Interdisciplinary And Empowerment Successful Communication: Effective Communication In Health Care

A nurse learns in nursing school how to provide evidence base practice in taking care of his or her patient. A nurse is also taught to be an effective nurse by being able to understand medical terminology, and to communicate with doctors. When a new nurse begins their nursing career, they begin to learn how to work with other healthcare professionals in a plan of care that not only involves the patient but all healthcare members involved so that needs of the patient is met. There are multiple health care teams that a nurse may recognize that facilitates the plan of care, two of which is interdisciplinary, and intradisciplinary. Of the two forms of the health care models they each require focus on the patient, effective communication, and empowerment
Effective communication requires the ability to clearly exchange information about the patient with other staff members by both verbal and written skills. All members’ part of the plan of care for the patient are encouraged to promote teamwork that is consistent and organized. Successful communication requires that the medical team respect one another as they listen respectively to each other’s assessments and contributions. Standardized communication tools are used to help with barriers in communication by creating a framework in bridging different communication styles. The SBAR technique is one of these tools that are shown to be highly effective in intradisciplinary teams as interdisciplinary teams. The most important part of success in communication skills is empowering patients to speak up and voice their concerns and ask questions. By actively listening to patients, team members are capable in providing higher quality
It is up to the nursing team to empower their patients. However, to be able to empower patients, a nurse must be an empowered nurse. Empowered nurse are confident in their care for their patients and have the ability to advocate for their patients in all circumstances, so they can encourage patients to speak up. In intradisciplinary teams, patients may need to be encouraged more often to speak up as they are dealing with multiple disciplines at different times, in which they may have to repeat themselves due to the less cohesive plan of care. However, in interdisciplinary teams as the patient remains as the center focus where the medical team work together and see the patient as the most important team member. When the patient recognizes the cohesiveness of their plan of care they do not feel like just another patient but someone who matters which will increase their self-esteem, and with the encouragement from their staff, patients will speak up. Ultimately, empowering patients requires any form of team to give the patient the time to communicate and be listened to and be