Explain how interprofessional collaboration will help reduce errors, provide higher-quality care, and increase safety. Provide an example of a current or emerging trend that will require more, or change the nature of, interprofessional collaboration.

Explain how interprofessional collaboration will help reduce errors, provide higher-quality care, and increase safety. Provide an example of a current or emerging trend that will require more, or change the nature of, interprofessional collaboration.

Topic 2 DQ 1

Interprofessional collaboration is a critical aspect of providing safe, efficient, and improved care. Some areas that nurses collaborate with are physicians, colleagues, techs, leaders, administrators, and community liaisons. Nurses that practice interprofessional collaboration in their day-to-day functions influence patient care, outcomes, and savings across the health care platform. To promote future practice and growth, nursing educators can adopt nursing program curriculums that includes collaborative environment demands so nursing students understand the importance and how to develop and practice an interprofessional collaboration (Prentice et al., 2015). Clarifying role responsibility provides opportunity for decreased errors and allows overlap of skills when in the best interest of a patient. All team members should be prepared to contribute and focus as a team to provide the highest quality of care, reduce gaps in care and transitions in care. Sometimes doing what is in the best interests of the patient most efficiently will require team members to step outside their traditional professional role (Bosch & Mansell, 2015). Nurses that work in interprofessional teams can offer additional opportunities and to lead and influence outcomes, savings, and process improvement.

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Prentice, D., Engel, J., Taplay, K., & Stobbe, K. (2015). Interprofessional Collaboration: The Experience of Nursing and Medical Students’ Interprofessional Education. Global qualitative nursing research, 2, 2333393614560566. https://doi.org/10.1177/2333393614560566