Question

Sheikha is a community health nurse who is participating in a city-wide immunization program and required to collaborate with other community groups, agencies and organization. Specify the aim of inter-professional collaboration and list what qualities are needed for the team members to have an effective collaboration

Answer 1

The aim of inter-professional collaboration :

1) improve patient care and outcomes

Each of the people have unique perspective and valuable insights about the patient. They will notice different symptoms and consider different possibilities.

It also has hospital communication technology that let's care team communicate and collaborate securely , via text, video, or voice.

2) reduce medical errors

It has shown that interprofessional collaboration in health care can help to reduce adverse drug reactions, optimise medication dose and decrease mortality rate.

3) start treatment faster

Interprofessional collaboration bridges the gap. It keeps the team members connected.

4) reduce inefficiencies and healthcare cost

Interprofessional collaboration helps to prevent medication errors, improves patients experience, deliver better patient outcomes all of this together reduce healthcare cost. It also helps the hospital to save the money.

5) improve staff relationship and job satisfaction

Interprofessional collaboration acknowledges that each and every member of the team plays a vital role.

Qualities needed for the team members to have an effective collaboration

-role clarity : each member is relied on to execute for his/her unique role.

-the ability to overcome adversity

-collective leadership

-the ability to overcome personal differences

-confidence and trust : members must be confident in their own abilities develop a team trust.

-responsibility

-team and teamwork quality : it emphasizes developing a shared problem solving and shared decision making that reflects the Independence among the members of the team.