LEADERSHIP

Reply 1

Valentina

Collaboration or teamwork involves a discussion of client care issues in making health care decisions, especially when it comes to clients who have multiple health problems and is done to allow the achievement of results in which a team member could not accomplish alone (Holman, H. C., et al 2019). In order to allow for effective collaboration, one must have good communication skills, assertiveness, leadership skills, professional presence, as well as decision-making, and critical thinking skills.

For instance, when there is poor communication within the interprofessional team, this could potentially pose a challenge to the work getting done. For those patients who require care from several healthcare professionals, including occupational therapists, pharmacists, or even physical therapy, inadequate decision making or scheduling care at the same time as others, would create conflict in the care of the patient. In this situation, it’s important for each team member to understand the unique contribution of each other to the care of the patient to establish a method that is effective to both the professional healthcare workers and the patient.

 

Holman, H. C., Williams, D., Sommer, S., Johnson, J., Ball, B. S., Lemon, T., & Assessment Technologies Institute (Contributors). (2019). Nursing for leadership and management: Review module (8th ed.). Assessment Technologies Institute.

Reply 2

Judith

Communication, respect and trust, uneven authority, recognizing professional duties, and work prioritization are all major elements that impact collaboration. There are several chances for misunderstanding between members of the interprofessional team, from in-person communication to telecommunications. The bottom line is that when communication is poor, the interprofessional team is unable to operate in unison, putting cooperation efforts at risk. Disparities in power and autonomy are sometimes linked to the various degrees of education, rank, and reputation associated with each profession. Patient safety is jeopardized when interprofessional collaboration attempts are disrupted by poor communication or misconceptions about roles and duties. Reduced patient safety practices are caused by a lack of communication, a lack of respect and trust, uneven authority and autonomy, a lack of knowledge of professional responsibilities, and multidisciplinary task prioritization conflicts. 

Nurses, for example, are aware of what a physical therapist performs for their patients, but are unaware of the complexities of the evaluations, equipment, billing, and paperwork that physical therapists conduct throughout the day. Collaboration efforts would be considerably simpler if healthcare professionals understood more about the precise roles and duties of each of their team members. Nurses have begun integrating each discipline in new employee orientations and educational in-services in an effort to better understand individual duties and responsibilities of each member of the multidisciplinary team.

 

Goldsberry, J. W. (2018). Advanced practice nurses leading the way: Interprofessional collaboration. Nurse Education Today, 65, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2018.02.024