Collaboration Flashcards

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What is the definition of collaboration?

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  • a joint communication and decision-making process with the expressed goal of working together toward identified health outcomes while respecting the unique qualities of each member of the group or team. (CRNBC)
  • may enable professionals to achieve cost-effective, client-focused care, regardless of where the care is delivered (Nursing leadership and management)
  • cornerstone of effective teamwork and is essential for the delivery of high-quality patient care
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What are the four concepts of collaboration?

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1) Sharing/collective ownership
2) Partnership
3) Inter-dependency
4) Responsibility

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Describe the concept of sharing and collective ownership in collaboration:

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  • Responsibilities
  • Decision-making (shared)
  • Health care philosophy/values
  • Data planning and intervention (shared)
  • Various professional perspectives (as well as the patient)
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What aspects make up partnership in collaboration?

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  • Authentic relationships
  • Constructive
  • Honest
  • Communication
  • Trust
  • Respect
  • Pursuing common outcomes
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Describe the concept of inter-dependency in collaboration:

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  • Mutual dependence rather than being autonomous

- Results in a synergy effect: output of the whole becomes larger than the sum of each part

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Describe the concept of responsibility and power-sharing in collaboration:

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  • Information and responsibility is shared among team members
  • Based on knowledge/experience of each processional that is respected by all
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What are attributes of collaboration?

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  • Joint venture
  • Shared planning and decision-making
  • Client-centered
  • Evidence Informed
  • Epidemiology
  • Access (to care)
  • Social Justice and Equity (team members having biases)
  • Ethics (professional standards, scope of practice)
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What are requirements of collaboration?

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  • Individual readiness
  • Understanding and acceptance of one’s own role and expertise
  • Confidence in one’s ability (and others)
  • Recognition of the boundaries of one’s discipline
  • Effective group dynamics
  • Team oriented environment
  • Visionary leaders supportive of autonomy
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How do nurses collaborate?

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  • Nurse collaborates with patients/family and other HCP’s in providing patient care, by:
  • Communicating in setting goals and formulating care plans
  • Consulting with other HCP’s
  • Making referrals to ensure continuity of patient care (ex. discharge planning, transfers)
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What collaboration skills are necessary?

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  • Communication
  • Leadership skills->Awareness of personal feelings i.e. Emotional intelligence
  • Problem solving
  • Conflict management/Negotiation
  • Assessment (how do we assess and evaluate information and use for client centered care?)
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What is the difference between a team and a group?

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  • A team is a small number of consistent people committed to a relevant SHARED PURPOSE, common performance GOALS, complementary and overlapping skills and common approach to their work… hold selves mutually accountable for team’s results or outcomes
  • A group can be a collection of people, but less organized and structured (ex. social groups, our class)
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What are the five types of teams?

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1) Uni-disciplinary
2) Multidisciplinary
3) Interdisciplinary
4) Intradisciplinary
5) Interprofessional

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What is uni-disciplinary?

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providers from a single background (eg. a group of public health nurses)

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What is multi-disciplinary?

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Members from more than one discipline. Team members work independently and interact formally.

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What is inter-disciplinary collaboration?

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various disciplines who have specialized knowledge, skills and abilities working interdependently in the same setting.

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What is intra-disciplinary collaboration?

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professionals from one discipline but include members from different levels of training and skill within discipline (ex. RN/LPN)

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What is interprofessional collaboration?

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different disciplines working together towards common goals to meet the needs of a patient population.

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What are the three levels of collaboration?

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1) Micro-level
2) Meso-level
3) Macro-level

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What is micro (interactional) collaboration?

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  • Decision-making among health care providers, other providers (e.g. family) and patients
  • Individual team members – understanding & attitudes can influence actualization of collaborative philosophy/practice
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What is meso (organizational) collaboration?

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  • Decision-making within particular organizations
  • Ex. Administration/Hospital Board shares and supports vision/values behind collaborative policies/programs
  • This type of decision making involves the facility and the community levels.
  • Ex. UFV collaborates with Fraser Health during flu season by giving flu vaccines
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What is macro (systemic) collaboration?

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  • Federal, Provincial, Regional, Community Government levels
  • Creating a shared vision for health care delivery
  • Developing care programs and policies that link health and social services
  • Supporting collaborative patient-centered practice
  • Ensuring planning and targeted funding are complementary
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What is intersectoral collaboration?

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  • Projects involving various levels of decision making (collaborating between all three levels to make decisions)
  • Central and local gov’t agencies (macro)
  • Community organizations and private sector (meso)
  • Individual and desired care population (micro)
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What are the benefits of collaboration?

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  • Care Recipient (client focused care)
  • Organizations
  • Collaborative team
  • Health Care Professions (decreased burnout, improved self-esteem)
  • Individual health care providers
  • Synergistic effect
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What are the barriers to collaboration?

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  • Leadership
  • Care Recipient participation
  • Organizational issues
  • Time and Cost (what might be best for the pt may not be cost effective; growing population needs; nursing/specialist shortage)
  • Education (can be positive, but can also be set in the knowledge of our own discipline and be unwilling to open ourselves to other disciplines)
  • Group dynamics
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Why is collaboration important, especially on the national and community levels?

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  • Initiatives supported at all levels are more likely to succeed.
  • Community level initiatives need support at the regional (and/or national) level.
  • National level policies need community and local level support for successful implementation.
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What is the ultimate goal of collaboration?

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To provide optimal patient care!

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How do we reach our ultimate goal of providing optimal patient care in collaboration?

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  • Incremental approach and committed leadership i.e. takes time
  • Set realistic goals with commitment of all involved disciplines
  • Negotiate the means to meet the goals
  • Avoid barrier raising ‘turf battles’
  • Evaluate success of established goals
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What are the outcomes of collaborative relationships?

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Professionals will be…:

  • more familiar with each other’s roles-> improved inter-professional communication
  • More consistently collaborative work accomplished
  • Broader shared knowledge of knowledge/skills
  • Cross-disciplinary peer review/critique of practice and research
  • Cross-fertilization and creative idea sharing from many sectors