Question

Module 07 Discussion - Teamwork

Think back to your most recent time in the clinical setting when another discipline (respiratory, physical therapy, nutrition, occupational therapy) was utilized.
Describe a form of interdisciplinary collaborative care you've seen on your current assigned clinical or work site. Then have a discussion about the following questions:

• Who coordinated that care? What was the nurse's role in ascertaining that the care was provided?
• Was the patient's outcome met? How or why not? What would you, a novice nurse-leader, have done differently to achieve the patient's goals?

Answer 1

Physical therapy

• Here the physiotherapist coordinated the care.The nurses role in ascertaining that the care was provided are by patient's ability to do daily activity, movements or mobilization. As a whole has contributed for a patient to regain their motor power .
• The patient's outcome are usually met with certain time period. For instance if a patient has undergone knee replacement, early mobilization is necessary, this is possible with early physical therapy. As a novice nurse leader to fo things differently in achieving goals are
  • Educating about the patient in prior to a procedure or treatment
  • Training the nurses to develop their skills by continuing nursing education programs