Class 8: Interprofessional Collaboration

Nursing practice foundations

CNA code of ethics, Canadian entry to practice competence, nursing practice standards, CIHC Inter-professional Collaborations competencies.

Benefits of Interprofessional Collaboration for patients

Increases safety, reduces hospitalization, decreases length of stay, improves satisfaction

Benefits of Interprofessional Collaboration for providers

Better community relationships and satisfaction

Benefits of Interprofessional Collaboration for the healthcare system

Improves access to health services, burnout rates, quality of care, and reduces costs

Interprofessional Collaboration

A relationship between a team of health care providers and a client in a participatory, collaborative and coordinated approach to shared decision-making around health & social issues.

Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative (CIHC)

National group of educators, policymakers, health providers, and students who are committed to changing the healthcare system for the better.

Role Clarification

Learners/practitioners understand their own role and the roles of those in other professions, and use this knowledge appropriately to establish and achieve collaborative relationship-focused care/services.

Team Functioning

Teams bring their shared perspectives to cooperate, coordinate, and collaborate toward shared goals through shared decision-making. Team functioning requires optimizing the efficiency and effectiveness of all members’ time, expertise, and contributions

Relationship Focused Care/Services

All members of a team will dynamically collaborate, fostering purposeful relationships among and between care/service partners and persons participating in or receiving care/services

Collaborative Leadership

All members of a team value each other’s knowledge, skills, and expertise, and acknowledge that everyone contributes different strengths and perspectives.

Team Communication

All members of a team will communicate with each other in a cooperative, responsive, and respectful manner while paying attention to both the content and the relational elements of communication.

Team Differences/Disagreements

All members of a team actively engage constructively in addressing disagreements

Promotion of patient safety in nursing practice

Patient safety and culture, training on teamwork strategies, and patient-centered care

Socializing the nursing students in interprofessional collaboration

Role clarification, effective teamwork abilities, and effective team work communication

Promoting the development of professional identity

Improve self-awareness and development of Interprofes-

sional identity