Teamwork is not a new process in health care. Since the beginning of organized health care individual health care providers have had assistance from other providers. The teamwork model is changing in modern health care to include the staff involved in the implementation of the decisions of the team. Diverse and synergistic teams are established to create procedures, accomplish goals, and brainstorm possible outcomes for problems presented to the team. “One of the biggest benefits of teamwork is synergy—the creation of a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. Synergy occurs when teams use their resources to the fullest and achieve, through collective performance, far more than is otherwise possible” (Lombardi, Schermerhorn, & Kramer, 2007, p. 76).…
Physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals ultimately work together with the common goal of serving an individual patient. Yet few have developed the essential team skills to help them work productively with their colleagues, analyzing outcomes and processes…
Evaluation of an Interprofessional Workshop for the Student-Run Free Clinic at Case Western Reserve University Bruce Kinley MN2, Sarah Wang MS2, Ellen Luebbers MD Introduction The goal of interprofessional learning is to prepare all health professions students for working together, with the common goal of building a safer and better patient-centered and community/population oriented U.S. health care system (Panel, 2011). Preparing health care professional students for working in patient-centered teams needs to begin early and it has been identified that interdisciplinary teams decrease care costs and increase patient safety and satisfaction (IOM 2001, Allen 2006). Additionally, research on teams and teamwork has suggested that there are tools…
Communication is a very important factor within an interdisciplinary team. In order to provide quality and safe care to patients, the nurses correspond and collaborate with the staff and other healthcare personnel. Nurses are constantly updating physicians and reporting to fellow nurses the patient progress and status. Communicating frequently, exchanging information and providing feedback creates a safe working environment that is not only critical to staff, but also to the patient. Overall, effective communication leads to goal achievement. Another way a nurse can take an active contributing position within an interdisciplinary team is providing quality patient care, utilizing the nursing process: assess, diagnose, plan, implement, and evaluate. The nursing process is an ongoing contributing factor within patient care; therefore, is essential to an interdisciplinary team. The nurses critically think to resolve problems using creative, logical, and analytical processes. Data from the nursing process guides the direction of patient care, promoting quality outcomes. Within an interdisciplinary team, the nurse is constantly performing evaluation of outcomes and revisions, updating team members of patients’ status and plan of care. Moreover, utilizing the nursing process when providing patient care is indispensable to an interdisciplinary team; Because of this, nurses are…
Whilst working on my assignment, I read various journals on interprofessional collaboration (ICP), it did help me realize how important interprofessional collaboration is to the health care system. According to Alberto & Herth (2009), there is a need for faculties to incorporate interprofessional collaboration in the doctorate of nursing practice education. As a doctorate nurse practitioner it’s imperative to collaborate with other health care professionals, knowing its positive effect on patient’s safety and their health care outcomes. Most health care professional in the health care system are not trained to work as part of members in an integrated team (Johnson, 2011).…
The nurse needs to be actively involved with the interdisciplinary team. This will enable nursing, and the nurse, to grow as a profession and as a person. Interdisciplinary teams are used everywhere in healthcare. The team is an essential part of patient care as well as the growth of a facility. There are many groups that exist within the healthcare setting that are interdisciplinary. Examples of these include ethics and palliative care. Nursing needs to have a voice in these environments. The nurses input both inside and outside of these groups has a direct impact on the patient and family. Being directly involved means that the nurse…
To truly understand the importance of interprofessionalism one must experience it first hand, and witness how much of a greater impact multiple disciplines, working simultaneously towards the same goal, can make in that patients life. Another great aspect of interprofessionalism in patient-centered care is that it allows people from different professions to have a greater understanding of the duties that each individual has, and allows them to practice the different traits with one…
From what I have learned and experienced during this exercise, I realized the value of interdisciplinary collaboration, which I found to have a significant role in delivering proper care to mental health clients in the community. It’s great to know that different professional organizations interact interdependently with a common purpose and principles, working toward measurable goals for efficient delivery of tackling issues like mental health in the community. I feel that integrating this services among many health providers is a key component to better treat underserved populations and communities with limited access to health…
Interdisciplinary cooperation involves the solving of a common set of problems where “each member’s assessment must take into account the other’s contributions to allow for holistic management” (Hall & Weaver, 2001). Each skill contributed by this team member would complement another’s while assessing, planning and evaluating patient care, (Xryrichis & Ream, 2008). Interdisciplinary teams would involve multiple disciplines such as social workers, dieticians, nutritionists, specialists, internists, and many other types. Every collaborating member with their own set of skills unique to the patient’s…
Today I was assigned in VSU-Student Health Center and the two points that I am going to address on this clinical setting are: What is your analysis of interdisciplinary or interagency functioning and communication, decision-making process, team functioning and collaboration; and Will you function differently as a result of something you learned, if so how?…
In almost any capacity the demands of life can be both hectic and challenging. In light of this, the processes by which life is lived, shared and nurtured must involve organization, effective communication, and collaboration. This simple concept is true of life on almost any level but it is especially true when concerning healthcare. As such, it is important to look at the effectiveness of communication and collaboration within the health care system. This consideration is important because effective communication and collaboration within the health care system has a direct correlation and obvious potential impact on the quality of care provided to the patient. The College of Nurses of Ontario defines interprofessional collaboration as “working…
All healthcare providers have an obligation to consider and address all concerns of their patients. Addressing all needs is a vital part of developing a successful treatment plan for any acute or chronic condition. One of the biggest proponents in providing patient-centered care is interdisciplinary collaboration, which improves quality of care and promotes positive health outcomes. However, this is not always an easy task to accomplish due to fragmented communication amongst providers in different specialties.…
Day suggests that the idea of inter-professional collaboration is an integral part of effective, holistic healthcare delivery, but also that this idea is not a new one. In fact she goes on to say that its importance was…
Wood, V., Flavell, A., Vanstolk, D., Bainbridge, L., & Nasmith, L. (2009). The road to collaboration: developing an interprofessional competency framework. Journal of Interprofessional Care 23(6), 621-629. doi: 10.3109/13561820903051477…
22). According to McCaffrey et al. (2011) review of literature, collaborative approach is set to create a “positive work environment, decreases costs, improves job satisfaction among nurses, and improves patient care” (p. 294). However, this approach is not without complications. Lancaster, Kolakowsky-Hayner, Kovacich, and Greer-Williams (2015) review of the literature found that various perspectives into the decision-making process and variations of opinions might affect understanding of the clinical situation during the care of the patient. Moreover, Lancaster et al. (2015) found that efficient communication and self-motivated collaboration, improved patient outcomes, while poor communication and collaboration were associated with negative consequences such as medical mistakes (p. 276). Thus, it is essential for everyone involved to possess efficient communication skills. Because nurses are at the forefront providing direct care to the patient, they are responsible for collaborating with other members of the interdisciplinary team to assure all needs are met. Accordingly, it is especially imperative for nurses to develop effective communication…