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Here are 9 Strategies to Help Build a Strong Nursing Team
By: Deborah Swanson
It takes teamwork to provide good patient care, but developing teams can be hard work. Here are 9 strategies that will help you build a strong nursing team.
It takes a village to treat a patient. That is why good nursing teamwork is so important.
If your nursing units don’t function well together, it not only makes work frustrating for your nurses, it can literally affect patient outcomes for the worst.
Cultivating a strong nursing team takes a lot of time and effort. However, it pays dividends down the line.
Here are nine strategies to help build a strong nursing team
1. Don’t rush things artificially
Rome wasn’t built in a day and neither were good nursing relationships. It takes time to figure out the personalities of all your teammates and to establish rapport.
Trying to artificially rush things can make your working relationships incredibly awkward. It can even backfire altogether. (HINT: there’s a reason people hate icebreaker games so much).
