Interprofessional collaboration is a critical aspect of a nurse’s work. Through interprofessional collaboration, practitioners and patients share information and consider each other’s perspectives to better understand and address the many factors that contribute to health and well-being (Sullivan et al., 2015). Essentially, by collaborating, health care practitioners and patients can have better health outcomes. Nurses, who are often at the frontlines of interacting with various groups and records, are full partners in this approach to health care.
Reflection is a key part of building interprofessional competence, as it allows you to look critically at experiences and actions through specific lenses. From the standpoint of interprofessional collaboration, reflection can help you consider potential reasons for and causes of people’s actions and behaviors (Saunders et al., 2016). It also can provide opportunities to examine the roles team members adopted in a given situation as well as how the team could have worked more effectively.
As you begin to prepare this assessment you are encouraged to complete the What is Reflective Practice? activity. The activity consists of five questions that will allow you the opportunity to practice self-reflection. The information gained from completing this formative will help with your success on the Collaboration and Leadership Reflection Video assessment. Completing formatives is also a way to demonstrate course engagement
Note: The Example Kaltura Reflection demonstrates how to cite sources appropriately in an oral presentation/video. Your assessment will reflect on either a professional collaboration you experienced or a collaboration case study scenario that you imagine you experienced
Competency 1: Explain strategies for managing human and financial resources to promote organizational health.
Identify how poor collaboration can result in inefficient management of human and financial resources supported by evidence from the literature.
Competency 2: Explain how interdisciplinary collaboration can be used to achieve desired patient and systems outcomes.
Reflect on an interdisciplinary collaboration experience noting ways in which it was successful and unsuccessful in achieving desired outcomes.
Identify best-practice interdisciplinary collaboration strategies to help a team to achieve its goals and work more effectively together.
Competency 4: Explain how change management theories and leadership strategies can enable interdisciplinary teams to achieve specific organizational goals.
Identify best-practice leadership strategies from the literature, which would improve an interdisciplinary team’s ability to achieve its goals.
Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly, evidence-based communication strategies to impact patient, interdisciplinary team, and systems outcomes.
The full reference list is from relevant and evidence-based (published within 5 years) sources, exhibiting nearly flawless adherence to APA format.
Scenario: As part of an initiative to build effective collaboration at a site where you work as a nurse, you have been asked to:
Reflect on an interprofessional collaborative project.
Examine what happened during the collaboration.
Identify positive aspects and areas for improvement.
Research best practice for interprofessional collaboration.
Use lessons learned from your research and experience to create a video reflection (5-10 minutes) that share suggestions for improving interprofessional collaboration that can be shared with leadership and colleagues.
Using Kaltura,  where you reflect on an interprofessional collaboration experience, proposing recommendations for how to improve interprofessional collaboration that can be shared with leadership and colleagues. Support these recommendations with references to the literature.
The interprofessional project that you reflect on may be one that you collaborated on at your current or former place of practice, or you may choose to imagine you collaborated on the interprofessional project in the video ******* (in the end Case scenario)
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Be sure that your assessment addresses the following criteria. Please study the scoring guide carefully so you will know what is needed for a distinguished score:
Reflect on an interdisciplinary collaboration experience, noting ways in which it was successful and unsuccessful in achieving desired outcomes.
Explain aspects of the collaboration that helped the team make progress toward relevant goals or outcomes.
Explain aspects of the collaboration that could have been improved.
Identify how poor collaboration can result in inefficient management of human and financial resources, citing supporting evidence from the literature.
Discuss the ways in which the interdisciplinary team did not collaborate effectively.
Discuss the negative implications for the human and financial resources of the interdisciplinary team and the organization as a whole.
Cite the literature for support.
Identify best-practice leadership strategies from the literature that would improve an interdisciplinary team’s ability to achieve its goals, citing at least one author from the literature.
Identify at least one leadership best practice or strategy that you believe would improve the team’s ability to achieve their goals.
Identify the strategy and its source or author and provide a brief rationale for your choice of strategy.
Cite the literature for support.
Identify best-practice interdisciplinary collaboration strategies to help a team achieve its goals and work together, citing the work of at least one author.
Identify at least one best practice or strategy for interdisciplinary collaboration to help the team achieve its goals and work more effectively together.
Identify the strategy, its source, and reasons why you think it will be effective.
Communicate in a professional manner, is easily audible, and uses proper grammar. Format reference list in current APA style.
Submit an APA-formatted reference list for any sources that you cited specifically in your video or used to inform your presentation.
The Example Kaltura Reflection will show you how to cite scholarly sources in the context of an oral presentation.
References: Cite at least 3 professional or scholarly sources of evidence to support the assertions you make in your video. Include additional properly cited references as necessary to support your statements.
APA Reference Page: Submit a correctly formatted APA reference page that shows all the sources you used to create and deliver your video.
You may wish to refer to the Campus APA Module for more information on applying APA style.
Portfolio Prompt: Remember to save the final assessment to your ePortfolio so that you may refer to it as you complete the final Capstone course.
Case Study:
Interprofessional Collaboration
for Emergency Preparedness and Response in a Hospital Setting Disasters and
emergencies require a coordinated and collaborative response from healthcare professionals
to ensure effective and efficient care delivery. Interprofessional
collaboration is essential to ensure that patients receive timely and
appropriate care during emergencies. This case study explores the
interprofessional collaboration experience for emergency preparedness and
response in a hospital setting.
The hospital in this case study
serves a diverse population of patients and is located in an area prone to
natural disasters such as hurricanes and floods. The interprofessional team
includes emergency physicians, nurses, paramedics, public health officials, and
hospital administrators who work together to develop and implement emergency
response plans. The team provides ongoing care to patients during emergencies,
including triage, treatment, and evacuation. The following are the responses
when you asked each provider where the team could improve its interprofessional
collaboration.
DR. NIKI
TURNER, Lead Emergency Physician. Dr. Turner oversees the medical
care of patients in the emergency department during crises. They diagnose,
prescribe treatments, and manage the immediate medical needs of patients during
emergencies, ensuring timely and effective care. “I’m so glad you’re
looking into what we can do to work together more efficiently and offer our
patients more support. With the kind of work we do, hard challenges are sort of
an occupational hazard, right? “The biggest issue I’ve noticed is the lack
of standardized protocols across departments. After the last hurricane, there
was confusion about which patients to evacuate first. The cardiology department
had their own list, and so did we in the emergency room. This led to delays
and, frankly, unnecessary chaos. “Then there’s the challenge of rapid
information dissemination. In emergencies, situations change by the minute.
During the flood last year, we had to shift our triage area three times due to
water ingress. But not everyone got the memo in time, leading to some patients
being directed to the wrong areas. We need a more efficient way to communicate
real-time changes.”
NURSE IZZY
RODRIGUEZ, Emergency Department Nurse. Nurse Rodriguez provides direct nursing care
to patients in the emergency department, ensuring their immediate well-being.
She administers emergency treatments, monitors patients’ health, provides
triage, and offers support to both patients and their families during crises. “You
always have a way of asking the tough questions, don’t you? But I’m glad you’re
bringing this up. We’ve been through so much together, and I think it’s
essential to address these challenges head-on. “From my end, the resource
allocation is a constant challenge. Remember during Hurricane Delta when we ran
out of IV fluids? We had to make do with what we had and it was nerve-wracking.
I mean, in an emergency, how can we run out of such basics? “And don’t even get
me started on the patient overflow. Last month, when we had that multi-car
pile-up on the highway, we were swamped! Beds were full, hallways were crowded,
and I was running from one patient to another trying to keep up. We need a better
system to handle surges like that, maybe a dedicated overflow area or
something. “It’s a madhouse sometimes, but we always pull through. Coffee after
this?”
JAKE HOROWITZ,
Lead Paramedic. Mr. Horowitz provides first-response medical care at
emergency sites and during patient transport.. He administers first aid,
stabilizes patients, and ensures safe and timely transport to the hospital
while communicating patient status to the receiving medical team. “I’ve
been thinking about questions like this a lot lately. I’m glad we’re going to
start talking about it and coming up with some new approaches. “In the field,
one of the biggest challenges I face is the lack of real-time communication with
the hospital. When we’re transporting critical patients, it’s vital to relay
information to the hospital so they can be prepared. But sometimes, the communication
lines are jammed, or the information doesn’t reach the right person. “Another
issue is the inconsistency in training. Some of the newer paramedics aren’t always
up-to-date with the hospital’s latest protocols. Like last week, we had a new recruit
who wasn’t aware of the new triage system the hospital implemented. It led to some
confusion and delay in patient care. On a personal note, it’s unnecessary
delays like these that make me crazy. The clock is always ticking, and
sometimes seconds or a minute makes the difference between a good outcome and a
bad outcome for our patients.”
DR. NAOMI KIM,
Public Health Official. Dr. Kim coordinates public health responses
and liaises between the hospital and external health agencies. She offers
guidance on public health advisories, manages disease outbreaks, and ensures
the hospital’s protocols align with broader public health strategies. “Thanks
so much for doing this important digging to help the team improve! “From a
public health perspective, our challenge is often the integration of public
health advisories with hospital protocols. Like during last year’s flu
outbreak, we had specific guidelines from the state health department for
patient isolation and treatment. But there was a delay in implementing these in
the hospital, leading to a lot of unnecessary transmission within the first few
hours. “Then there’s coordination with external agencies. In large-scale
emergencies, we liaise with national health agencies, local government units,
and even international bodies. But when Hurricane Delta hit, I was having
trouble coordinating a response for more resources from the national and state
agencies in part because I didn’t always know what everyone on the team
needed.”
DR. LUIS
TORRES, Hospital Administrator. Dr. Torres manages the hospital’s
operations, resources, and infrastructure. He allocates funds, oversees
hospital maintenance and upgrades, coordinates with various departments, and
ensures the hospital runs efficiently, especially during emergencies. “From
an administrative standpoint, the financial strain during emergencies is
palpable. During most emergencies, we have to divert funds from other
departments to cater to immediate needs, like procuring emergency supplies or
setting up temporary shelters. This can impact our long-term projects and plans
that impact patients we serve in other capacities. “Another challenge is the
maintenance of infrastructure. Our hospital is old, and while we’ve made
upgrades, it’s not always up to par with the demands of a major disaster. The
basement flooding last year is a prime example. We lost valuable equipment and had
to spend a significant amount on repairs. We need to invest more in proactive measures,
but with our tight budget, it’s a constant juggling act.”