Interprofessional Education Exposure

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Interprofessional Education Exposure Reflection Tabitha Barcus School of Nursing, Indiana University Fort Wayne NURS B253: Professionalism in Collaborative Practice Professor Jaime Vinson March 11, 2023 Interprofessional Education Exposure Reflection The Interprofessional Education Exposure (IPE) was an event that I attended. This event is supposed to prepare me for being a professional nurse. Also, how to interact with my patients and coworkers. Before the Zoom call, I did a few assignments to prepare myself for the event. The assignment is what we talked about during the Zoom call. The call was facilitated by two different proctors. The first person gave a brief overview of how the call was going to go. Then we got put into a “breakout …show more content…

Advantages: When you work as an interprofessional team, then the overall patient care is best. This is an advantage for the patients and coworkers. This professionalism makes it easier to work with other people. If everyone has the same goal, then we know what we are working towards. What makes interpersonal collaboration in nursing so essential to the patient experience? For one, patients often need to receive care from multiple providers or specialists to have the most holistic, comprehensive treatment. For example, a patient who is treated for breast cancer may benefit from the interventions of an oncologist, a dermatologist, and a reconstructive surgeon” (Interprofessional collaboration in nursing: Examples and benefits 2023). This shows that interprofessional collaboration is essential in patient care. This will help the patient have a better outcome and get healthy faster. Disadvantages The biggest disadvantages of interprofessional are communication and power dynamics. Having great communication is the goal, but sometimes this falls short. Communication can be very hard and it is something that people have to work on every day. You do not become a strong communicator

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