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Teamwork requires all members to have the same final goals. We all may bring different abilities and personalities, but ultimately, we can find common ground based on our common goals. Therefore, key qualities would include insight, patience, great communication skills but mainly empathy or high emotional intelligence. Different members of a team bring different perspectives to a child who is facing a life threatening or life limiting condition. This then refocuses the management to be holistic rather than purely medical or purely focused on cure. Many areas of a child takes a knock during their illness and therefore many team members are needed to address this. By default this creates a shared load on many members rather than on one individual and allows the patient to receive the care they need.
Understanding and managing emotions is very important between team members taking care of children. Children are innocent, pure and the most vulnerable of society, this can create a highly emotional environment for any team taking care of them. Having a team leader who is able to assess burnout in team members is important. Taking time for yourself to rest and recharge should be easily available in a team. Having members who understand this, encourage and support this will allow for a strong team dynamic.
Personal Strategies include my faith and prayer, rest, taking the dogs on a day out, cooking and watching my favorite shows helps me cope. If and when there’s time, travelling to a new place.
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