To reply with a comment to PROFESSOR QUESTION in post 1 and post 2
post 1
Initial Post
Collaboration in health care and in nursing practice to be specific is associated with improved health outcomes. Participants that collaborate are able to achieve more than they could individually and they are also able to increase access to care for more people while growing their individual and organizational levels (Green & Johnson, 2015). As a DNP or a PhD prepared nurse, the practice roles may range from clinical practice, leadership or executive roles, educationist or even a researcher. In all these roles collaboration is inevitable. In the clinical setting, interprofessional and intra-professional roles become more defined and there are ore opportunities to work with persons of the same specialty a well as other from different specialties. The clinical setting offers an opportunity for case management which optimizes on coordination of care and continuity of care. For instance, while leading a unit or an organization that takes care persons with chronic illnesses, the need for care coordination and continuity of care cannot be avoided and this is where my role as a leader in pushing for collaboration comes in. Leaders in health care have the potential of influencing safety culture (Joint Commission, 2017). Through the promotion of collaboration, it becomes easy to influence a culture of safety where everyone that is in a collaborative team works towards achieving the shared goals.
The second example also pertains a DNP or PhD prepared nurse that works in a leadership or executive position. This is a position where tough decisions have to be made. Here, the executive leader has the opportunity to collaborate with other leaders within the organization to reach decisions that are going to be beneficial for the organization. Leaders can also collaborate with mid-level nurses in what is referred to as shared decisions and shared governance. These are concepts that boost nurse engagement and job satisfaction which have positive effects on patient outcomes (Kutney-Lee et al., 2016).
References
Green, B. N., & Johnson, C. D. (2015). Interprofessional collaboration in research, education, and clinical practice: working together for a better future.Journal of Chiropractic Education,29(1), 1-10.
Joint Commission. (2017). The essential role of leadership in developing a safety culture.Sentinel event alert, (57), 1.
Kutney-Lee, A., Germack, H., Hatfield, L., Kelly, M. S., Maguire, M. P., Dierkes, A., … & Aiken, L. H. (2016). Nurse engagement in shared governance and patient and nurse outcomes.The Journal of nursing administration,46(11), 605
Professor Question
All three of you provided us with an excellent main posting regarding the value and impact of inter-professional collaboration. Can you share with us what your thoughts would be regarding how to sustain your collaborative teams? I look forward to hearing from you soon! Dr. K 🙂
Bothof you provided us with an excellent main posting regarding the value and impact of inter-professionaland intra-professionalcollaboration.Can you share with us what your thoughts would be regarding how to sustain your collaborative teams?
Post 2
The identified concept for the purpose of this discussion is empathy. This is a concept that is mentioned severally when it comes to the provision of nursing care to patients. Empathy, to this day is a concept that many nurses do not understand or fail to see how they can integrate it in practice. The selected practice problem that is therefore associated with this concept is that nurses do not integrate empathy in the provision of care and this is a concept that is not properly taught in nursing education. In fact, scholars point out that while empathy is crucial for nurse-patient relationship, there is lack of knowledge regarding the time when empathy develops during nursing education (Hakansson et al., 2019). This statement begs further questions regarding the concept such as whether it is a state or a trait? Is empathy taught or is everyone born with the ability to show and express empathy?
It appears that through evidence, instances where empathy is expressed in an effective manner by a nurse leads to patient satisfaction and better therapeutic relationships. This is because the empathetic nurse is able to identify the needs of the patient and the patient feels free to communicate the concerns about the needs (Moudatsou et al., 2020). The problem is that many nurses still fail to integrate this into practice. Their understanding of the concept, especially in regard to definition and how it is expressed should help in providing excellent nursing services to patients. Whilst nursing is the most trusted profession (Milton, 2018), understanding and implementing empathy may help in furthering this trust.
References
Hkansson Eklund, J., Holmstrm, I. K., Olln Lindqvist, A., Sundler, A. J., Hochwlder, J., & Marmstl Hammar, L. (2019). Empathy levels among nursing students: A comparative crosssectional study.Nursing Open,6(3), 983-989.
Milton, C. L. (2018). Will nursing continue as the most trusted profession? An ethical overview.Nursing Science Quarterly,31(1), 15-16.
Moudatsou, M., Stavropoulou, A., Philalithis, A., & Koukouli, S. (2020, March). The role of empathy in health and social care professionals. InHealthcare(Vol. 8, No. 1, p. 26). Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Professor Question
Hi Marlon
Thanks for getting the conversation started!
Your choice of empathy for your concept analysis is interesting. I think we all start our conceptual framework from what we know and can learn. In the additional readings there is an article by Risjord(2009) that explores forms of concept analysis: colloquial and theoretical. How do you think these two forms alignandcomplement one another? How do they align to your chosen concept analysis?
