must learn how to relate to each other and learn as we continue to develop both physically and mentally through diffrent stages of development. Each stage builds on the last and if your successful in working and learning well with others, life offers you greater opportunities, in my opinion. Being a people person is huge in everyday life. You will find it very difficult to navigate through life without helping hands. As a nurse we must be very autonoumous but also very dependent on support staff at the same time. It is a balencing act and alot of give and take is necessary to juggle the intensity of every day. We do many peer reviews and self assessments which only strengthen and direct our vocation and add to much personal development.
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Linda Seguin
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Kimberly Kolozy 9:51 pm on February 6, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
I agree. It is helpful and interesting to receive feedback from others that do not know you personally. The peer review approach gives us a lot of different perspectives, but good ideas we may not have thought about to add to our drafts. I think in life we provide more feedback to others and receive feedback from others than we even realize. We take away something from each person which allows us to think differently and broaden our thinking at the same time.
Linda Seguin 12:05 pm on February 7, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
I value my co-workers feedback and it gets really eye opening when they are a different culture than my own. Their perspective and work arounds in solving problems collaboratively with our usual approach make for a fresh spin that every one can agree upon in the workplace