I believe that PFCC and multidisciplinary collaboration are essential and play major role in providing a safe and high quality care in order to achieve patients’ positive outcomes. PFCC and collaboration should be a center in nursing care because patients and families benefit from these two concepts tremendously.
First of all, I believe the concept of PFCC can empower patients to make their own decisions and actively participate in their care. PFCC plan is customized for each individual patients; the patients define goals of their health plans and take steps to achieve the goals. Pulvirenti, McMillan, & Lawn (2014) explained that empowerment is the ability of an individual to understand the relationship between his/her efforts and the outcomes, or the ability of their own decision can achieve the change. The long term goal of empowering patients and families to participate in PFCC plan is to
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PFCC plan incorporates patients’ value and beliefs and is individualized to fit the needs. Patients receive necessary information to make their own decision and take control their health care. Studies showed that patient/ family involvement associates with the positive clinical outcomes and shorten of the length of hospital stay (Carol, Andrews, Northam, & Gosselin, 2015). On the regular basis, I perform patient’s hand off report at the bedside. I believe that bedside hand off report is one way to include patients in the plan of care. Patients have opportunity to listen to the report, understand what is going on, and ask questions or rise any concern they may have. The distinctive of PFCC plan is that the plan encouraged patients and families to be actively involved in decision making process of in PFCC plan. Research also showed that when patients and families are include in the health care decision making, it not only increase positive outcomes but also patient satisfaction rate (Liem et al,
...on rates have shown to improve when the facility is practicing patient- and family- centered care, which ultimately can increase the reimbursement rates from Medicare and Medicaid. The increase reimbursement rates are extremely important for non-profit health care system such as OhioHealth Mansfield whose revenue comes from over sixty percent in Medicare and Medicaid funding. The PFCC self-assessment tool was analyzed based on OhioHealth Mansfield with strengths and weaknesses, which one big weakness consisted in the personnel domain which consists of support for staff, and the utilization of patients and family involvement in decision making and new employees. The system change of adding the new role of the patient navigator allows collaboration with a diverse team including patient and family members, along with ultimately increasing patient satisfaction rates.
During the late 1970’s, Dr. Irwin Press, PhD, became interested in how patients’ social, emotional, and cultural needs relate and compare to their clinical care needs. He wanted to know if these comprehensive needs were being met by hospitals, and also whether or not meeting these needs improved overall care and decreased health care claims (History & Mission, 2015). After joining forces with Dr. Rod Ganey, PhD, an expert in statistics and survey methodology, Press Ganey Associates was formed (History & Mission, 2015). This company is the distributor of the Press Ganey Patient Satisfaction Survey, a highly ridiculed (Zusman, 2012) patient satisfaction survey. According to Zusman (2012), this survey was distributed to 40% of hospitals in the United States. As of the 2010 implementation of the Affordable Care Act, value-based purchasing initiative is now required for Medicare and Medicaid patients. The survey that was chosen to replace the Press Ganey Patient Satisfaction Survey and represent patients’ experience in the...
In this event, the matter that is unusual can be the fact that I have experienced and witnessed the process for interprofessional collaboration between the community nurse and other professionals that I have never knew about before. This event made me realize that there are many aspects of community nursing that I have knew about before where in this situation it is the importance and accountability of interprofessional collaboration. From my nursing theory course I have learned that interprofessional collaboration is when the nurse forms relationships with other professionals that enable them to achieve a common goal to deliver care and strengthen the health system and clients involved in it. (Betker & Bewich, 2012, p.30) In this event, our mutual goal is to provide the appropriate care for the patients/residents so they can restore their health after their hip or knee surgery. In the nursing leadership and management textbook it stated “interprofessional practice removes the gatekeeper and allows client access to all caregivers based on expertise needed.” (Kelly & Crawford, 2013, p.35) In this event, my preceptor and I gained knowledge about Revera and will pass on this information to patients who are interested in staying at a retirement home after they discharge from the hospital. One literature talked about how according to the Institute of Medicine, it is critical to have the capacity to work together as part of the interdisciplinary team to assist in delivering high quality, patient-centered care. In addition, effective collaboration among health care professionals results in improved patient care and outcomes. (Wellmon, Gilin, Knauss & Linn, 2012) This indicates the importance of interprofessional collaboration to provide...
The demands on health care providers to provide the best quality care for patients is increasing. With added responsibilities and demands on our health care workers, it is hard not become overwhelmed and forget the reason and purpose of our profession. However, there is a way where all professionals can meet and come together for a common cause, which is the patient. A new approach in patient care is coming of age. This approach allows all health care professionals to collaborate and explore the roles of other professions in the hope of creating a successful health care team. This approach is referred to as the Interprofessional Collaboration Practice (IPC). To become an effective leader and follower, each professions will need to work together
The NP core competencies are independent practice, ethics, health delivery system, policy, technology and information, practice inquiry, quality, leadership, and scientific foundation are accomplished by mentored patient experiences. However, stress on independent and interprofessional practice is essential (Thomas, Crabtree, Delaney, Dumas, Kleinpell, Logsdon, Marfell, & Nativio, 2012). Therefore, the NP and other providers must work in a collective fashion that includes mutual respect among all individual healthcare team members.
Two potential barriers to the Patient-Family Centered Care model are time and patient/family expectations. Nursing is a demanding job that is known for it's fast paced and often hectic environment. While caring for several patients at a time, it might be difficult to make time to discuss and involve patients and their family in all aspects of their care. This could lead to the patient/family feeling left out or even lead to fear about why information if being kept from them. To address this barrier I will set aside time to spend with each of my patients solely dedicated to discussion about the care they are receiving as well as provide an opportunity to voice questions and concerns.
This definition provides a goal for teams to strive for and outlines the important outcomes of high quality interprofessional collaboration. Highlighted in this definition is the need for participation and on-going collaboration and communication among caregivers who are focused on provision of seamless care. According to the WHO Study Group on Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice, (2008), collaboration is “an active and on-going partnership, often between people from diverse backgrounds, who work together
Intro- Collaboration with the interdisciplinary team plays a big part in the care of a patient.
Patient-centered care (PCC) is a healthcare model focused on actively involving the patient in all aspects of planning, implementation and monitoring of care. It integrates respect for the patient’s needs, values and beliefs into the health care process. Important aspects of PCC are collaborative care, Family-centered care, and comfort. PCC allows the patient to have autonomy and a more collaborative role in making decisions regarding their treatment.
I believe this can only benefit the hospital and patient care, and have a new way that the patient is cared for. Treating the whole family, instead of just the patient is what the future is all about. Implementation of this type of care requires creating a partnership between the patient, physicians, nurses, and patient’s families. This can only improve performance improvement, and treat the patient the way we would want to be treated. My goal is to decrease the patients and families anxiety throughout their hospital experience, and keep the whole family informed of the patients treatment plan.
In an interview with a staff nurse (S.N), the main problem within patient communication included lack of patient’s (and family) involvement/willingness in planning cares. The staff nurse emphasized how “Patients often feel overwhelmed and do not want to participate. But, it is important for patients to be involved in their care for better outcomes” (S.N., personal communication, February 5, 2014). The staff nurse’s statement is supported by Evans (2013) whom remarked “better-informed patients avoid unnecessary care and frustration”.
Ideal interprofessional collaboration with the patient’s team involves forming a unified plan to educate him and his mother on the importance of adherence. The care team needs to communicate with the patient’s mother to solve financial barriers in obtaining medications. Additionally, the team needs to explain to the patient and his family the importance of attending appointments, to allow the care team to monitor his condition, adherence, and treatment.
Today, many Americans face the struggle of the daily hustle and bustle, and at times can experience this pressure to rush even in their medical appointments. Conversely, the introduction of “patient-centered care” has been pushed immensely, to ensure that patients and families feel they get the medical attention they are seeking and paying for. Unlike years past, patient centered care places the focus on the patient, as opposed to the physician.1 The Institute of Medicine (IOM) separates patient centered care into eight dimensions, including respect, emotional support, coordination of care, involvement of the family, physical comfort, continuity and transition and access to care.2
A very important concept that needs to be implemented world-wide is collaboration. Collaboration can be defined as “working with other individuals or groups to achieve a common goal. It differs from cooperation which involves groups working together to achieve their own individual goals’’ (Tomajan, 2012). This concept is critical in making the nursing image as clear and accurate as possible while also properly representing the profession. Worldwide, if nurses can represent themselves in a particular way, having the same ideals, morals, and knowledge, there would be little room for people to criticize the profession. Collaborating also allows for the formation of new ideas and discoveries, strengthening the knowledge of nurses and creating the opportunity for more authority. The entire profession as a whole need to help everyone understand what nurses really do for patients. Nurses are the invisible hand behind the success in every hospital or health-care facility. From a quick visit to the doctors to an emergency room visit, the ones the patients interact with and grow a relationship with are the nurses. The nurses know the ins and outs of every patient and have the direct connection with the patient along with tremendous knowledge and skills. This needs to be addressed in the media rather than challenging the nursing image. Giving
In order to facilitate patient empowerment, we must first be in position of self-empowerment. This requires us to self-reflect on our own values, beliefs, and ideas of power. “Nurses must also surrender their need for control, developing instead attitudes of collaboration and mutual participation in decision making.” (Burkhardt & Nathaniel, 2014, p. 517) We must understand that patients have the right to make their own decisions even if they differ from our own. Mutual respect for their thoughts, feelings, and decisions creates a trusting relationship. We must be able to openly listen to our patients needs and communicate effectively in order to empower our patients. They need to know that we are listening, that we understand, and that we are going to provide them with the knowledge and information needed to make their own choices. We must first be...