NURS 6341 Week 10 Discussion: Sharing Practicum Experiences: Interprofessional Collaboration

[I]nterprofessional collaborative practice [is] key to the safe, high quality, accessible, patient-centered care desired by all.

—From “Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice: Report of an Expert Panel” (2011, p. i)

You may recall this quote from the introduction to your third journal entry assigned in Week 8. In light of your practicum experiences, how does this quote resonate with you? In this Discussion, you share your interprofessional collaborative experiences and exchange perspectives with colleagues.

To Prepare

  • Reflect on the interprofessional collaboration that you have observed or in which you participated. For each situation, consider how collaboration among various professionals might have positively impacted the care given to the patient(s).
  • Select one interprofessional collaborative situation as the focus for your Discussion posting. Consider the patient’s needs and how the situation benefitted from this collaboration.
  • Review the four competencies for interprofessional collaboration. Reflect on the competency that is most relevant to your selected situation:
    • Values/ethics for interprofessional practice
    • Roles/responsibilities
    • Interprofessional communication
    • Teams and teamwork
  • Consider insights you have gained through your practicum experience about interprofessional collaboration and the potential for improving patient safety and quality.

By Day 3

Post a description of the interprofessional collaborative practicum experience you selected and explain how this collaboration was beneficial to improving quality of care and patient safety. Then, explain one competency for Interprofessional collaboration that was particularly relevant to the situation.

Read a selection of your colleagues’ responses.

By Day 6

Respond to at least two of your colleagues on two different days using one or more of the following approaches:

  • Ask a probing question, substantiated with additional background information, evidence, or research.
  • Share an insight from having read your colleagues’ postings, synthesizing the information to provide new perspectives.
  • Validate an idea with your own experience and additional research.

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