NRS 311 Study Guide - Final Guide: Weight Watchers, Sleep Hygiene, Group Decision-Making
27 May 2018
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Small Group Communication: Collaboration and Team Development
• Definition of a group:
o collection of individuals whose association is founded on shared commonalities of
interest, values, norms or purpose
o Membership in a group is generally by chance (born into a group), by choice (voluntary
affiliation) or by circumstance
• GROUPS IN NURSING
o Team Conferences
o Committee Meetings
o Grand Rounds
o In-Service Sessions
o Patients learn from each other in group settings
o Support Groups
• Functions of a Group
o Socialization – teaching social norms
▪ Oregon Student Nurse Association – Orego Nurse’s Assoiatio – Nurse
Practitioner Association – Critial Care Nurse’s Assoia
o Support – sense of security group membership
▪ – grief support groups
o Task Completion – working on a task that takes more than one person to complete
▪ working with a team to care for patients
o Camaraderie – members provide joy and pleasure that individuals seek from
interactions
o Informational – learning takes place in groups. Members can learn from each other
formally or informally
▪ continuing education, patient education groups (sleep hygiene), diabetic
education classes, birthing and childcare classes
o Normative- this function relates to ways in which groups enforce the established norms
▪ Groups such as Joint Commission, Oregon State Board is a group that enforces
the rules related to nursing
o Empowerment – groups can help bring improvement in existing conditions by providing
support to members who seek to bring about change
▪ – committees to make changes on staffing policy, union negotiation
o Governance – example of governing function is that of rules that are made by
committees within a larger organization
• Types of Groups
o Task Groups – develop a policy about care of the unit
▪ function of a task groups is to accomplish a specific outcome or task – focus is
on solving problems and making decisions to achieve the ou
o Teaching Groups – coping skills groups, cultural competency
▪ exist to convey knowledge and information to a number of individuals – usually
have a set time frame/# of meetings. Members learn from each other as well as
the instructor
o Supportive/Therapeutic Groups
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Document Summary
Small group communication: collaboration and team development: definition of a group, collection of individuals whose association is founded on shared commonalities of interest, values, norms or purpose. Membership in a group is generally by chance (born into a group), by choice (voluntary affiliation) or by circumstance: groups in nursing, team conferences, committee meetings, grand rounds. In-service sessions: patients learn from each other in group settings, support groups, functions of a group, socialization teaching social norms, oregon student nurse association orego(cid:374) nurse"s asso(cid:272)iatio(cid:374) nurse. Members learn from each other as well as the instructor: supportive/therapeutic groups, prevent future problems by teaching participants effective ways of dealing with stress arising from situations/crisis, self-help groups alzheimer"s disease and related disorders, weight watchers, There is no direction from the leader, their approach is noninvolvement. Goals may be undefined, no problems are solved and no action is taken.
