Question

Write an essay on "Interprofessional and collaborative practise" (250 to 300 words)

Answer 1

CoIIaboration can be defined as a mutually beneficial and well defined tionship entered into by two or more organizations to achieve common goals.

-Maltessz'clz, Murray and Monsey (2001)

Interprofessional collaboration has been described as involving interactions of two or more disciplines involving professionals who work together, with intention, mutual respect, and for commitments for the sake of a more adequate response to a human problem.

-Harbaugh, 1994

Objectives:

• Provide clientdirected and centred care using multi disciplinary, integrated, participative framework.
• Enhance continuity across the continuum of care, from wellness and prevention, pre hospitalization through an acute episode of illness to transfer or discharge and recovery or rehabilitation.
• Improves clients and family satisfaction With care.
• Provide quality, cost-effeetive, research-based care that is outcome driven.
• Promote mutual respect, communication and understanding between client (s) and members of health care team.
• Create synergy among clients and providers, in which the sum of their efforts is greater than the parts.

Characteristics of Effective Collaboration:

• Common purpose and goals identified at the outset
• Clinical competence of each provider
• Interpersonal competence
• Humour
• Trust
• Valuing and respecting diverse, complementary knowledge.

The Nurse as a Collaborator

1. with client:

• Acknowledges supports and encourages client‘s active involvement in health care decision.
• Encourages a sense of client autonomy and an equal position with other members of the health care team.
• Help clients set mutually agreed upon goals and objectives for health care.
• Provides client consultation in a collaborative fashion.  

2. With peers:

• Develops a sense of trust and mutual respect with peers that regimes their unique contributions.
• Shares personal expertise with other nurses and elicits the expertise of others to ensure quality client care.
• With other health care professionals
• Recognizes the contribution that each member of the interdisciplinary team can make by virtue of his or her expertise and view of the situation.
• Listens to each individual‘s view.
• Shares health care responsibilities in exploring Options, setting goals, and making decisions with clients and families.
• Participates in collaborative interdisciplinary research to increase knowledge of a clinical problem or situation.

3. With Professional Nursing Organizations

• Seeks out opportunities to collaborate with and within organizations.
• Serves on committees in state (or provincial), national and international nursing organizations or specialty groups.
• Supports professional organizational in political action to create solutions for professional and health care concern.

4. With Legislator

• Offers experts Opinions on legislative initiatives related to health care.
• Collaborative with health care providers and consumers on health care legislation to best serve the needs of the public.

Benefits of Collaborative Care

A collaborative approach to health care ideally benefits clients, professionals, and health care delivery system. Care becomes client centered and most importantly client directed. Clients become informed consumers and actively participate with the health care team in the decision making process. When clients are empowered to participate actively and professionals share mutually set goals with clients. Everyone including the organization and health care system ultimately benefits. When quality improves, adherence to therapeutic regimens increases, lengths of stay decreases and overall cost to the system decline. When professional interdependence develops congenial relationship emerges and overall satisfaction increases. The work environment becomes more supportive and acknowledges the contributions of each team member. Because authority is shared, thus effort results in more integrated and comprehensive care, as well as shared control of cost and liability.