Interdisciplinary team approach to patient care



The healthcare profession is one that is full of excitement, new experiences, and educational opportunities. Unfortunately, it is also full of stressful situations, strong personalities, and sometimes difficult people. That is where the proper education on the benefit of interdisciplinary working becomes important.
This important aspect of our professional life can be compared to how it was when I played softball. I was a third baseman, and I depended on my teammates to work with me to win the game. I may not have always gotten along with all of my teammates, but we worked together for the goal of having a winning team. Let’s face it, we don’t always like working with certain people. Yet we do it for the sake of the patient to ensure safe and appropriate care. Safe patient care is of the utmost importance in our daily care, and that is done best when the interdisciplinary teams work well together.

When there is breakdown in that communication, that is when errors in patient care happen. Technology such as simulation and case studies can be used to facilitate this communication and collaboration to better teach members of difference services to work together. 
The use of this technology assists in nurses, as well as nursing students, to understand the roles of different disciplinary team members and how everyone fits into the care of the patient. Using this opportunity for education will ultimately produce nurses who are easy to work with and willing to work collaboratively with others for the good of the patient. 


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