Class 5: interprofessional practice

Question 1

partnership in nursing

Answer 1

• nursing is a profession focused on collaborative relationships that promote the best possible outcome
• interprofessional vs. intraprofessional
• interdisciplinary vs. intradisciplinary
• many factors can have an impact on decision-making related to care-provider assignments as well as the need for consultant and collaboration among care providers

Question 2

quality practice environment

Answer 2

• support the delivery of safe, compassionate, competent and ethical care while maximizing the health of clients and nurses
• puts clients and their health-care needs at the centre of care and decision making
• are essential in all domains of nursing practice

Question 3

interprofessional team

Answer 3

teams where people with distinct disciplinary training work together for a common purpose

• make different yet complementary contributions to patient focused care
• mutual respect based on the premise that all members make essential and meaningful contributions in the achievement of clinical outcomes

Question 4

advantages of an interprofessional team

Answer 4

• effective use of multiple expertise
• decreased repetition of services
• increased innovative solutions to complex problems
• provides motivation and increased self esteem in team and individual performance
• greater sharing of responsibility
• greater job satisfaction

Question 5

interprofessional practice

Answer 5

• how do health care professionals develop skills for effective collaboration?
• HCP have common starting point
• there are inter-professional educational experiences
• not “I am better than you, but rather how can we bring our respective skills and knowledge together to provide comprehensive care”

Question 6

application of collaboration (institute of medicine)

Answer 6

-create and maintain trust throughout organization, deploy staff in adequate numbers, create a culture of openness so that errors are reported, involves staff in decisions making pertaining to work design and flow, actively manage the change process

Question 7

team vs. groups

Answer 7

• team is a means rather than an end
• teams are more common in health care
• teams typlically feel committed to one another, have operating guidelines and a shared vision

Question 8

inter professional practice outcomes

Answer 8

• familiarize with each others activities and roles
• work collaboratively to improve care
• broader supply of knowledge, skills and this increases access to care for all.
• more career mobility
• research productivity
• innovations in health care