Communication Reflection

In my essay about critical communication reflections with a family member, I will be writing about the event that took place when I had this communication with second cousin at the funeral of his mother three years ago. I present a balanced paper that will discuss the effectiveness and breakdown of the communication that took place. I will specifically write about the cultural boundaries and societies norms that influenced and the lead to the breakdown of our communication, primary our extended family structure and lines of communication will be my main focus. The scope of this essay will highlight the different ways and approaches of adult communication in an extended family set up in times

Effective communication skills are crucial to my success in both my personal and professional life and this course has helped me tremendously of becoming a more confident speaker. I’ve learned various communication techniques such as listening, active listening, verbal and nonverbal skills to connect with audiences once I speak in front of a large group of people.

Evaluating my Interpersonal Communication competence is not an everyday activity, as I rarely think about whether or not I communicate effectively. Sometimes I mistakenly assume that my ability to be a good communicator is confirmed by my success in networking and interviews. In reality, this is not accurate. Regardless, it is important to establish my strengths and weaknesses to take the first steps to work on becoming a better and effective communicator. First, I must form a platform with my strengths and then work on the weaknesses. By taking the Interpersonal Communication Assessment, I realized that my scores are fairly consistent. This assessment helped me conceptualize my strengths and weaknesses. Some of my strengths are in effectiveness,

I took the Interpersonal Communication Skills Test on “Queendom.com”. It seemed relevant to my work as a counselor since I will be communicating with clients on a daily basis. The goal of this test is to determine how effectively someone communicates with others, as well as to offer beneficial advice in order to improve any problems one may have that could slow down the communication process. This test is a valuable instrument for employees in the counseling profession since it is a career of constant growth. It also seems useful in several other careers that rely on constant communication. This particular communication skills test was designed to examine insightfulness, verbal expression, assertiveness, listening skills, and emotional management. A couple examples of the test questions include: “I can detect the mood of others by looking at them as we converse” and “I manage to express my ideas clearly”. A Likert scale is used in the scoring process with answers ranging from “Almost never” to “Most of the time”. One negative aspect of this test is its reliability on self-reports. It can be difficult to admit to your communication weaknesses, especially if you are unaware of them.

The first morning of nursing care I felt nervous, as well as extremely excited. This was my first true interaction working in the health care system, specifically with a resident and I wasn’t sure what to expect. The first aspect I noticed when I began my day with my staff buddy was how fast paced we moved and how time flew, which is something I expected but was still surprized by.

that we explore why she’s been feeling down lately together. Mary then said, “Talk about what?” I then stated, “Why have you been feeling down lately?” Mary then stated, “No I don’t want to talk about that?” Using mirroring I then stated, “You don’t want to talk about why you feel down?” Mary then stated “No I don’t”. What occurred here can be described as a disconnection. Whether it be my working or something that happened with Mary prior to me coming in or Mary was just not having a good day, I was not able to connect her in conversation and she disengaged. Again in a non- judgmental tone I repeated what Mary stated so that she knew I had heard her, I was not dismissing her feelings. Mary from the beginning was very agitated so I knew that I probably would get much dialogue from her, maybe it was the nature of our discussion because I was asking her

Additionally, I recognize effective listening to be a weakness in my relationship with my husband. When communicating, we bout want to get our point across. Unfortunately, attending to the message of the speaker is never the goal. But with the knowledge that I've gained in this class, I intend to apply it with the hopes of consequently enhancing my communication skills. In the following text, I will share my plan with you.

I have seen the nursing process being used within my practice. The society that I go to for my clinical evaluations and regular charting for every resident in the house. They identity daily, short-term, and long-term goals. Every resident has a chart that the need to fill out, by doing this it allows the residents have some accountability on their part of the goals. In addition, the nurses also observe that the residents progress, these observations are done throughout the day and charted daily. Being in the practice setting for a few weeks now, I’ve had the opportunity to use nursing processes with a few residents. I worked with a resident to help them understand and communicate with the staff members about how this resident was feeling. I worked with this resident to prepare and brainstorm ways that they could approach and deal with the issue. Helping them understand that feeling

While there has been improvement and growth, I realize that there is still a lot that can be changed and I need to work on myself in order to become the best at communicating that I can. I need to keep up with my practices of dual perspective along with making sure that I don’t allow things such as physiological noise or a lack of monitoring get in the way of while I’m communicating with others. Social comparison and self-fulfilling prophecies are other areas that I need to work on before I can fulfill these self-esteem needs that I have that would help when it comes to my interpersonal communication skills. Interpersonal communication is irreversible and I’ve learned that throughout this semester. I’ve seen how that is true with not only my own personal relationships but also by watching other relationships between others happening in front of me. This class has made me more aware of the communication that is going on all around me and has provided me the skills that will not only help me with my relationships now, but will continue to help me with all my relationships for the rest of my

Over this summer course I have learned a lot about communication. I learned how significant nonverbal and verbal communication is, along with listening. I never fully understood how big communication is in our daily lives. I now realize that it is a huge aspect of how we continue in our lives. This course has showed me different levels of communication.

My education from Creighton University has been quite helpful while at my internship this summer. The things that have stood out to me that I have learned while at this internship include seeing how relationships form, noticing racist and sexist things within the organization, figuring out how the communication within the organization, as well as understanding how my tone of voice can affect the way people perceive me on the phone.

Upon receiving my special project, I took the opportunity to approach it as a new challenging task but with the commitment to make it a learning and teaching opportunity for myself. The main objective for this project was to enhance my knowledge and to adhere to what is one of my weaknesses, group presentations. I was provided with the assignment of three post conferences to be completed by the end of the semester. When delegating topics to present, I focused on the tentative schedule and selected one disease to present in each post conference. My selection was based on utilizing the time I had, as a benefit for both students and I to learn something that was involved in our curriculum. The topics I choose to discuss in my post conferences

While with a group of friends, they notice I had gotten quiet and ask me for why was I not talking anymore it was because I had found a better research topic that I could work with, I told them. Picking a topic that I am familiar with and can relate to made deciding what sources I should use and the understanding of where the articles views are coming form much easier. I started over on researching how to construct the paper, going back over YouTube and constantly rereading the handouts and articles.

I also feel that all of the topics that explained proper communications are very valuable to me. I have always struggled with communication, because I have been a shy, quiet person all of my life. However, I have always loved written communication, because it gives me time to think about what I should say to someone. It is hard for me to interject when I’m engaged in a conversation, because I hate being rude to people. Consequently, when I talk with people in person or verbally, I have the tendency to let them control the conversation. On the other hand, this also makes me an excellent listener and helps me to assess people’s motives behind what they say. This course has taught me the importance of attuning professional verbal communication with professional written communication and listening skills.

I completed the Communication Competence Scale assessment on myself and calculated my total score to be 98, a low score. I also had a family member complete the same assessment based on his perceptions of my communication competence and that score totaled 132, a high score. The significant disparity of the scores indicates that we definitely have different perceptions about my communication competence. I think this is a very interesting assignment to begin our learning on interpersonal communications, as indicated by our text, “Whatever the association, personal relationships clearly play an important role in our lives and communications helps us form and maintain them” (Floyd, 2011, p. 6). I look forward to applying this assessment toward improving my interpersonal communication which has certain relational implications.