ESSAY: Collaboration and Teamwork

Assessment 4

Collaboration and Teamwork

Explain the concept of true collaboration in health care and describe the benefits of effective interdisciplinary collaboration. Then, describe the characteristics required for effective collaboration, describe barriers to collaboration, and offer evidence-based strategies to overcome those barriers.

Every day, in every patient setting, health care professionals must interact with other health care professionals, as well as with providers from other professions to share information, conduct safety and quality checks, and work with patients in a variety of ways to make sure they understand their health care needs and will be more likely to comply with treatment plans.

Research consistently shows that interdisciplinary collaboration and teamwork improves the quality and safety of patient care by recognizing the skills and experience of each team member, allowing the team to function more effectively and efficiently.

Are interdisciplinary teams commonly used where you work?

If so, in which areas are they more likely to be implemented?

If not, in which areas would such a team be most effective?

How can nurses encourage more interdisciplinary teams within their organizations?

Resources

Petri, L. (2010). Concept analysis of interdisciplinary collaboration. Nursing Forum, 45(2), 73–82.

Bender, M., Connelly, C. D., & Brown, C. (2013). Interdisciplinary collaboration: The role of the clinical nurse leader. Journal of Nursing Management, 21(1), 165–174.

Supper, I., Catalo, O., Lustman, M., Chemla, C., Bourgueil, Y., & Letrilliant, L. (2015). Interprofessional collaboration in primary healthcare: A review of facilitators and barriers perceived by involved actors. Journal of Public Health, 37(4), 717–727.

Youngwerth, J., & Twaddle, M. (2011). Cultures of interdisciplinary teams: How to foster good dynamics. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 14(5), 650–654.

Perreault, K., & Careau, E. (2012). Interprofessional collaboration: One or multiple realities? Journal of Interprofessional Care, 26(4), 256–258.

Internet Resources…video

It takes a team  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGk_FlFU374

Instructions

You are part of an interdisciplinary team that has been highly effective. Your supervisor asks you to write a short article about why the team has been so successful and submit it to the organizational newsletter for publication.

Preparation

Peer-reviewed journal articles on collaboration and teamwork in health care. You will need at least 3 articles to support your work on this assessment.

Directions

In the article you write for this assessment, be sure you do the following:

Explain the concept of true collaboration in health care.

Describe the benefits of effective collaboration and teamwork in health care for the following groups:

Patients.

Organizations.

Team members.

Describe the characteristics and concepts required for effective interdisciplinary collaboration.

Describe barriers to effective interdisciplinary collaboration.

Identify evidence-based strategies to overcome barriers to effective interdisciplinary collaboration.

Format this assessment according to current APA style and formatting guidelines.

Additional Requirements

Include a title page and reference page.

Ensure your assessment is 3 pages.

Use double-spaced, 12-pt., Times New Roman font.

Grading Guide

1.  Explains the concept of collaboration in health care and describes the unique aspects of collaboration in health care.

2.  Describes the benefits of effective collaboration and teamwork in health care for patients, organizations, and team members and considers the consequences of ineffective collaboration and teamwork.

3.  Describes the characteristics and concepts required for effective interdisciplinary collaboration and explains how each contributes to more effective collaboration.

4.  Describes barriers to effective interdisciplinary collaboration and considers possible causes for the barriers.

5.  Identifies evidence-based strategies to overcome barriers to effective interdisciplinary collaboration and suggests methods for implementing the strategies.

6.  Writes clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics; uses relevant evidence to support a central idea.

7.  Correctly formats paper, citations, and references, with no errors.

ANSWER

Collaboration and Team Work

Collaboration and teamwork in any working set up is an impetus to the best performance of any organization. When teams work together, they achieve the common goals as they receive mutual benefits by focusing on individual strengths as well as overcoming weaknesses. Effective collaboration involves treating each member with dignity and having good communication strategies (Bender, Connelly, & Brown, 2013). In effective collaboration, the actions undertaken have to respect the needs and contributions of others as well as attain win-win solutions for the sake of achieving the objectives of the organization. In this essay, we shall look at the several aspects of collaboration and team work in healthcare with a focus on specific areas such as the concepts and unique aspects of collaboration in healthcare, benefits of effective collaboration and teamwork as well as barriers to interdisciplinary collaboration and how to overcome them.

Concepts and Unique Aspects of Collaboration in Health Care Collaboration in healthcare starts with nurses when they treat other health care providers as important stakeholders. When this occurs, patient outcomes and quality of….