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Communication, Teamwork, and Safety in Nursing

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Reviewed:: Sep 25, 2023 by Health Sciences

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Content Quality:

Effectiveness:

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Overview:

This learning activity is for nurses or nursing students to develop their knowledge and skills related to a culture of safety, teamwork, team leading, and team communication.

Objectives:

Identify a culture of safety
Identify attributes that contribute to effective teamwork
Identify barriers to effective teamwork
List attributes of an effective team leader
Identify effective methods for team communication

Type of Material:

Online Course Module

Recommended Uses:

Homework
Individual or Team work
Self-paced
Nursing Leadership course
Supplemental or specific lesson

Technical Requirements:

Internet access
Web browser

Identify Major Learning Goals:

After completion of the learning activity, the active learner will:

Identify a culture of safety
Identify attributes that contribute to effective teamwork
Identify barriers to effective teamwork
List attributes of an effective team leader
Identify effective methods for team communication

Target Student Population:

College Upper Division

Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:

Basic computer skills
Fundamentals to Nursing background

Content Quality

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Strengths:

Nursing concepts are valid.
Content is focused on the culture of safety, effective teamwork, attributes of effective team leaders and team communication in Nursing.
The content is appropriate for Professional Nursing.
The learning approaches are varied and appropriate.
Includes inspirational quotes, images, text, figures, tables, and learning knowledge check questions.
Content aligns with the learning outcomes.

Concerns:

Limited to three references.

Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool

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Strengths:

A strength is that Learning Outcomes are clearly stated.
The item is well focused to the Learning Outcomes and increases the potential for student learning.
The learning activity promotes learning the conceptual understanding of the Learning Outcomes.
The learning activity may be used in a variety of ways to achieve the learning outcomes.
Good information with self assessment activities from material presented and linked articles.
Active learning exercises throughout the activity.

Concerns:

Teaching-learning goals/objectives are identified as lower level verb outcomes, e.g., identify, which is repetitive and does not align to content which is mid to upper level.
Unable to determine correct answers in self assessment activities if incorrect. User only receives the feedback correct or incorrect answer.

Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty

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Strengths:

The use of the learning activity is clear and accurate.
The learning activity is organized consistently.
The learning activity has a clear and consistent layout and is easy to navigate.
The software, SoftChalk is robust and in working order.
The learning questions have immediate scoring.
There are 7 pages with the first 6 supplying information and links to information. The last page is for printing a certificate of score of learning activities.

Concerns:

Registering and creating an account at Institute for Healthcare Improvement at https://education.ihi.org/topclass/ requires students to provide identify information.

Other Issues and Comments:

Brief information to help facilitate communication among team members to ensure patient safety. Consider adding more information about facilitating team communication.

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