Getting along with others...

Great. It's also smart to make clear to group members, at the first meeting, that the project will include an explanation of which member is responsible for which part. For example, "For our presentation about MS, John researched and will report on symptoms, Tanisha researched and will report on treatments, Pedro designed the power point, and I coordinated the group and wrote the introduction and conclusion."In this way, your instructor and other classmates will see who dropped the ball, and who carried out their part of the project. And, each group member will either meet the challenge, or it will be clear to the instructor that they did not.Even though this is tough when the entire group receives the same grade ...

A great leader ALWAYS self reflects first when a situation seems wrong, negative or turns that way. To automatically take a direction to change others is to be nothing but arrogant and the so called leader will never win over the cooperation all members of the group. Using psychological munipulation is wrong and will fail. Sure positive basic rules are a great way to start any group endevor but the basic rules MUST come from the group and not just the leader since the so called leader is nothing but a facilitator up to the point of gaining the trust of the group. Trust is earned NOT dictated, manipulated or given away free! Good luck, because you will be the only nurse in the department after the rest quit ! ! !

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chellie,luckily, you’ll soon graduate, pass boards, and begin working as a nurse. you’ll then realize that all of that group nonsense was a complete waste of your precious education time and you were cheated. if you were homeschooled from birth and entered college at 18, then all is not lost; the experience dealing with a group and its group problems will help you deal with future coworkers and patients.outside of academia, there is no such thing as group nursing. try this – during the nclex ask the person next to you what she thinks the right thing is to do in your scenario. you can also try this – tell your bon you don’t really want to be the only person responsible for your patient’s welfare – you want to sign up for a “group license”. or – you could ask the nurse manager in your new rn job “which group is mine…” ok - most important, when your unit manager wants to give you a sweet raise because you are super nurse - don’t forget to take that raise and spilt up amongst your group.