Communication Reflection

Communication isn’t just about talking. There are so many different elements to communicating in society. How a person gestures, the tone in an individual’s voice, an expression on a person’s face, how a person listens is all a part of communicating. As we all know, in order to communicate with one another we must be able to listen. I think in society people think that communication is all about speaking but in reality it is just a little piece to a bigger picture. In today’s society, listening seems to be a skill that is being neglected. Even though it is basically the first communication skill that we are exposed to, we have pushed it aside and chose speaking to dominate our lives. Researchers have discovered that fetuses can process incoming sounds during the last trimester of pregnancy, and that by 12 months children have learned sounds of and rules of their native language(Worthington, 3). This shows that children’s abilities to speak, read, write and reason are influenced highly by how well they are taught to listen. As parents we can all be teachers to our children so that they can grow up to be well-rounded communicators.

In my essay about critical communication reflections with a family member, I will be writing about the event that took place when I had this communication with second cousin at the funeral of his mother three years ago. I present a balanced paper that will discuss the effectiveness and breakdown of the communication that took place. I will specifically write about the cultural boundaries and societies norms that influenced and the lead to the breakdown of our communication, primary our extended family structure and lines of communication will be my main focus. The scope of this essay will highlight the different ways and approaches of adult communication in an extended family set up in times

Intro. Something as simple as communicating can be both a positive and negative thing. Understanding the impact of individual differences across various situations such as explaining the extent of others when they use humor to interact with other people, or how our emotions come into play with other people and Communication traits enable us to be more accurate in out predictions on how others will send and receive messages. With the communication trait questionnaire it helped me learn more about communication behaviors and understand the impact of individual differences across various contexts such as the humor orientation, affective orientation, and argumentative orientation and how I ranked.

In this essay, I intend to reflect on a situation I encountered during my first community placement I had the opportunity to develop my communication skills not just theoretically but also practically, facing a real life environment. My placement made me aware of the importance of interpersonal and communication skills which are very important in the delivery of care. Throughout my nursing career, I will be encouraged to develop reflective practice skills and become a reflective practitioner. Reflection refers to a series of steps that you may take to question and explore an experience with the aim of learning from it. I will discuss the importance of communication in order to maintain a therapeutic relationship.

Throughout this semester reading about different ways of interpersonal communication I came to the realization that there were many things I could work on to better myself as a person. Things I never thought about in depth until taking this class. Areas I have improved on throughout this semester are using I language more than the use of you language, what empathy was and how I choose to become better and lastly how I deal with conflict.

The first morning of nursing care I felt nervous, as well as extremely excited. This was my first true interaction working in the health care system, specifically with a resident and I wasn’t sure what to expect. The first aspect I noticed when I began my day with my staff buddy was how fast paced we moved and how time flew, which is something I expected but was still surprized by.

Since the start of this class, I have been reminded again and again that the concepts we are learning can be applied to everyday life. For instance, when we talked about non-verbal communication, I realized that it is impossible to not communicate. There are many activities, other than the use of language, that allow us to draw meaning from something we observe. When my mother widens her eyes at me without stating a word, I understand she is telling me to think twice about the action I’m about to take. It has been great to be able to assign concepts and vocabulary to interpersonal relationships and communication activity that I have been experiencing. Now let me introduce you to my friend Izzy and her boyfriend Ken as I analyze the

that we explore why she’s been feeling down lately together. Mary then said, “Talk about what?” I then stated, “Why have you been feeling down lately?” Mary then stated, “No I don’t want to talk about that?” Using mirroring I then stated, “You don’t want to talk about why you feel down?” Mary then stated “No I don’t”. What occurred here can be described as a disconnection. Whether it be my working or something that happened with Mary prior to me coming in or Mary was just not having a good day, I was not able to connect her in conversation and she disengaged. Again in a non- judgmental tone I repeated what Mary stated so that she knew I had heard her, I was not dismissing her feelings. Mary from the beginning was very agitated so I knew that I probably would get much dialogue from her, maybe it was the nature of our discussion because I was asking her

My favorite part of the course was probably the freedom to express ourselves that we had while in the class. I never felt like I could not speak my mind which was a blessing. Even if I did not agree

On August 31, 2017 I spoke with Officer Burns via telephone in regards to his pending discipline and some concerns that had been brought to my attention by fellow officers and supervisors. The first portion of the conversation centered on his pending discipline and determining a date that would be acceptable for him to attend a pre-disciplinary hearing with Captain Berger to discuss the alleged violations. During this conversation I explained the severity of the violations and that based upon the number of violations within the past twelve months he will subject to the progressive discipline policy.

I know this week is supposed to be re-centering, focusing, and staying grounded for both of us. Thus, in order for me to fully be able to do those things, I have something’s I want to say to you. I want to wholly communicate that I am more than willing to say these things to your face and in person, but due to life and timing, that has not yet been possible. Please accept this written communication from me as just that written communication. Please do not view my written words to you as me being passive aggressive or as if I am trying to deflect from in person contact and connectivity with you to express how I feel. First let me back up a little bit. I have noticed that in all love and kindness, trying to be a loving support and present

Though technology has made it easier for communication across distance, I find that maintaining communication depends on one’s own dedication to stay in contact. Having lived in Massachusetts, Colorado, and lastly, Oklahoma, I have gained many friends across the country. I have unfortunately lost some of my friends’ contact information. Regardless, for the purposes of this project I chose to talk to two of my friends in Massachusetts.

In the three communications I’ve written, text,email,and letter to insurance company. All of them had a different approach. Each written text were different people and they all had different responses. The background of the text I wrote to my friend was, my best friend I had known for years and we text every single day. The background of my email I wrote to my dad was tolerant because I not as close to my dad but, also, I should share how’s my life is going to him. In the letter, I wrote to my insurance company, it was urgent because I needed to tell them something needed to be done. They all come together as one whole story told in a different perspective.

Throughout the course of our lectures, I was exposed to a vast array of knowledge that contradicted misconceptions that often went unquestioned. For example, the majority of university courses reinforce the notion of information assimilation and solely use this method of teaching. As a result, I blindly accepted the superiority of information assimilation over other teaching strategies. However, this course revealed the deficits within information assimilation and further enlightened students regarding alternative teaching strategies; specifically, experiential learning.

Most of the skills we discussed in this course I would say I already knew about, so much of this was reinforcing what I already knew along with adding a few more terms to describe some of the communication process. I think the most important thing that was reinforced was the role that listening plays in all communication, whether professional or personal. In the workplace, if you listen and pay attention to what your employer likes, you might be able to get a promotion or something similar by doing whatever it is he/she likes. Listening in the workplace can also be used to help maintain a good work environment; if you know that someone is having some kind of conflict, you can help to remedy that conflict and restore a good work environment. Where this is most important (I would say) is in personal relationships. Being able to not only talk but listen to the other person in the relationship is key to any healthy relationship going smoothly and keeping both people in the relationship happy. Listening comes into play in some less dire situations also: similar to doing what your employer likes, if you listen to the other person in the relationship when they talk about something that they like, you will know what it is that they like and will be able to do/get whatever that may be. Where communication is most important in relationships is in disagreements; if two people are able to get through a disagreement in a way that satisfies both people and minimizes hostility, it shows both maturity and good communication skills.