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Discussion: Collegial Relationships
NOW FOR AN ORIGINAL PAPER ASSIGNMENT:Discussion: Collegial Relationships
Sample Content
• policy development and the legislative process • policy development and the regulatory process • licensure and regulation of nursing practice • social policy/public policy • policy analysis and evaluation • healthcare financing and reimbursement • economics of health care • consumerism and advocacy • political activism and professional organizations • disparities in the healthcare system • impact of social trends such as genetics and genomics, childhood obesity, and
aging on health policy • role of nurse as patient advocate • ethical and legal issues • professional organizations’ role in healthcare policy, finance and regulatory
environments • scope of practice and policy perspectives of other health professionals • negligence, malpractice, and risk management • Nurse Practice Act
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Essential VI: Interprofessional Communication and Collaboration for Improving Patient Health Outcomes
Rationale
Effective communication and collaboration among health professionals is imperative to providing patientcentered care. All health professions are challenged to educate future clinicians to deliver patientcentered care as members of an interprofessional team, emphasizing communication, evidencebased practice, quality improvement approaches, and informatics (IOM, 2003a). Interprofessional education is defined as interactive educational activities involving two or more professions that foster collaboration to improve patient care (Freeth, Hammick, Koppel, & Reeves, 2002). Teamwork among healthcare professionals is associated with delivering high quality and safe patient care (Barnsteiner, Disch, Hall, Mayer, & Moore, 2007). Collaboration is based on the complementarities of roles and the understanding of these roles by the members of the healthcare teams.
Interprofessional education enables the baccalaureate graduate to enter the workplace with baseline competencies and confidence for interactions and with communication skills that will improve practice, thus yielding better patient outcomes. Interprofessional education can occur in a variety of settings. An essential component for the establishment of collegial relationships is recognition of the unique disciplinespecific practice spheres. Fundamental to effective interprofessional and intraprofessional collaboration is a definition of shared goals; clear role expectations of members; a flexible decisionmaking process; and the establishment of open communication patterns and leadership. Thus, interprofessional education optimizes opportunities for the development of respect and trust for other members of the healthcare team.