Collaboration: Critical Strengths For Success

Passion motivates people to strive to be their best and put forth everything they’ve got. It is imperative. The roles of a physician’s assistant such as diagnosing, treating, and building relationships with patients allows me to display my greatest strengths due how passionate I am about changing lives. The application of my specific skill set through my action plan conditions me into an eligible candidate for my future occupation in health

A team is a type of organizational group with independent members. They share common goals and work together to meet these goals (Northouse, 2016). The organization where I work has teams at various levels for maximizing the success. These teams include, core teams, coordinating teams, patient aligned care team (PACT), contingency teams, ancillary teams, support and administration teams (Veterans Health Administration [VHA], 2015). Some of these teams have interdepartmental members while others have intradepartmental staff. Successful teams have a concrete blueprint and that contributes to their effective functioning. There are several factors that affect these teams irrespective of the level. The factors comprise the presence of a clear task, separation from non-team members, authority, and stability. The factors like working conditions, team process and bridging the gaps are concerns for the executive level. The complexity of the task, individual skills and their diverse specializations affect the selection of the team members. The team’s meaningful interactions decide their success. Independent teams can help promote friendly competition within the organization and lead to better staff performance. An efficient leader can design and launch an effective team through careful planning and selection of the right members. He/she keeps the factors that affect the success of the team in mind when designing the teams. The patient care units

The Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) offered by Berry College will differentiate my skill sets from other sports medicine professionals. As a certified athletic trainer, I will be licensed to practice in multiple settings and states as an allied healthcare provider. However, achieving that licensure is a short term goal. As a healthcare professional, I intend to advance my career by working in the administrative aspect of medicine. Participating in a process that results in patients receiving care from professionals with a mind of integrity, heart of compassion, hands of service, and a spirit of unity is very intriguing and is an exciting career goal I possess. This type of community inspired atmosphere is found in Berry College’s holistic, integrated healthcare and medical model system of education. I want to be a part of a mission greater than myself. I want to be a Berry College

A partnership is a relationship between two or more individuals, groups or organisations that work together of a period of time, it is essential for effective partnership working for each party to work towards the same goal. This approach should highlight shared aims whereby responsibilities are highlighted and everyone is aware of their contributions towards achieving outcomes; in essence this should build and maintain trustworthy relationships where issues can arise and solutions can be found when decisions are made as a partnership rather than independently. In my job role it is essential to identify best ways to effective partnership working as I work alongside many groups of individuals, a few examples are:  Support staff  Admin staff

“I believe that the key to a successful Nursing home is quality focus, open and honest communication and partnership working.” – Hannah Parry

If an officer cannot be accountable or responsible, he or she will lose the respect from other officers. Teamwork will be at jeopardy because no one will be able to trust this officer. If the officer was responding to a call, he or she might have difficulty finding a fill for backup. Even if an officer was accountable and responsible, teamwork is essential in this profession. There is no “lone-wolf” in this profession because law enforcement is a team effort. Everyone has to learn how to get along in order to protect the public above all else.

It is important to consult family, friends, carers and parents when planning person centred support. Every day you should work in partnership with those you support, their families, health professionals and your colleagues. You are working with them so that the individual can fulfil their dreams and ambitions, and so that you can assist them with their particular needs. Most family carers have a wealth of knowledge and experience about their family member. They know their likes and dislikes, their personal history and any particular medical needs. They are often more than happy to share what they know with new workers. A major aspect of partnership working is bringing people together in an atmosphere where this is simply the accepted way of

Nurses improve and save lives every day, which makes them the front line members of the healthcare team. The professional integrity of the nursing profession must always be maintained. The American Nurses Association (ANA) is an organization that seeks to advance and protect the nursing profession. The Standards of Professional Performance set by the ANA, ensure that the highest level of nursing care is given to the public. It is important for a nursing student to uphold these professional standards while in the classroom and clinical setting, in order to provide quality nursing care later in their career.

Collaboration involves negotiation and consensus seeking (Blais & Hayes, 2016). As the assistant director of nursing, I am a member of the Quality Improvement committee. Our purpose is to meet on a monthly basis to review feedbacks from patients regarding their home health aides. We need to know if the patient needs are being met, if they are being treated with respect and what improvements can be made to keep quality aides in order to ensure quality care of patients. Providing good care for home health patients with chronic conditions needs to be organized and coordinated (Barr & Ross, 2007).

To enrich children's understanding and respect of cultural identities within the service’s community educators need to first gain a solid understanding of the cultural identities within the centre themselves. Open communication between educators and children and their families is a key to gathering information from each child’s cultural background and cultural identity. Using collaborative partnerships between educators and family members will assist with gathering information and inclusivity between all cultural groups represented in the Centre's community. Collaborative Partnerships are defined as “involving two-way communication and negotiation where educators and family members share information, exchange ideas and work towards shared goals” (Arthur et al. 2015 P37).

Collaboration (who on the interprofessional team is involved in planning care for the client(s) served): The team involved in the “planning of care” for this specific event was the event coordinator, the co-event team leader and a group of volunteers for different nursing schools and hospitals throughout the city.

“Listening to families is key in working with them as partners in supporting the learning and development of their child with special needs”. IDEA (2004) has mandated that individuals with disabilities be provided educational opportunities with non-disabled peers in the least restrictive environment. IDEA (2004) further notes that parental involvement is required as part of the decision making process. This has proven to be one of the most important elements to the educational program of students with disabilities. Prior to laws governing

Realizing that a group can become a high performance team is important. Accomplishing this goal is invaluable, advantageous and profitable. Once able to operate from a group to the high performing team is a great step into preparation into the big business world. Leaders and members must also realize not only how to accomplish this but that some problems will and can arise from different demographic characteristics and cultural diversity. That is if one is in such a group, which the probability would be quite high.

I would collaborate with the unit manager to design the team. We will select diverse champions with different backgrounds, experiences, skills and qualifications. After forming the team, using the similar assessment tools, I will assess the members. This is to evaluate their strengths and weaknesses. I would provide the team with the clear idea about the project, purposes, activities included, goals and the timeline to achieve the goals. Depending on the strengths and weaknesses of the members, I will assign the job to the team. The purpose of the activities planned is to make sure the staff are in compliance with the existing policies and protocols of the unit. The team will do chart audits and tracking of the staff activities to ensure the

How do these strategies apply to a team that you are or have been a participating member?