A master’s prepared nurse has multiple roles in an interdisciplinary environment, one of them being the leadership role. Interdisciplinary collaboration is important in the health care field, it “positively impact outcomes such as length of hospital stay, readmissions, and mortality rates in both acute and primary care settings” (Gerard, Kazer, Babington, & Quell, 2014, p. 329). While taking care of patient’s it is important for the nurse and the physician to have a “positive collaborative relationship” (Prescott, 2011). A barrier that can occur with interprofessional collaboration is when there is a member of the team that does not want to work with the rest of team. Sometimes this can be because the physician does not have the necessary knowledge about how important interdisciplinary environment is to the patient. The Master’s prepared nurse can overcome this by educating the physician and other staff members how important an interdisciplinary environment is for the patient.
The role of a leader in an interdisciplinary collaboration is different from all the other roles a nurse can take on. Being a leader in an interprofessional …show more content…
This is a major barrier to interprofessional collaboration. I have found that through my practice that sometimes it is the physicians that do not want to work closely with the nurses that are taking care of the patient. However, there can be other people that are involved in the patient’s care that do not want to work with the other people that are taking care of this specific patient. The reason for not wanting to work with other people on the health care team could be lack of knowledge on interdisciplinary collaboration. If this is the case, it is an easy fix, especially for the nurse that has a master’s degree; the nurse can overcome this specific barrier through
The role of a leader in an interdisciplinary collaboration is different from all the other roles a nurse can take on. Being a leader in an interprofessional …show more content…
This is a major barrier to interprofessional collaboration. I have found that through my practice that sometimes it is the physicians that do not want to work closely with the nurses that are taking care of the patient. However, there can be other people that are involved in the patient’s care that do not want to work with the other people that are taking care of this specific patient. The reason for not wanting to work with other people on the health care team could be lack of knowledge on interdisciplinary collaboration. If this is the case, it is an easy fix, especially for the nurse that has a master’s degree; the nurse can overcome this specific barrier through