Implementing Inter-Professional Practice
A team of various health care professionals collaborate together because it greatly increases the level of care provided to patients through the use of inter professional practice/communication. “In order to succeed in today's health care environment, Interprofessional teams are essential.” (Nester, J 2016 pg. 128)
Health care professionals such as Nurses, Doctors etc. must work together to evaluate a patient and execute a plan together, rather than independently to achieve a more efficient and effective health care system. This essay will reveal why inter- professional practice is crucial to the success of quality health outcomes and highlight the roles and responsibilities of nurses and doctors and demonstrate how implementing inter-professional …show more content…
Inter professional practice occurs when healthcare providers work with people from within their own profession, outside their profession and with patients families. By working collaboratively as a team with other health disciplines e.g. nurses and it can be expected that the quality of the health will rise, and avoid the consequences of ineffective communication within the team, which may lead to inefficient care for the patient. “Medical errors, especially those caused by a failure to communicate, are a pervasive problem in today’s health care organizations”. (O’Daniel. M. M, Rosenstein. A 2008 Para.2) For example a Nurse may work together with a doctor to evaluate a patient together to provide a higher standard of health care. Utilising inter-professional practice is crucial for the outcome of a patient’s health as the increased communication and collaboration within various health disciplines and the patient’s results in having multiple perspectives and expertise that are all factors that lead to a higher standard of …show more content…
This is because it enables multiple health care professionals with various specialities and perspectives to work together providing a higher standard of care for the patient. By minimising potential communication barriers between doctors, nurses and the patients it can be expected that the effectiveness of inter professional communication will increase, thus the level of care for the patient and respect between disciplines i.e. nurses and doctors will increase as
Health care professionals such as Nurses, Doctors etc. must work together to evaluate a patient and execute a plan together, rather than independently to achieve a more efficient and effective health care system. This essay will reveal why inter- professional practice is crucial to the success of quality health outcomes and highlight the roles and responsibilities of nurses and doctors and demonstrate how implementing inter-professional …show more content…
Inter professional practice occurs when healthcare providers work with people from within their own profession, outside their profession and with patients families. By working collaboratively as a team with other health disciplines e.g. nurses and it can be expected that the quality of the health will rise, and avoid the consequences of ineffective communication within the team, which may lead to inefficient care for the patient. “Medical errors, especially those caused by a failure to communicate, are a pervasive problem in today’s health care organizations”. (O’Daniel. M. M, Rosenstein. A 2008 Para.2) For example a Nurse may work together with a doctor to evaluate a patient together to provide a higher standard of health care. Utilising inter-professional practice is crucial for the outcome of a patient’s health as the increased communication and collaboration within various health disciplines and the patient’s results in having multiple perspectives and expertise that are all factors that lead to a higher standard of …show more content…
This is because it enables multiple health care professionals with various specialities and perspectives to work together providing a higher standard of care for the patient. By minimising potential communication barriers between doctors, nurses and the patients it can be expected that the effectiveness of inter professional communication will increase, thus the level of care for the patient and respect between disciplines i.e. nurses and doctors will increase as