Collaboration Collaborate in the design, management, and coordination of care. |
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Collaboration then and nowAt Orchard Parks (clinical evaluation) I worked with a partner to provide care for our client. This collaboration was especially important because by working together we were able to provide more effective and efficient care. Together we came up with ideas, delegated tasks to each other and made up for each others weaknesses. The partnership allowed us to provide the best possible care for our client.At Madigan Army Medical Center where I currently work as a pecepting nurse I have significantly broadened my circle of collaboration. I have come from being a Sophomore where it felt like I was alone in delivering care to my patient. Now I have a preceptor with whom I work closely to deliver medications safely and to learn new nursing skills. I also frequently communicate with all levels of the health care team. I ask physicians to clarify orders and get their help during emergencies. I both request and offer help to my nursing colleagues on the floor. In shift report I let the next shift know what new ideas I have to improve a patient's care. Through charting and direct communication I discuss patients with social workers and dietitians. I also frequently call the laboratory and the pharmacy to make requests on behalf of my patient. To see a journal entry demonstrating collaboration at Madigan. Group evaluations then and nowThis semester, sophomore II, there have been many group projects. I believe that PLU's BSN program incorporates so many because in our future work we will be expected to be fluent and at ease working with others. Group projects can be very frustrating, however, group projects are a large part of the nursing job description. Take the Health Care team for example. The group is dependent on each member to achieve the client's outcomes. The nursing program is preparing us to work in groups now so that we will be effective and efficient with teams on the floor in the future. I have included the nursing 260 group contract that we signed to show the values that we believe are essential to effective group work.This past year I was involved in a change project team which had the difficult task of creating a change in a large hospital. Our group, "The Communicons" collaborated at an incredible level. It took everyone's energy to synergize and create a product within just 3 months. AS sophomores, group work consisted only of contributing your own piece of work to make the product and that was it. In contrast during our senior year change project, we worked as a team contributing, critiquing and building upon each others' work. We also helped each other grow as leaders and team members and thus the collaboration was evolved to a high level of practice. Please see my Change project team evaluation. FEMA certificationThis certification demonstrates my capability to understand and be an effective member of a task force in case of disaster. It is important to remember that collaboration is not only within a health care team, but the same skills are necessary to work with other organizations in the community. For instance, a disaster scenario will incorporate the efforts of groups spanning from firefighters to the legal system.As a sophomore, collaboration was another word for "group work". From gaining this certification, I can see that collaboration is what you use when you want to create something bigger than the sum of its parts. In my liberal arts classes, I work with students from other majors who come from different backgrounds and work styles. Because of our diversity we always make a creative product. Similarly, at a disaster scene, multiple services report which can either be chaotic or a medium for the best and most creative solution. Hopefully via the FEMA certification, my experience will be more creative and effective than chaotic. Further DevelopmentCommunication is a fundamental aspect of Collaboration which I work with everyday on the floor. I will continue to strengthen this ability by asking for suggestions form coworkers and evaluating myself regularly to ensure that my health care team is as fluid a machine as it can be. |
The Health Care Team.The health care team is made up of several members who contribute to each others' practice and all have the unified goal of client well-being.Health Care Team Members:
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