Case Study Of Collaboration With Charge Nurse

Some of the important concepts related to collaboration and skilled communication that the nurse needs to understand is that collaboration is a critical competency required for effective patient-centered, quality care. It is an essential process which requires partnership, interdependence and collective ownership and responsibility. The nurse needs to understand that in order for collaboration to be effective, there must be an ongoing interactive process built on mutual trust and respect. The nurse must also understand that collaboration is a very critical component in the delivery of care that includes shared goals, an understanding of other’s roles and responsibilities, mutual respect, clear communication, openness to learning and an ability to change one’s viewpoint. And to be effective in collaboration, communication skills are crucial and staff members need to be aware of their own feelings, be able to make decisions and problem solve effectively, develop negotiating skills to be used in resolving difficult conflicts and assessment skills (Finkelman, 2012).

Interprofessional team collaboration for professional nurses is viewed as a method to improve the care and safety for patients. However, interprofessional team collaboration presents both advantages and challenges for nurses and other team members. One of the advantages is the coordination of care for the patient and the sharing of knowledge to improve the outcomes for the patient. Challenges for interprofessional team collaboration is: poor role-definition, miscommunication, conflict, lack of accountability for assignment of responsibilities and tasks (Reeves, 2012). This paper will discussion the role of a nurse on an interprofessional team and the challenges, why interprofessional teams promote patient safety, and strategies to promote success interprofessional teams.

Every morning the charge nurse from the night shift does a huddle between 7:30am and 8am. All of the staff members participate in the huddle, including the ones coming and leaving. The charge nurse gives a report of the main points of what is going on in the unit, how many patients they have, who is going to be admitted, or transferred. Also, if any patient is on one to one care. The charge nurse mentioned the acuity of the patients. They give thanks to nurses and patient care technicians who did an excellent job. The manager gives a brief up date of how the day is going to be, and any news she has for the staff.

So it is extremely important that the RN and other team member have a two-way open dialog to ensure that the necessary information is obtained. When team members come together in such a collaborative way, it promotes an atmosphere that allows discussions that can solve complex client health care problems, prevent errors, and allows the RN to act as an advocate for the client. In the plan of care when the RN is continuously reviewing the chart and client status, this collaboration is critical. It allows the RN to ensure that all disciplines involved in the clients care are up to date and doing their part to contribute to the expected goals. In most situations it is the responsibility of the RN to organize these collaborations when they believe a client could benefit from

Was the patient’s best interest at heart? Or was the physician trying to avoid a negative outcome? This is where collaboration among healthcare teams is vital to patient care and upholding patient wishes. Ultimately it is a nurse’s responsibility to advocate for the patient not only in respecting their wishes but communicating all available knowledge so that all parties involved can make and educated decision.

On Thursday 12/24/2015 at approximately 2307 hours. Security Officer Omar Alonso (420) was contacted by E.D. Charge Nurse Sharey Selover about an uncooperative intoxicated male patient, Jose D. Gonzalez (DOB: 03/30/1977; FIN# 85006354), come in through the EMS Offload area. Officers Alonso and Ayuso reported to the call and observed an intoxicated male being wheeled into the Special Care Unit (SCU) E.D. room # 39. According to his assigned Nurse Sara Lopez, the patient had been involved in a physical altercation and had been kicked hard in the groin area. Patient did not behave badly or disruptive once he saw that Security were present and his Nurse was able to get his vitals, blood work, and urine without having any issues. Security staff

On Thursday 11/17/2016 around 2300 hours, I, Security Steven Evans was informed by Dispatch to make contact with 5 East Unit Charge Nurse Tonya Smith in regards of Code (34) Customer Service Assist. I arrived at 2302 hours and met with Charge Tonya Smith who explained to me that the Correction Officers for the prisoner in room # 504 had given her hard time few Months ago on the patient, Angel SantiagoGonzalez (Fin# 86424089) last visit. Nurse Smith further stated that she had a personal problems with one of the Officer and that she was informed by Lake Correctional Institution that this Officer would not be working at all on 5 East. She described the Officer as a Black female about 6 feet tall with braided hair. I walked over to the room and

If I was faced with this situation and my charge nurse approached me and asked me to help, I would start by looking at my acuity of patients and focusing my attention on making sure I would be able to still provide safe, effective, and efficient care to the patients I have now, on top of adding another patient to my workload. I think we are all on the same page because the main goal is to make sure we all provide safe and effective care at all times. During the staff meeting, I would step up and help the charge nurse motivate everyone to help solve the issue, I would do this by doing the following: asking my co-workers questions, such as how can we solve this; what type of patients they are caring for already; volunteering to share a patient with another co-worker; explaining to everyone that we can do this (communication and encouragement is the key to solving problems in my eyes); can we divide up workload to switch things around for everyone (maybe someone has worked with the patient before and knows how to care for them safely and efficiently); and the list could go on.

One of my career objectives is to become a charge nurse around 2019, after three years of experience as a floor nurse, to become a leader that brings new change and policy for better patient care. I intend to look for available charge nurse openings within my place of work at Enloe Medical Center. Becoming a charge nurse will bring more responsibilities to my position as an RN. I have done my research, and have been inquiring regarding the roles and responsibilities of a charge nurse in order to better prepare myself for the position. I believe my leadership qualities would fulfill the requirements to supervise the nurse floor all while keeping the balance between administrative tasks and clinical duties.

In this scenario the nurse is and can be faced with having to communicate with any given person on staff to ensure appropriate quality care. Being part of the interdisciplinary healthcare team and learning how to communicate effectively within this team and encourage others to do the same is one of the many vital responsibilities that a nurse must be able to handle well.

As the old adage goes, “Two heads are better than one.” It takes an entire team of multiple healthcare disciplines to ensure positive client outcomes. Nursing is all about teamwork. Collaboration in the nursing field is defined as, “Multiple health workers from different professional backgrounds work together with patients, families, caregivers, and communities to deliver the highest quality of care” (WHO, 2013). A student nurse will work in collaboration with their professors and peers on multiple projects before moving into the clinical area. Once in the clinical setting, a student nurse will use a collaborative healthcare approach to ensure that all parties involved with a client’s care are working together for the best outcome. Collaboration allows you to gather information from all sources in order to obtain the entirety of the situation at hand. This is important when viewing your client as a whole person and looking beyond the

A drug addict, who was homeless and drunk, was brought in by the police during a midnight shift, and had to stay in the ER until she sobered up. The drug addict was belligerent and causing problems, but doctor told the charge nurse, who is the head nurse of the ER, not to send her out until she sobers up. Since the patient was causing problems and a frequent patient at the ER, the charge nurse was annoyed and did not want to deal with this patient anymore. She did not want to listen to the doctor’s orders because she felt she knew how to handle the situation better since she was directly dealing with the patient. Because the paperwork was ready to go and the patient could be discharged, the

Spent several years as a Charge Nurse in Long-Term Care. Responsible for implementing change for improvements related to Joint Commission Survey Readiness. Changes included improvement for Fall Risk, Skin Assessments and MDS Compliance. I’m currently working in a leadership position as a Charge Nurse on Rehab/Medicare Unit at Overland Park Nursing. Prior preceptor experience at Truman Medical Center on a busy Medical Surge Unit. Responsible for training new grads and students on a Registered Nurse

According to American Nurses Association (2010) Scope and Standards of Nursing Practice, collaboration is defined as, “a professional healthcare partnership grounded in a reciprocal and respectful recognition and acceptance of: each partner’s unique expertise, power, and sphere of influence and responsibilities; commonality of goals; the mutual safeguarding of the legitimate interest of each party; and the advantages of such a relationship”.(p. 64). Collaboration amongst health care providers is very crucial in providing quality care to patients. Integration of disciplinary teams, improves communication, coordination, and most importantly, the safety and quality of patient care. It provides interaction between team members allowing

　　　　An effective care for patients can be achieved through the collaboration and team work within the certain health care teams to provide a focused and shared learning in health professional education, which can help enhance the outcome of the patient’s needs.1 Working with different professionals and care givers can lead to issues. This can be looked upon so that the patient is given good service and enhanced care.