Interdisciplinary Huddle Meeting Reflection

According to Masters, healthcare has become so complex today that it takes several professional providers delivering care in a collaborative environment to improve client health outcomes. The facility that I am currently employed for uses interdisciplinary collaboration every day. While I am at work, I am able to collaborate with several different disciplines to ensure the resident receives the proper care.
My role in the first interdisciplinary huddle meeting is providing upper management, the providers (MD/NP), social worker, nurse managers, wound ostomy care nurse, clinical nurse leader, quality management nurse, and nurses from other units. This meeting covers each unit within the Community Living Center. I am responsible

for providing specific information concerning the unit and resident’s that I provide care to during the shift I work. The information that is discussed during this meeting is any incidents or situations that may have occurred while the providers were off duty. During this meeting, we discuss any planned admissions and discharges for each unit. After morning huddle, the unit providers and myself meet to discuss in detail the concerns from the morning huddle meeting. We work together to ensure the residents needs are met in a timely manner. For example, a resident was having behavioral issues and increase in confusion. After review of the medical record and collaboration with medical providers, the provider and myself determined the best interest of the resident was to use behavior modification measures until the CBC, CMP, and Urinalysis with C&S results were completed. Once the above test was completed and the provider determined the resident was medically stable, we discussed a behavioral health consult for assistance with the resident’s behavior issues.
The second role in which I promote interdisciplinary collaboration is working with the Kinesiotherapist (KT) and Restorative Nursing Assistant (RTNA). We meet on the mornings that I work with the residents. We collaborate with each other to optimize the residents care and to prevent overstimulation. Avoiding overstimulation in the residents that I provide care for ensures the residents are able to participate in the different activities that are offered on a daily basis. For example, during morning activities of daily living (ADL’S), nursing staff will provide morning care to each resident. As soon as one resident’s ADL’s are completed, the KT and RTNA staff will take the resident’s and provide morning exercise/ROM therapy. After therapy is finished, the resident will sit in a recliner or go to bed for a period of rest time. This process allows the resident to have uninterrupted rest and relaxation time. I am very fortunate to work with other disciplines that encompass team work and collaboration.

References:
Masters, K. (2014). The Healthcare Delivery System and the Role of the Professional Nurse. In Role development in professional nursing practice (3rd ed., p. 206). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Freshman, B. (2010). Chapter 4 Fostering Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Health Care Organizations. In Collaboration across the disciplines in health care (p. 67). Sudbury, Mass.: Jones and Bartlett.