To me, sense of belonging at work means
A no judgement zone. You can be whoever you are.
Feeling welcomed when you walk in.
Making positive connections with people.
Feeling valued and as if people are listening to me.
To me, being engaged in my work means
Being excited to come into work everyday.
Proving the best care I can.
Asking questions and continuing my learning.
Not doing half the work needed to get the job done.
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Engagement and Belonging Lena D'Amico
Diversity and Inclusion
I will help others grow and do their best work by
Removing fear
I want a safe environment
Always listening
Sometimes it's better to shut up and listen
Always being a helping hand
It's great to show you are always there to help
I will create open and safe environments by
Learning each others personalities and identities
Getting to know each other outside of the work environment
Showing appreciation for one another
I will help colleagues, clients and other feels valued by
Giving them a voice to be heard
Allow diversity and inclusion spaces
Creating a safe and welcoming environment
I will promote fairness and respect by
Allow people to be heard
Give recognition equally
No judgement
I will be an advocate for diversity by
Going forward, not backwards
We will learn together and move forward. Don't look at the past.
Stand up for those being made fun of
Understand where people are coming from
Organization
The mission(s) of the organization I work for or lead should include
Learn together
We want to prevent the problem
Make an impact on peoples' lives
Example of organizations that may meet my expectations for engagement and belonging include
American Nurses Association
Nazareth College
Northwell Health - This is who I plan to work with after college
A workspace or environment that increases my sense of engagement and belonging looks like
The organization(s) that I work for or lead will impact the community by
Getting everyone involved
I love when the community comes together. I believe together we are everything, apart we are nothing.
Enabling trust
Providing comfort to people
Values for the organization that I work for or lead should include
I do wonder if people have the same values I have. If I owned my own company I would want my employees to have the same values as the company and embrace them.
Trust
Skills: My top five skills include
I try to be positive from the moment I walk in. I feel as though it rubs off on people especially if they are having a bad day.
When I started a task, I made sure I completed it fully and done correctly.
Leadership
Even being an intern you can show examples of how you would be a great leader. You can take initiative of tasks and show them you really want to be there. You can stay involved and ask important questions.
Problem Solving
In my internship there were a lot of migrant workers. Sometimes it was hard to understand them and we couldn't communicate efficiently. This was fixed by getting a translator involved.
Teamwork
In my internship we all had to work together to run an efficient testing clinic. We had many people coming in to get covid swabbed, so we had to make sure everything ran smoothly and was organized.
Tasks and Projects
I will aspire to become
A positive role model
Someone my coworkers will come to for help
A trustworthy, competent nurse
I will seek opportunities to continue to learn and grow by
Listening to my coworkers and learning from them
Continue my education
Keeping up with classes given in the hospital
Challenges I would like to address or problems I would like to solve include
Nurses having a say
It is so important for the nurse to have a say in the patients care because the nurse is with them the most.
Staying one step ahead
When you get behind is when you start to put your patients in harm. Staying on your work will also help you as the nurse get your job done efficiently.
Nurse burnout
I need to put myself first. As a new nurse you'll be asked to take more shifts, stay later, and take more patients, but you need to say no.
Tasks I would like to complete for my work that I find engaging include
Helping hand
Always positive
Critical thinking
Relationships
Professional organizations in my field that I could join include
ANA - American Nurses Association
I will proactively build relationships by
Connecting with people even if it's out of my comfort zone
Getting out of my comfort zone is never easy, but usually something good will come out of it and make it all worth while even if I was stressing out.
Always lending a helping hand
I believe if you help others, others will help you. Well at least I hope.
Staying true to myself and being myself
I am nothing without being me. I don't change for anyone.
I would like to collaborate with people who value
Honesty
Honestly is one of the biggest values for me. I can't stand a liar and won't ever trust one.
Dependable
Reliability
When collaborating with others, I will bring the following skills, traits or perspectives
Commitment
Positivity
Hard work
I believing showing hard work will always make it look like you want to be there even if you don't. Hard works gets the job done.
I would like to collaborate with people who are passionate about
Creativity
Preventing the problem
I want to work with people that not only want to fix the problem, but prevent it from happening in the first place.
Medicine
Values: My five key values include
Tradition
Selflessness
Going into nursing is a hard profession. You must be able to think of others even when you only want to benefit yourself.
Respect
Responsibility
Being responsible for your actions will show what type of a person you are. I think this goes hand and hand with honestly as well because if someone doesn't take responsibility for their actions then they are lying.
Honestly
