Title: Interprofessional Collaboration in Nursing & Healthcare | Gebauer
Headings: How Nurses Can Improve Interprofessional Collaboration
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How Nurses Can Improve Interprofessional Collaboration
Encourage Participation in Other Departments’ Training
Promote Multidisciplinary Rounds
Keep the Focus on the Patient

Content: In this post, we’ll discuss how nurses can collaborate across disciplines to ensure each healthcare professional’s expertise and experience are applied in the most effective way possible. Encourage Participation in Other Departments’ Training
While every healthcare professional attends training sessions specific to their discipline, nurses should make an effort to sit in on other departments’ classes so they can have more insight into other roles at the hospital. This can also help nurses better empathize with the challenges their colleagues in other disciplines face, which can strengthen bonds between providers. Being able to assess a situation with multiple viewpoints allows nurses to make better care decisions. Promote Multidisciplinary Rounds
Multidisciplinary rounds offer a simple way to improve communication between departments. Nurses should encourage their staff to take advantage of these opportunities to ask questions, get clarification and discuss patient goals with other providers. Multidisciplinary rounds are a perfect example of interprofessional collaboration as they allow every team member to hold discussions and share crucial information about each patient’s plan of care. They ensure each provider is on the same page regarding what is best for the patient. Keep the Focus on the Patient
Traditionally, there has been a hospital hierarchy with physicians at the top and nurses on a lower tier. Therefore, it can be difficult to institute a paradigm shift where nurses are on the same level as doctors, particularly with clinicians who have been practicing for many years.