Introduction In this discussion, I will first, give an overview of integrated services and interprofesional collaboration. Secondly, I will explain why integrated services and interprofesional collaboration are important to the clients in the video. Next, I will clarify my action plan to integrate services for the clients. Finally, through the discussion I will identify professionals or organizations within the network of intergrated services and their duties.…
At clinical I experienced a situation which reminded me of an ethical concern in which poor communication existed among health care professionals. One of the other student nurses in my group told me that her nurses was not listening to what she was saying. The student nurse informed me she told the nurse that the patient’s pulse ox was 82 and the nurse did not address the concern. She said the nurse was looking at her, but started talking to the doctor who just walked in the room. A couple minutes later the nurse asked the student if she took the pulse ox.…
When it comes to patient care it is assumed things run more efficiently in an organized environment. Health care providers all have the same goal, and that is to provide the best possible outcome for the patient. Although it is important for health care providers to be in agreement, interprofessional practice is one step further in assuring the quality of health care will be efficient. Interprofessional practice happens when health workers across the professions work together to deliver high-quality care (World Health Organization, 2010). It is important for nurses as well as student nurses to develop the skills they will need to contribute in a team setting.…
Health care organizations and the way patient care is delivered is rapidly changing. Interprofessional teams are seen as a strategy to improve patient outcomes and care. The ability for nurses to work as part of an interprofessional team is critical, since nurses are central to the care of the patient. Interprofessional team participation requires and array of skills to be successful. Leadership, collaboration, effective communication skills, and the ability to address conflict are all needed to work as a member of an interprofessional team (Bainbridge, Masmith, Orchard, & Woods, 2010).…
Complexity Science and Interprofessional Collaboration Complexity science I found the literature from the book, On the Edge: Nursing in the Age of Complexity by Claire Lindberg, Sue Nash, and Curt Lindberg on complex adaptive systems (CAS) to be very insightful in regards to the healthcare environment. Nurses hold a position to become leaders in healthcare, yet are not prepared to successfully navigate the complex hospital environment. Instead we are taught that carrying out an intervention should have an expected outcome or that A will lead to B. The harsh reality is that the more complex the scenario becomes the harder it is for even an experienced healthcare provider to foresee an outcome. Though this unpredictable environment…
Concepts of Interprofessional Collaboration The concepts of interprofessional collaboration were made to help us all work together through associations to solve compound health complications. Significant ideas with the relationships, that nurses use every day, include sharing information or education, working together in partnerships, authority (who is in charge?), and being able to be accountable independently or in a group. They also utilize the diversity in the patient population and professional people that we work with. Although, there are no strong associations to how the groups work, all are different, but all have a patient focused atmosphere (D 'Amour, et al., 2005) to reduce risk factors for certain populations and to deliver services…
One of the key pillars of quality primary care is interprofessional collaboration. Collaborative practice is identified as an essential part of the improvement of accessibility, quality and value of healthcare (Hardin, Kilian, & Spykerman, 2017). Nurse leaders continue to recognize that collaborative practice offers a great opportunity for advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) to improve patient care by exploiting nursing resources in an efficient manner. A partnership between APRNs and a team of different healthcare providers creates an interprofessional network that works to accomplish a common goal which is to improve patient outcomes. Collaborative practice involves the blending of various professional cultures achieved through sharing…
Patients today have many different health needs and often require more than one health care team member of a different scope of practice. It is nearly impossible for one health care team member to address all problems associated with the patients’ health issues. The interprofessional education approach also known as IPE is considered to be a collaborative approach between team members. The team members had to show respect to each other’s practice and work together to achieve the best possible care for the patient. This IPE event offered a way for the health care team members to share their skills and knowledge with each other, the patient and the family members.…
The Effects of Multidisciplinary Collaboration on Patient Care Interprofessional collaboration (IPC) is the process through which individuals from a variety of disciplines work together to achieve a common identified goal (Zwarenstein, Goldman, & Reeves, 2009). In the healthcare setting, IPC often takes place in the form of multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary teams (MDTs/ IDTs), which are composed of physicians, nurses, pharmacists, dieticians, and social workers, among others, whose primary goal is to improve patient care. The benefits of utilizing these teams in the healthcare setting are vastly expansive and well documented. Interdisciplinary practice has been recognized by the World Health Organization as a leading strategy to improve…
Often times our clients require multidisciplinary care through: physicians, nurses, physiotherapy, occupational therapist, pharmacist, mental health worker, social worker…etc. Jeffs et al. (2017) reinforces this when he describes how collaborative practice occurs when “multiple health workers from different professional backgrounds provide comprehensive services by working with patients… to deliver the highest quality of care across settings” (p.40). Thus, collaborative practice enhances our client’s care, as we are able to efficiently access a number of resources that a client may not be aware of. It is the failure of communication, coordination and collaboration within the health care team that often leads to medical errors and negative health…
If these workers possess communication skills he or she will be able to collaborate and provide patient-centered,…
A supportive environment is obtained with my patients by making them feel comfortable. This is done by showing them that I am trustworthy and by allowing them to ask questions and have the appropriate response. In doing so, this creates good rapport between the patient and clinician. I apply the principle of appropriate decision partners by allowing enough time spent with the patient to gather all the information needed to develop a plan of care and carry out the plan of care.…
Managing Multidisciplinary Professionals In every organization there is a certain kind of organizational design that take places, which helps the organization in process of assigning tasks to be performed, placing those tasks in local groups, and finalizing an organization’s structure by assigning lines of authority and responsibility within each of the groups. Within an organization design there are five basic goals of an organizational design. These five goals are: management of complexity, differentiation and integration, management of interdependence, and creation and oversight of boundary-spanning activities, with each goal set in place it created the structure of the organization. Having a relationship between employees, supervisors, middle management and top management teams shows a great representation of how vertical and horizontal dimensions work in an organizational structure.…
1.1 In a partnership, no one has full control for every situation; it needs to be accepted that some partners will be more independent than others and have more power or influence than others; a true partnership empowers the service user, their carers and professionals; there is respect and trust between the different partners. 1.2 (2.1, 2.3, 3.1) a) colleagues The importance of partnership working with colleagues, is to provide consistent support for the service users, in a safe and person centred environment. It is important that all staff are on the same page with regards to each individual service users requirements. My roles and responsibilities include conducting team meetings and supervisions and inductions; training…
Teamwork and collaboration and good communication skills are essential in my future rotation and future career because a team not an individual is required to provide care for the patients. Good communication will help to prevent unwanted outcome(s). Therefore, learning how to communicate and collaborate with others will be beneficial especially for the patients. Confidence will most certainly enable me to apply acquired skills and knowledge in future clinical rotations and to make the transition from theory to practice as a novice…