NURS FPX 4010 Assessment 1: Collaboration and Leadership Reflection Video
Capella University
NURS-FPX4010 – Leading People, Processes, and Organizations in
Interprofessional Practice
Dr Kalie Griffy
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NURS FPX 4010 Assessment 1: Collaboration and Leadership Reflection Video
Opening Remarks
Collaboration and leadership are important in the provision of healthcare.
Interdisciplinary collaboration ensures that health professionals are concerned with
coordinating a patient's care, comprehensive, and responsive to diverse needs. The
reflection will discuss collaboration and its successes and challenges, determine from
those experiences opportunities for improvement, and finally review some of the
strategies for leadership that can be implemented to augment teamwork and
communication in a clinical environment.
Successes and Failures of Collaboration
Collaboration in health can only be successfully achieved through clear communication,
defined roles, and mutual respect. One positive observed aspect is that interdisciplinary
team meetings took place where professionals from different areas shared insights and
updates on the care of a patient: nurses, doctors, and pharmacists. The result was more
precise diagnoses, timely interventions, and improvement of the patients because it was
all-inclusive for the needs of the patient since these team members worked together.
This presented many difficulties, mainly in terms of departmental coordination. Poor
communication along the chain often led to delays in treatment and loss of opportunities
for timely intervention. For example, incomplete information regarding a patient's new
treatment plan to the nursing staff resulted in delayed or missing follow-up medication
that compromised the patient's outcome and satisfaction.
Areas of Improvement in Collaboration
Improvement in collaboration requires structured communication protocols, such as
standardized handoffs and routine checks between various departments. These strategies
reduce miscommunication and complete the circle of care. For example, this will help
ensure that if there is an update in the patient care, it gets communicated to all staff so as
not to delay or make errors in treatment.
Moreover, training on teamwork and communication skills will be indispensable,
particularly for high-pressure working conditions such as in the emergency room. Such
training will further develop a skill set for health professionals in active listening, conflict
resolution, and teamwork, making them more capable of effective collaboration with
others, which will minimize the chances of miscommunication and enhance patient care.
Poor Collaboration and Its Implications
Anything less than optimum collaboration in health means grim results: directly
impacting patient safety and quality of care. Poor interdisciplinary team communication
may mean critical information gets missed or there are inappropriate or late interventions,
which could then result in devastated patient outcomes such as medical errors, extended
hospital stays, or other preventable complications. Apart from patient care, poor
collaboration destroys the culture of the organization, leading to dissatisfaction for the
staff and furthering increased burnout and a higher rate of turnover. Such turnover
disrupts continuity of care and puts additional strain on remaining staff, further lowering
morale. Besides, poor collaboration leads to duplication of efforts and delays in decisionmaking, further raising operational costs and reducing overall effectiveness in healthcare
delivery.
Best-Practice Leadership Strategies
The effective leader inspires collaboration. It is through effective leadership that leaders
can persuade a team towards openness, sharing expertise, and responsibility. Leaders also
assure ongoing feedback on performance, clarity of expectations, and opportunities for
professional improvement that nurture the performance of the team. For that reason,
leadership should provide the appropriate environment in which staff can express concern
or share an idea on any issue without fear of retaliation. This encourages innovativeness
and problem-solving skills, which are important to promote improved outcomes for
patients. Healthcare leaders can create collaborative teams to achieve improved patient
care, and more efficient organizations by focusing on teamwork, communication, and
accountability.
References
West, M. A., & Lyubovnikova, J. (2019). Teamwork and collaboration in healthcare:
Key principles and strategies. BMJ.
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