Select an Area of Nursing Care That You Have Participated in. Discuss How Carper’s Ways of Knowing Contributed to the Care You Have Provided. Finally Discuss the Ways in Which This Care Was Communicated.

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'A Reflection on Group Dynamics' A group - is a collection of individuals who work together to perform a shared task to achieve a common goal (Hogg, 1992). In addition Shaw (1976) explained, the Dynamics of a group is the process of interaction which affects the growth and development of each member within the group. For example, factors such as structure, cohesiveness, norms and roles will have an influence on the interaction and interpersonal relationships between members of a group, the process of decision making and individual behaviour. The aim of this essay is to explore and reflect on the importance of functional roles within my group, and compare negative and positive effects on group dynamics when these roles were not fulfilled. To maintain confidentiality and anonymity of the group members the pseudonyms will be used throughout the reflection. In order to describe the issue and make sense of the experience, I have chosen Gibbs’s (1988) model of reflection which consist of six stages: description of the event, feelings, evaluation, analysis, conclusion and action plan. According to Jasper (2003) this reflective framework offers an opportunity to perceive an issue from a number of perspectives, to learn from the experience and formulate an action plan for future learning. Description On the first day after the introduction to Psychosocial Aspects of Care and Human Interaction followed by an agreement on ground rules within the main group, our tutor divided all the students into smaller PBL (Problem Based Learning) groups, each consisting of 6 members. Once everybody settled down in their new groups, the tutor advised us to set a few rules as well, and if desirable identify a leader. While discussing the scenario, brainstorming and analysing

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