Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
24 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Traditionally, what were nurses seen as assistants to?
|
- patients
- families - physicians - other health care providers |
|
|
Why is there a need for increased collaboration among health professionals in health care?
|
to promote positive client outcomes and improved client satisfaction, teamwork and collaboration have become important
|
|
|
What are nurses seen now as?
|
Colleagues
- members of the health care team - comparable in specialized knowledge, specialized skill, and accountability |
|
|
What are the factors leading to the need for increased collegiality and collaboration?
|
- Consumers’ wants and needs
o Improve health care access o Improve continuity of care o Meet social needs o Reduce health care costs - Increased incentive for personal responsibility for health - Changing demographics - Epidemiology of chronic illness - Technological advances |
|
|
Describe collaborative practice.
|
Should be based on mutual understanding and respect for the unique contribution of each profession.
Acquisition of this understanding and respect need to begin during the basic educational programs of each profession. |
|
|
What are characteristics of effective collaboration?
|
- Common purpose and goals identified at the outset
- Clinical competence of each provider - Interpersonal competence - Humor - Trust - Valuing and respecting diverse, complementary knowledge |
|
|
What are the functions of collaboration?
|
- Referral
- Co-management - Consultation - Coordination - Information exchange - Parallel functioning - Parallel communication |
|
|
What is the nurse's role as colleague and collaborator?
|
- Recognition of the expertise of others within and outside one's profession
- Referral to those others when appropriate - Shared functions and focus on same overall mission |
|
|
What did Virginia Henderson define collaboration as?
|
A partnership relationship between doctors, nurses, and other health care providers with patients and their families
|
|
|
What is the executive summary of ANA for collaborative health care?
|
- Nurses and physicians working together and independently assessing, diagnosing, and caring for consumers
- No one group of health professionals can claim total authority over the other - Different areas of professional competence from each profession, when combined, provides a continuum of care that the consumer expects |
|
|
What is Standard 13?
|
The registered nurse collaborates with healthcare consumer, family, and others in the conduct of nursing practice.
|
|
|
What does Standard 13 consist of?
|
- Partners with others to effect change and produce positive outcomes through the sharing of knowledge of the healthcare consumer and/or situation
- Communicates with healthcare consumer, family and other health care providers regarding consumer care and the nurse's role in the provision of care - Promotes conflict management and engagement - Participates in building concensus or resolving conflict in the context of patient care - Engages in teamwork and team building processes |
|
|
What are the competencies basic to collaboration?
|
Communication skills
- what is communicated - how it is communicated Mutual respect and trust - identification of discipline strengths Giving and receiving feedback Decision making Conflict management - understanding that conflict can be healthy to promote critical/clinical thinking |
|
|
What are nursing practice opportunities?
|
- Shift from general to specialized practice
- Shift from acute to increasingly acute care - Shift from hospital to community - Collaborative practice with other HCP's in clinics, multi practice sites |
|
|
Who does the nurse collaborate with?
|
Clients
Peers Other health care professionals Professional nursing organizations Legislators |
|
|
What are nutritionists/dietitians?
|
- Experts in food and nutrition
- Work in hospitals, institutional and community settings - Plan food and nutrition programs - Supervise meal preparation - Dietary teaching - Education: master's or doctoral degree |
|
|
What do occupational therapists do?
|
- Help clients improve their ability to perform activities of daily living, specifically those tasks needed to function in living and working environments
- Education: master's or doctorate |
|
|
What do pharmacists do?
|
- Prepare and dispense medications in both hospitals and community settings
- Education: Pharm D. |
|
|
What do physicians/osteopathic physicians do?
|
- Assess and diagnose illness/injury
- Develop treatment plan - Perform surgery, invasive diagnostic studies - Prescribe medication - Education: MD, DO |
|
|
What do physical therapists do?
|
- Assist clients with acute or chronic injury or disease associated with musculoskeletal problems to restore function, improve mobility, relieve pain, and prevent or limit permanent physical disability
- assess musculoskeletal function, strength, and mobility - Promote function and increase strength and mobility - Education: DPT |
|
|
What are psychiatrists?
|
MDs who specialize in treating clients with psychiatric/mental health problems
|
|
|
What are psychologists?
|
PhDs who specialize in counseling clients with mental health problems, grief counseling, stress, etc.
|
|
|
What do social workers do?
|
Provide counseling and support for clients and their families regarding social problems
- economic - housing - nutrition support (meals on wheels, WIC) - placement - caregiver support programs Education: Master's or doctoral |
|
|
What do speech pathologists do?
|
- Assist clients with speech and/or swallowing disorders
- Education: master's or doctoral |
