Collaborative Nursing

Paper Summary:

The paper provides an evidence-based review of the literature on collaborative care within the intensive care unit and demonstrates the applications of collaborative nursing. The paper discusses how collaborative nursing helps to facilitate an environment in which all personnel are rewarded through increased communication and job-related self-worth. The paper notes a gap between the receptiveness of nurses and physicians to collaborative care practices.

Outline:
Introduction
The Nature of Collaborative Care
Collaborative Care within the Intensive Care Unit
Case Study Assessment
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"The study of collaborative nursing is done in order to identify the impact that traits such as leadership and partnership relationships have within the field of nursing. The study of collaborative nursing within intensive care suggests patterns of behavior both among health care professionals and between nurses and patients. Collaborative nursing helps promote improved delivery of care within intensive care units through facilitation of communication between peers and between peers and patients, as well as providing an enhanced awareness of the health care setting in order to promote a stable, effective functioning relationship within closed environments (e.g. a single department such as the intensive care unit) (Pearson et al, 2006)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Baggs, J. G., Schmitt, M.H., Mushlin, A. I., Mitchell, P. H., Eldredge, D. H., Oakes, D., & Hudson, D. (1999). Association between nurse-physician collaboration and patient outcome in three intensive care units. Critical Care Medicine. Vol 27 (9). 2066 - 2067.
• Fink, M. P., Suter, P. M., & Sibbald, W. J. (2005). Intensive Care Medicine in 10 Years. New York: Springer.
• Kozier, B., Erb, G., Berman, A. J., & Snyder, S. (2003). Fundamentals of Nursing: Concepts, process, and practice (Seventh Ed.). New York: Prentice Hall.
• Pearson, A., Porritt, K. A., Doran, D., Vincent, L., Craig, D., Tucker, D., Long, L., & Henstridge, V. (2006). A comprehensive systematic review of evidence on the structure, process, characteristics, and composition of a nursing team that fosters a healthy work environment. International Journal of Evidence-Based Health Care. Vol. 4 (2). 118 - 124.
• Sheldon, L. K. (2005). Communication for Nurses. New York: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.

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