Purpose
This week’s graded topic relates to the following Course Outcome (CO).
CO 7: Integrates the professional role of leader, teacher, communicator, and manager of care to plan cost-effective, quality healthcare to consumers in structured and unstructured settings. (PO 7)
Due Date
- During the assigned week (Sunday the start of the assigned week through Sunday the end of the assigned week):
- Posts in the discussion at least two times, and
- Posts in the discussion on two different days
Points Possible
50 points
Directions
- Discussions are designed to promote dialogue between faculty and students, and students and their peers. In discussions students:
- Demonstrate understanding of concepts for the week
- Integrate outside scholarly sources when required
- Engage in meaningful dialogue with classmates and/or instructor
- Express opinions clearly and logically, in a professional manner
- Use the rubric on this page as you compose your answers.
- Best Practices include:
- Participation early in the week is encouraged to stimulate meaningful discussion among classmates and instructor.
- Enter the discussion often during the week to read and learn from posts.
- Select different classmates for your reply each week.
Planning for our patients during times of transitions (for example: hospital to home, home to rehabilitation facility) involves collaboration with a number of healthcare professionals. Please address the following questions:
- How does your facility promote interprofessional collaboration during times of patient transitions?
- What is the role of the nurse in patient transitions?
- What gaps can you identify in this process related to quality of care? (If you are not currently in practice, please use a previous role or clinical experience in your answers.)
SOLUTION
Our Facility promotes inter-professional collaboration during the patient transition in a number of ways. Successful patient transition is reliant on a number of factors. The most important one that our facility considers is inter-professional collaboration and it depends on the steps and measures that the health facility puts in place (Pinelli, Papp & Gonzalo, 2015). Therefore, my facility has practiced multiple things in making transitions successful, for instance, social processes improvement, particularly communication. Effective communication enables the smooth transfer of information from and to professionals and departments. Besides, the facility promotes inter-professional collaboration by emphasizing team structures and team attitudes that are designed in a unique way intended to foster collaboration among multiple professionals.
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