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    This document discusses enablers and barriers to effective interprofessional collaboration. Three key enablers are shared commitment to patient care, inclusive language use, and client-centered care. Examples are provided of a nurse prioritizing a patient over a personal conflict, using stated pronouns, and supporting a patient's treatment decision. Three barriers are interdisciplinary rivalry, lack of understanding roles, and inequitable power relations. Examples include hostility between medical teams due to poor relations, a nurse acting outside their scope, and a nurse belittling a PSW.

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    Developing and Sustaining Interprofessional Health Care BPG Reflection

    Ferreira, B.

    School of Nursing, Nipissing University

    NSGD-2106-FA814: Clinical Practicum – RPN to BScN

    Marion Nguyen-Huu

    November 5, 2023
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    Developing and Sustaining Interprofessional Health Care BPG Reflection

    1. Identify three effectives (enablers) when working in interprofessional care team and

    provide a detail example of each

    One example of an enabler outlined in RNAO’s BPG is shared commitment to

    improving care. An example of this would be putting aside personal conflicts with team

    members to focus on the patient and their care. For example, a nurse did not get invited to

    a physician’s dinner plans that included the most of the unit’s nurses. Instead of being

    petty and disregarding the physician when she attempts to give orders, the nurse

    acknowledges the doctor’s orders in a polite manner and completes them in a timely

    manner.

    Another enabler mentioned is inclusive/shared language use. An example of this

    would be using each other’s stated pronouns and avoiding outdated or politically-

    incorrect terms or language when speaking of others. For example, a nurse on the unit

    identifies as they/them, the rest of the unit do not refer to them as he/her, but instead uses

    they/them as the nurse asked them to.

    Another enabler is client-centered care. This would be treating the patient as a

    member of the health care team and including them in the decision-making process of

    their care. For example, a patient is trying to decide between a surgical or non-surgical

    treatment plan. The nurse reviews both options with the patient and addresses questions

    they may have, and then supports the patient in their decision and helps facilitate it.
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    2. Identify three ineffective (barriers) when working in interprofessional care team and

    provide a detail example of each.

    One example of a barrier outlined in the BPG is interdisciplinary rivalry. This

    would include an entire disciplinary team not getting along with another team for

    personal or professional differences. For example, the nurses on one unit believe the

    doctors on the unit to be snobbish and egotistical, while the doctors believe the nurses to

    be uncooperative and disrespectful. This leads to snide comments and hostility between

    the teams, which not conducive to an efficient team environment.

    Another example of a barrier is lack of understanding of mutual roles. An

    example of this would be members of the team overstepping boundaries and perhaps

    working outside of their scope, endangering the patient. For example, a nurse decides to

    stop a medication without an order from the physician because of their assessment of the

    patient. When the physician finds out, they are angry because that medication was given

    for a specific reason the nurse was not aware of. This could have potential hazardous

    consequences to the patient’s condition.

    Another barrier mentioned is inequitable power relations. An example of this is

    members of the team being fearful or avoidant of other interdisciplinary team members

    due to their role, or perhaps others using their role as a means of controlling others or

    inspiring a feeling of inadequacy in others due to their role. For example, a nurse makes

    comments to a PSW that belittle and demean them, like “they’re just a PSW”. This makes

    the PSW feel small and unimportant in the team, leading to stress and a poor work

    environment.
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    References

    Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (2013). Developing and sustaining interprofessional

    health care: Optimizing patient, organizational and system outcomes.

    https://rnao.ca/bpg/guidelines/interprofessional-team-work-healthcare

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