Multidisciplinary teams are a part of the health care system; very rarely will one profession work in complete isolation of each other. A literature review was conducted to determine what had already been know about this issue. The break down of the historical context aided in the understanding of how health care has changed and what this change has caused for nurses. Lastly, look at how multidisciplinary teams affect nursing practice will help to understand how this is impacting nursing. A historical analysis was conducted using the McIntyre and McDonald (2014) framework as described in chapter 1 (p.8). This analysis consists of the historical events that contributed to change in the multidisciplinary teams, media representation of nurse’s
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The recommendations that were made were based on the perspective a servant leader. Multidisciplinary teams as defined by the Northern Territory Government (2014) state that, “a multidisciplinary team is composed of members from different healthcare professions with specialized skills and expertise.” This paper will look at the impact of multidisciplinary teams from multiple points of view, but particularly focus on nursing. The role of nurses has changed; there are many different types of nurses that work with other disciplines in order to provide the best patient care. The purpose of the paper is to look at the nurses’ role in the multidisciplinary team framework.
Literature Review Nursing has changed, as it should to keep up with changing times, in the past …show more content…
Mechanic and Aiken, (1982) found that as medical care becomes more complex, collaborative efforts between physicians and nurses become more important for achieving positive outcomes for patients (Vazirani, Hays, Shapiro, & Cowan, 2005, p.76). Al Sayah, Szafran, Robertson, Bell and Williams, (2014) found that organization and leadership, team relationships, process and support and physical environment (p. 2972 & 2975), were the main contributors to effective collaboration among the disciplines. When looking at what limits effective collaboration Maben, Latter & Clark (2006) found that, time, limited staff, poor skill mix and high patient turnover all contributed to limiting effective use of the multidisciplinary team (p. 469). Atwal & Caldwell, (2006) found that are barriers to effective teamwork such as members different perception of what teamwork means, the different skill level of the member, the medical authority that influences the team (p. 363). Nurses want to provide the best care for their patients and when the environments they work in aren’t supportive of this, it can be difficult to provide this
The recommendations that were made were based on the perspective a servant leader. Multidisciplinary teams as defined by the Northern Territory Government (2014) state that, “a multidisciplinary team is composed of members from different healthcare professions with specialized skills and expertise.” This paper will look at the impact of multidisciplinary teams from multiple points of view, but particularly focus on nursing. The role of nurses has changed; there are many different types of nurses that work with other disciplines in order to provide the best patient care. The purpose of the paper is to look at the nurses’ role in the multidisciplinary team framework.
Literature Review Nursing has changed, as it should to keep up with changing times, in the past …show more content…
Mechanic and Aiken, (1982) found that as medical care becomes more complex, collaborative efforts between physicians and nurses become more important for achieving positive outcomes for patients (Vazirani, Hays, Shapiro, & Cowan, 2005, p.76). Al Sayah, Szafran, Robertson, Bell and Williams, (2014) found that organization and leadership, team relationships, process and support and physical environment (p. 2972 & 2975), were the main contributors to effective collaboration among the disciplines. When looking at what limits effective collaboration Maben, Latter & Clark (2006) found that, time, limited staff, poor skill mix and high patient turnover all contributed to limiting effective use of the multidisciplinary team (p. 469). Atwal & Caldwell, (2006) found that are barriers to effective teamwork such as members different perception of what teamwork means, the different skill level of the member, the medical authority that influences the team (p. 363). Nurses want to provide the best care for their patients and when the environments they work in aren’t supportive of this, it can be difficult to provide this