Collegiality and Collaboration: Importance of Trust and Building Good Relationships

Collegiality & Collaboration is developing and establishing supportive and encouraging working relationships.
Developing personal and professional relationships takes time and effort. Many students do not engage in extra curricular activities because they feel they are already overwhelmed with responsibilities and other commitments.
However, we know that developing these relationships is vital to your success and survival as a nurse. And, more importantly, collegial relationships are essential to good patient care.
Complete the activities for this topic.
1. Watch this video clip from OpenLearn titled Building Trust and Relationships (3 mins.) Click here (Effective communication in the workplace: Week 2: 4.4 - OpenLearn - Open University)
2. Answer the questions below.
a. Why is trust within a team so important?
b. Why is it personally important to build good relationships?
c. What are some tips for winning friends?
d. What is the power of a person’s name?
e. How can you effectively give (and receive) feedback?
3. What insights have you gained from this activity? What areas are you ‘fabulous’ at? What areas would you like to improve on?
4. Define collegiality.
5. Define collaboration.
6. Does this sound like group work? What are your thoughts/feelings about group work?
7. If relationships – working with others - is important for your success and your patient’s well-being, list 3 things you can keep doing, or start doing to be a collegial colleague.