Multidisciplinary Teamwork

The last integral factor of workplace citizenship is teamwork. Teamwork can be projected through a nurse’s role within a team, work collaboratively with co-workers and work as part of a multidisciplinary team for the most effective result for patients. The nurses should respond effectively and appropriately when working as part of a team member of a multidisciplinary team. As a team member, nurses can learn from each other’s reactions and responses in the course of teamwork and job satisfaction can be sought in this process as well. Utriainen & Kyngäs (2009)’s study about hospital nurse’s job satisfaction, Dunn et al. (2005) have discovered that interpersonal relationships with nurses and patient care and relationships between other health professionals are substantial components in producing job satisfaction . Nurse working as a part of multidisciplinary team is a great example of teamwork, as the team is designed to deliver optimum care possible for the patient, which would come across a variety of people with different personalities, cultures …show more content…
Allen& Lewis (2003)’s research shown the physician give directions and supports to the nurse and act as “mentor” or “supervisor” and work collaboratively with other health professionals can synergy nursing staffs and lead them to different ways of dealing problems. They also suggest that “Working together means acknowledging that all participants bring equally valid knowledge and expertise from their professional and personal experience.” (Allen& Lewis, 2003, p.32) and this could also strengthen practices for nurses which would acknowledging their limits of scope of practice, when to get referral to specialist or how to seek advice from another member of team if there is any medical situation