Performance Appraisal

1. One do the things I expected to learn before class was what some of things that should be trying to avoid doing to be considered a bad employee or even a difficult employee. I also expected to learn what is the real purpose of performance appraisals. 

2. I learned some of the different leadership responses one should have with different kind of difficult employees such as those that complain, blame, or are lazy. I also learned how to better come away with a better understanding how to use the performance appraisals.

3. The biggest thing that I will use in my practice is to make sure that I am not one of those problem employees and am a good contributer to the team and help the unit be a great unit. I need to reexamine how I am as an employee and if I do any of these stupid things. 

4. I think what was covered in class was really good, it's important to know weather you are being a good employee or not and then how you should respond to the negative employees. 

Team Building

1. Some of the things that I expected to learn before the class were some of the principles behind better team building, how to come together as a team to accomplish the objectives that are set before you, and how to over come obstacles that your team is faced with. 

2. There were many things that I learned from the actual class one being that it is important that you as a team have good communication with the different ideas that the team comes up with. When you put a group of people together and confront them with problems to solve there is always going to be a lot of different ideas. So as the team you have to come together and communicate well to come up with the best plan. Another thing that I learned is that its important to have fun as a team. Don't always take things so serious and enjoy that tasks that you are presented with. 

3. Fun, when you have a floor full of angry or too serious people then I think that work is not as effective. People  should have fun when they work, work is an enjoyable thing, so as a team I hope to help us come together and enjoy what we are doing. 

4. I think this was a very good real life experience that we all got to participate in. We were able to come together and work as a team and unit to accomplish all the tasks that were needed to accomplish. Some needed more thinking and strategies, while others needed a complete joint effort working in tandem to accomplish the tasks. The leasons that we learned in class are very applicable for future work experiences. 

Leadership

1. Some of the things I expected to learn about the topic before class were what are some of the characteristics of a manager and a leader. Why they are important in the nursing world and how they can better lead their fellow nurses and units. 

2. One of the big things that I learned from the unit was that there really is a difference between a leader and a manager. They have different roles and responsibilities. Managers manage time, money, and how things are ran, while leaders are there to inspire and lift up. They are there to make other nurses want to be better nurses and to give better care to their patients. Now even though they may have different roles. I absolutely believe that a manager should be a leader. 

3. I think before this I only looked at the fact that a manager should be a leader and lead his co-workers, but I think it is now very important for me to remember that as a manager there is the whole other side of things that have to be taken care of. Also I don't have to be a manager to be a leader. I can help inspire those who I work with and together we can be a more competent team. 

4. I think the material that we covered is very important. Each unit is like a team or a family, and they need to be lead to be better at what they do each day, and that we all play a part in that. 

Hiring

1. What I expected to learn about this topic before class were what are some of the things one should and should not say during an actual interview. Also some of the types of questions that one might encounter while in an actual interview. 

2. Some of the things that I actually learned in class was why the interviewer might ask specific questions. What are they looking for in terms of responses from us. The importance of playing the "game" in terms of giving them the answers that they are looking for. I also learned the importance of making strong powerful statements about yourself and your past experiences and making them relevant to the situation. 

3. The biggest thing that I will utilize is the idea of making sure that I am prepared for an interview and that I practice questions and responses before an interview making sure I put the companies goals into those responses. 

4. In all I think it was a very helpful and useful class. Even though I currently have a job I will be looking for many more jobs through out the rest of my life, so I have many more interviews to come. The more one prepares himself for an interview the better off that person is, and I think thats exactly what this lesson did for me.