Reflective Journal - Week 13

 What did you learn form the unit?

This week we learned about collective bargaining and conflict resolution.

Discuss your feelings/experiences from the team activities. Did it change your opinion on the subject? If so, why? If not, why?

The team activities this week was sharing the results of our bargaining assignment and another about conflict resolution. I didn’t learn much from sharing or reading others’ results, but it was interesting to see what they decided on and how much of their bargain they were able to lock in. I surprised by how many people had to go on strike. For the conflict resolution, I learned more about different types on communication and best gods to deal with conflicts in the workplace. I agreed with what my team had to say about that.

How will you utilize the information learned into your nursing practice?

In a profession dominated by women, drama and gossip are common. I think knowing how to have good conflict resolution and implementing what I learned about it this week will help me greatly in dealing with difficult coworkers.

Your personal feelings about the material covered:

Collective bargaining makes me uncomfortable. I don’t think I would have the guys to ask for a raise or changes with benefits. My personal feeling about conflict in the workplace is being humble and not contribute to the conflict. Simply, report it to your superiors and have them help in resolving it.