To be able to disseminate our findings on The Benefits of Proning with my group was a great experience. The experience brought together by great team collaboration, communication, organization, and hardworking members is what made the dissemination of our findings go so smoothly and neatly. We are still awaiting feedback from our audience. Our projects have been printed and are soon to be delivered to the unit. I know we will receive great feedback on our work. I believe this topic is so relevant and would be beneficial as a quick refresher for those who’ve proned patients but also for those who want to know more about proning patients and the benefits.

I learned a lot from this team project. Some things I learned were based on teamwork, communication, team ethic, different work styles and mainly working with a group with all different schedules. Since we are all off doing Preceptorship, it taught us as a group the real importance of communication and work ethic because we are all working different hours and that could include days or nights. I work nights and I would work on the project during the day prior to my shift and those who work during the day would work on the project post shift or on days off. This work ethic and determination was how we got our project done and that also had to do with communication. Our group had great communication that allowed us to agree on a topic, an infographic, and the information we provided. We all communicated on what needed to be done and who was going to do what, but we didn’t leave it at that, we then all went into the infographic and would edit/add to each other’s work. I believe that this is a great strategy to bring into our future nursing practice; working together doesn’t mean we all are set to one thing, it means we all add something but then build off each other’s work to make it as one. Working well in a team setting, good communication, and strategy will be helpful for all of us to bring into our future nursing practice.

To my audience and future employers that may read this, what I want you to know is that working as a team to complete a project doesn’t take just one person to dictate how the process will go; it takes a team. I contribute to a team in every aspect because I’m hard working, organized, determined, approachable, I listen, and I take feedback well and give feedback but most importantly I focus on the goal at hand and contribute to the team. I will contribute to quality improvement and evidence-based practice initiatives as a nurse resulting from working as a team because I know there is a goal at hand and that is the most important motivating factor. I believe that contributing to quality improvement and evidence-based practice is how we learn, how we teach future learners, and how we contribute to practice and safe patient care. The end goal is for the patient and the best care practices they can receive.

Our team process was to work together in a way that everyone could contribute, be heard, do their part, and stay on track to get the work done with all our hectic schedules. We each contributed equally, gave great feedback, had great ideas, found great information, and brought together a great dissemination project. Our group truly shows that hard work and teamwork can create something great, something for others to learn from. I discovered that I am a team member that is organized, accepts all feedback, wants to give feedback, encourages others, helps others when they need it, stays focused, gets the work done, and love to work with others. I discover the more times I work in a team that I contribute a lot to a team and I’m a great team member.