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I anticipate that this dissemination project will get done in a timely fashion. There will absolutely be bumps in the road, disagreements, and group members that don’t do their part but that is nothing new. Individually I will be organized and timely to get my contributions and portions in on time and do the best quality work that I can. I can control me, I can’t control others so I can’t worry about what they’re doing or if they aren’t doing their part, they’re only hurting themselves. I plan to communicate with my group in person, over text, and over email. When conflict does arise I will be clear and direct with my group members while still being respectful, my goal is to not shy away from conflict this year and actually address it and not feel bad about it. I think this will be a beneficial project because we should obviously learn something from it and it should work in our favor to work together as a group. Barriers will be addressed head on in a respectful way this will help for future nursing practice because when it comes to life and death situations there’s no time to be indirect and indecisive. This will be useful in many ways but my personal goal for this semester is to do better at communicating more directly and to the point.
We discovered through our research that nurse-patient ratios do impact patient outcomes. It is not a black and white answer as there are other variables that have been found to impact positive or negative patient outcomes that go beyond just the ratio. The literature and synthesis did not change my assumptions about the topic. Our findings will impact my future nursing practice as it reflects the importance of self-care before you can take care of others. It was also made apparent that the working environment plays a large role in the outcomes as well. We did arrive to the same conclusions throughout the research process. My relationship with my team member became very difficult as she relied on me to explain exactly what to do every time, towards the end of the project I started to say that she needs to read the directions as well, so she has an understanding of what is going on. It started to reflect negatively in our grades towards the end due to last minute efforts made by team members other than myself.
