Health Mentor Reflection

During the first group meeting for the health mentor program I was worried about working with members in different programs, because at that time I didn’t see the value or benefits for students to collaborate with one another who have not reached there individual fields of practice. As the introductions began and we settled into our group we soon realized that our workload was going to increase as one of our team members had dropped out leaving us at a smaller group of three; however, my entire thought of how much I would dislike this went out the window after my group had its first visit with our health mentor. This paper will discuss how this opportunity helped me grow to be a better team member and a better nursing student. The first challenge I faced as a team member in this program was communication with group members, we had

I felt that my efforts alone were not the deciding factor of this group as other members in my group had stronger expertise in other areas where I was weaker. An example of this would be how one member assembled all the power point slides that were passed in by each member into one power point project for our health mentor, which showed me how diverse our group was; additionally, this gave me a small insight in how a healthcare team model might work with each member contributing towards one goal using certain acquired expertise. I feel my biggest flaw letting go of control, because I would make numerous suggestions but not always acknowledge my group’s input, or I would simply suggest more than was required, although now I understand that helping too much can be damaging in a team