Interprofessional Teamwork And Patient Outcomes

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Interprofessional Teamwork and Patient Outcomes

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Chamberlain University College of Nursing

NR___/___/___ Community Health Nursing

Term Month and Year

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The field of neurology is a dynamic and intense arena with high-risk settings. The

sensitivity of neurological complications applies to change in sensation, muscle weakness,

coordination problems, and multiple sclerosis. Defiance in communication and collaboration

amongst the healthcare experts when dealing with such patients impacts negatively on the

diagnosis outcome. Hence the neurological healthcare culture is prone to an emphasis on solo

acts with limited communication and collaboration with third party aid experts such as

pharmacies. Thus cases of misdiagnosis or wrong diagnosis of the admitted patients are

speculative. For there to be a useful and commendable patient care outcome, interprofessional

teamwork, and communicative collaboration throughout the practice are a mandate. Thus, the

iCARE principals; Compassion, Advocacy, Resilience, and Evidence-Based Practice, will

enhance the interprofessional teamwork spirit for quality patient outcomes.

Compassion applies to be empathetic to the pain and suffering of a patient regardless of

the state and setting of the patient care unit. Showing compassion on a neurologically admitted

patient through a communicative and collaborative approach from both the neurologist and the

pharmacist is important. Having an involvement in the patient's healing process and random

checkups during the recovery period is a stepping stone (Müller et al., 2018).

Interprofessional team support through compassion entails the collaborative inclusion of

all the professional teams involved in the patient's treatment process. A patient will be at peace

when he/she can depict the professional bond between both the neurologist and the pharmacist

during the treatment phase. Such a relationship is effective in enhancing the collaborative team

spirit of the professional team involved. Thus, the patient in question has peace of mind under a

sound coordination system, which is essential during the recovery period of the patient (Müller et

al., 2018).

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Advocacy is an important pillar when it comes to diagnosing the state of a healthcare

patient. It requires an intuitive and intimate knowledge of a patient's record and history by all

involved parties to fully implement its effectiveness. To advocate for a neurologically diagnosed

patient, the advocacy of both the neurologist and the pharmacist is essential for the

implementation of an effective treatment plan (Wilbur & Kelly, 2015).

Interprofessional team support through advocacy entails the healthcare team to be able to

advocate for the state of the patient. A patient's proceeding phase of treatment depends on the

advocacy of the assigned healthcare experts. If the healthcare unit can be able to communicate

and collaboratively advocate for a patient, then the treatment plan of the patient will be on

schedule. An advocated patient will get an on-time treatment plan and will have a healthy

recovery period (Wilbur & Kelly, 2015).

The complexity of the current healthcare system calls of unmetered resilience from the

healthcare experts. Embracing resilience is vital for the healthcare experts involved to nurture

continuous optimism and focus. Resilience on a neurologically diagnosed patient calls for both

the neurologist and pharmacist to be continuously persistence on the patient diagnosis, regardless

of the outcomes (Wang, Shi, Bai, Zheng & Zhao, 2015).

The resilience of the interprofessional team is evident through the continuous persistence

in trying to diagnose a solution to a terminally ill patient through gateways such as clinical trials.

The fate of a terminally ill patient is never considered as a closed case until the patient passes on.

The patient's one in a million chances of survival might be a fortune cookie awaiting on a clinical

trial. The healthcare team continuous resilience on aiding a patient regardless of a conclusive

diagnosis is a chance to hatch the millionth breakthrough towards a medical history. Giving hope

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to a hopeless patient might not cure the patient but will assist in building a healthy medical

mindset of coping with the ailment. Moreover, it reduces or successfully unveils a future

diagnosis to cure the illness (Wang, Shi, Bai, Zheng & Zhao, 2015).

Every clinical practice requires the basis of evidence-based practice as a foundation. Its

implementation calls for a problem-solving approach that is conscientious and accurate. The

healthcare expert in question has to make decisions that will affect the patient's care. The

healthcare validation is through clinical expertise, the patient's values and preferences, and well

designed and documented studies. Evidence-based practice on a neurological patient calls for the

sharing of patient history data by both the neurologist and the pharmacist for an accurate

diagnosis and planning of a treatment plan (Wilbur & Kelly, 2015).

The evidence-based practice approach under interprofessional team support has a high

chance of success rate through sharing the patient's medical history, data, and preferences. The

sharing of such information to all parties involved through a communicative and collaborative

approach will further the development of a more accurate and decisive strategy in finding the

most effective solution to a patient's diagnosis. The involved healthcare team culture grows

through the information-sharing platform, and a dynamic knowledge base becomes a creation. It

evolves as a learning and sharing platform and thus supports sufficient information growth. The

involved patient will have an accurately analyzed and effective diagnosis towards a positive

outcome (Wilbur & Kelly, 2015).

Conclusively, the iCARE components prove to be a useful tool when it comes to patient

care regulation, diagnosis, and cure. The elements create a healthcare cycle that promotes a

productive and positive outcome on the medical practice fold through its step by step

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implementation. Its influence on an interprofessional team can tally positive results. Through the

recognition and initiation of an iCARE routine checkup cards or name badges, each healthcare

expert has to counter check after each patient diagnosis or treatment. It will infer if the healthcare

provider exceeds the set iCARE milestone.

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References

Müller, C., Fleischmann, N., Cavazzini, C., Heim, S., Seide, S., & Geister, C. et al. (2018).

Interprofessional collaboration in nursing homes (interprof): development and piloting of

measures to improve interprofessional collaboration and communication: a qualitative

multicentre study. BMC Family Practice, 19(1). doi: 10.1186/s12875-017-0678-1

Wang, R., Shi, N., Bai, J., Zheng, Y., & Zhao, Y. (2015). Implementation and evaluation of an

interprofessional simulation-based education program for undergraduate nursing students

in operating room nursing education: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Medical

Education, 15(1). doi: 10.1186/s12909-015-0400-8

Wilbur, K., & Kelly, I. (2015). Interprofessional impressions among nursing and pharmacy

students: a qualitative study to inform interprofessional education initiatives. BMC

Medical Education, 15(1). doi: 10.1186/s12909-015-0337-y

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