Reflective Account On Communication

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.

Prior to walking in, my expectations for what I was about to partake in and experience were all over the place. I didn’t know whether to expect the absolute worst types of situations going on such as people being rushed into medical rooms or the most basic situations such as patients waiting for a strep throat test. I did expect to see a wide range of patients in terms of race, class, age, and gender. Contrary to the patients, I didn’t expect to see a wide range of race, class, age, and gender within the staff. I expected to see mostly female nurses, and male doctors, majority being Caucasian and middle age. I didn’t expect there to be that much security or any type of possible crime that could go on within a medical facility. I expected the waiting area and facility to be very large, large enough to accommodate a lot of patients at once. Lastly, I expected that taking our field notes would be a challenge because writing notes down in front of patients would be awkward and during interviews it would be hard to conduct a good interview while writing the whole time.

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.

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

Our ability to communicate well with others is important to personal and professional success. The interpersonal communications course is planned to help us in being familiar with the system of effective, and to assess our own interpersonal ability to sharpen our critical understanding of the communication, also to improve the interpersonal skills. Mainly assess our interpersonal skills and to put in goals for improving our communications ability. To development of self-concept and identity are examined as basics for understanding personal communication. We explore our own communication behaviors and to identify areas of personal strengths and

Today is officially the first day of my nursing career, this is the day I have been looking forward to for years. Recently, I received a position as an emergency room nurse which has been my desire for as long as I can remember. The pace and the unpredictability are the factors that drew me into this field of nursing and finally, I can experience it as a registered nurse. I hear the familiar sounds of the ambulance approaching getting louder with every second, I can feel my heart thumping in my chest and perspiration develops on the palms of my hands. I know this patient will be my first case. I quickly grab a trauma gown and some gloves and head out to meet the ambulance.

By the end of my first week in my placement I was mentally and physically exhausted. It is exciting getting to experience new things, but at the same time it’s frustrating being new and trying to find your place in a new organization with new people. Working in a new environment I started to realize that learning the job is only half the battle. The other half is learning the behaviors, habits, and personalities of everyone around me. A hospital setting seems to have some strong personalities, I can definitely see why my non-MSW supervisor told me to be aware of struggles that can happen on the floor when more than one person is trying to manage the care of a patient and not everyone agrees on the direction. It’s not a new concept for me, I’ve spent 18 years adapting and adjusting my approach to how I handle law enforcement officers versus firefighters or paramedics. I just have to remember that it really isn’t that much different. I’ve adapted before and I can do it again.

This morning started with an abrupt change to my normal routine as I found myself half sleepwalking out of my house still rubbing eyes, trying to wake up; typically, in the morning I have a wealth of time to put finishing touches on any remaining homework for school; in addition, I usually have some free time before I disappear out the door to catch my first morning class at nine-thirty. I could sense excitement building up within me along with occasional tinges of nervousness; I jumped into my car and drove ten minutes to catch a seven o’clock class; I knew the experience I was about to have could either encourage me or discourage me in my pursuit of my dreams. I was finally on my way to catch a glimpse into the life of a real nursing student.

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.

There is a significant difference between my perception of communication at the beginning of this course compared to now. Initially, I was aware communication was an important skill people needed to have, but I wasn’t fully aware of the depth of communication. I never realized there were such a variety of behaviors and characteristics that impacted the ability for people to communicate effectively. Once I started completing the self-assessments my perspective was broaden and I gained helpful insight into my own communication strengths and weaknesses. With each self-assessment I truly felt I was getting to know myself better.

Communication is essential in all facets of an organization. It can aid in decision making, planning and conflict resolution. The ability to effectively communicate allows facilitation of relationships between superiors and subordinates; essentially this creates higher job satisfaction (Dogra, A., 2012). Open communication where employees have opportunity to voice their ideas and concerns, corelates to employees feeling a sense of value within the organization, which creates motivation (Dogra, A., 2012). Furthermore, in conjunction with these ideas, a sense of partnership and loyalty begin to develop between subordinates and superiors. The responses to this are typically seen in greater responsibility being given to the subordinate.

This quarter during communications we were told that we had to do four speeches and two impromptus. Initially, this made me nervous because I didn’t know what I would speak about or who I would do pair and group work with. These speeches made each student in the class meet goals at their own pace (sort of), allowed them to grow their communication skills, and learn more about topics that interested them.

Through a bullhorn, this world proclaims, “God is dead”. Under it’s breath, the earth whispers, “...at the very least, he is unplugged.”. Wholeheartedly I believe, as a result of my probing and questioning, these statements are simply untrue. Not only is He alive, the whole universe declares God to be a connected and loving being. Evidence to support God’s existence is unveiled through His communication towards us as a people. God’s relationship has an infinitely stronger impact upon our lives than a mere human excuse for disobedience. I have found through the Lord’s creation, his inspired scripture, and his ever present, relational Holy Spirit, more than enough evidence of his communication to us as a people.