Collaborative Care

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This paper explains that collaborative care is the teamwork of a range of health service providers, other caregivers, the patients as well as their families and the community, who have a shared goal to be attained through different skills to support patients across a wide spectrum of health related needs especially in cases dealing with depression. The author points out that a collaborative problem is where the identification and treatment is not done by nurses independently but rather as a collaborative effort; whereas, a nursing diagnosis is where the nurses identify and treat the health problem independently without any collaboration. The paper cites that potential barriers, which hinder the process of collaboration between different groups in the health care sector, are any lack of a clear vision, leadership, communication and coordination as seen in the Katrina tragedy.

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Introduction
Collaborative Care
Differentiate between Nursing Diagnoses and Collaborative Problems.
Potential Barriers to Successful Collaboration
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"There are different types of nursing diagnosis. A risk diagnosis is the identification of a health problem that a patient is at risk of acquiring. Another statement regarding the health problem of a patient is the possible diagnosis which tends to declare about a problem that the patient most probably has. Although due to lack of information, an accurate diagnosis is not possible. Further on there is an actual diagnosis is the diagnosis of a health problem that the patient has and nursing care can be beneficial for the patient. Moreover a syndrome diagnosis and a wellness diagnosis is when multiple nursing diagnoses are observed and to describe the characteristic of the patient when at a high state of wellness respectively."

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