In the light of modern developments, changes in patient expectation, and the advancements in healthcare sector, there is need to optimize the benefits that accrue in the aftermath of implementing inter-professional collaboration. In effect, inter-professional collaboration facilitates improved healthcare and ensures that patients receive the highest standards of medical attention. Improvement in quality takes effect because of the collaboration that nursing practitioners and other physicians advance as they administer healthcare to patients and concerned families.
When the practitioners in a medical facility employ and fully implement inter-professional collaboration, the quality and nature of services delivered augments (Sullivan, Kiovsky, Mason, Hill, & Dukes, 2015; Bridges, Davidson, Odegard, Maki, & Tomkowiak, 2011). Therefore, it is practical that nursing practitioners and other stakeholders in medical facilities implement the type of collaboration so that they stay in line with the demands that modern advancements and patients present. Imperatively, when practitioners fail to practice the type of collaboration, patients may not receive the best services and as such, the reputation of the facility diminishes.
In the medical facility where I work, I have witnessed and experienced the implementation of inter-professional collaboration. The collaboration takes place among nursing practitioners and physicians from different disciplines, who work together to achieve a common goal, which is improved quality of healthcare. During my time in the facility, I have seen nursing practitioners and physicians share ideas and work in a productive manner towards ensuring that patients and concerned relations receive the best services.
The collaboration has also improved the position and reputation of the facility and as such, patients throng the facility to receive medical attention. It is momentous to allude that without collaboration among practitioners working in different disciplines, exchange of crucial ideas that augment service quality would not have transpired. In the words of Martin, Ummenhofer, Manser, and Spirig (2010), inter-professional collaboration is one of the best models of healthcare delivery that propels the quality of service and increases instances of patient satisfaction. As such, when practitioners in the medical facility where I practice implement inter-professional collaboration, I not only acquire the requisite skills that are crucial in service delivery, but I also enjoy my practice in the facility.
References
Bridges, D., Davidson, R., Odegard, P., Maki, I., & Tomkowiak, J. (2011).Interprofessional collaboration: Three best practice models of interprofessional education. Medical education online, 16(1), 1-20.
Martin, J., Ummenhofer, W., Manser, T., & Spirig, R. (2010). Interprofessional collaboration among nurses and physicians: Making a difference in patient outcome. Swiss Med Wkly, 140 (1), 1-10.
Sullivan, M., Kiovsky, R., Mason, D., Hill, C., & Dukes, C. (2015). Interprofessional collaboration and education. The American Journal of Nursing, 115(3), 47-54.