Inter-Professional Collaborative Practice And Evidence Based Practice

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Intra- and inter-professional collaborative practice
As professional nurses we cannot forget our basic role of holistic approach in all what we do. In the same manner holders of advanced nursing degree are expected to uphold the same value but with added responsibilities and accountability. Regardless of the area of practice, advanced nurse practitioner need to show leadership and mentorship ability when carrying out his or her duties for optimal outcome. This could be easily achieved if Collaboration between nurses and members of other profession at all levels within or outside healthcare sector is practiced (Leathard, 2001). To make Evidence Based practice a reality in any given area, healthcare and society in general needs expert nursing …show more content…

For this reason just like in intra-professional collaboration, Inter-professional collaboration is inevitable. Inter-professional has been defined in many ways. World Health Organization (2010) has put it simply as collaboration among health workers from different professional backgrounds working together with patients, families, other caregivers, and communities to deliver the highest quality of care. This is well echoed by the health care industry who clearly recognizes that patient care requires a collaborative team effort involving multiple disciplines. We can all appreciate the fact that to apply any new models based on evidence-based research, executive decision and support is paramount especially when it comes to application of technology to systems design, decision-making and evaluation of impact of applied model (Ohio State University college of Nursing, 2014). DNP prepared nurses who will assume the role of chief nurse executive and similar positions will drive this point home in collaboration with all other departmental …show more content…

Every nurse in the department is either a member, leader or a representative of one of many committees established within the hospital. Example of such committees established in the units and hospital includes skin & wound, fall, informatics, staffing, quality, education, diabetic, and others. This makes every nurse to feel empowered respected and part of the hospital fraternity. In his book, Leathard (2001) noted that employees who feel respected within their group are more likely to exhibit behaviors that promote the group’s best interest. In all the institutions I have worked before this value is not well utilized. As advanced practitioners I believe sealing these loop holes is and will be part of our call because we are empowered to be mentors, leaders and

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