Introduction
I work in Catheterization Laboratory, carrying out tests and procedures like balloon angioplasty, stenting, and implanting pacemakers and defibrillators. In my workplace, teamwork is essential to ensure the best possible patient outcomes. We have many teams working together, like cardiologists and anesthesiologists, radiologists and doctors, technicians and nurses, to provide the best possible care at all times. It indicates the presence of interprofessional teams; however, a team function that could be improved is team communication. It is because we can do many procedures by ourselves, but if communication between different teams improved, patient outcomes would be much better. Interprofessional teamwork can improve patient outcomes and team function because health professionals work as a team to provide the best care possible.
Compassion
A nursing action item that can promote compassion in Catheterization Laboratory that could contribute to interprofessional team support is to be compassionate to all our patients regardless of their status. According to King et al. (2021), nurses should always be respectful and courteous to all patients in healthcare institutions. It might impact our unit’s culture by ensuring that all patients are treated respectfully. We have to ensure that no one is unhappy for any reason and that we treat everyone equally. It might positively influence patient outcomes by having a more positive atmosphere in the catheterization laboratory and ultimately caring for our patients. I could contribute to the interprofessional team by recommending interventions that consider individual and cultural issues concerning all patients. The recommendation will contribute to the culture of setting in the lab and positive patient results which can be achieved when a nurse demonstrates compassion the interventions include; acknowledging each patient’s desires and needs concerning health issues or personal problems while taking into account their abilities to make lifestyle choices.
Advocacy
In the Catheterization Laboratory setting, a nursing action item that can promote advocacy, which could contribute to interprofessional team support, is to help educate members of the Interprofessional Team on their role in providing patient care. It might impact an organization’s culture by providing the Interprofessional Team members with a more comprehensive understanding of their roles and responsibilities in providing patient care (McHugh et al., 2019). A possible impact on patient outcomes through this nursing action item is more efficient workload distribution by clarifying professional roles and responsibilities and communicating the importance of role clarity to ward staff. It will enable Interprofessional Team members to have more knowledge and skills to provide patient care. To promote advocacy, which could contribute to interprofessional team support, I suggest having personified dolls and making them sick, then encouraging the staff to advocate for their patients. It will contribute to advocacy by ensuring nurses and other healthcare professionals understand their role in providing patient care and communicate this knowledge to the rest of the interprofessional team.
Resilience
In order to confer to interprofessional team supported through resilience, one nursing action item in Cath Lab is to have nurses provide preoperative teaching to patients and families based on the Cath Lab flow chart. It might impact the culture of my organization by making it clear to nurses and staff what is done in the hospital. Flowcharts might impact patient outcomes by improving visual communication, which results in less information being missed in the laboratory (Stacey & Cook, 2019). To demonstrate a nursing actions showing resilience that will lead to interprofessional team support I can ensure that families and patients are provided with information prior to surgery to eliminate ambiguity and provide a tangible benefit. This action will enable me to achieve positive patient outcomes and grant to the culture in the laboratory.
Evidence-Based Practice
A nursing action item contributing to evidence-based practice in the Cath lab that could contribute to interprofessional team support is to act as a resource for EBP guidelines, tools and resources. It might impact the culture of my organization by imitating EBP guidelines and committing to working within the spirit of EBP. The possible impact on patient outcomes is the presence of a collaborative team to work through patient clinical goals and identify nursing interventions that best meet patient needs (Hellyar et al., 2019). I could contribute to the interprofessional team, the culture of my practice setting, and positive patient outcomes through evidence-based practice by having a flyer posted at every station with a list of all doctors’ names, locations, and phone numbers so that they are easily accessible for questions. It will promote interprofessional teamwork and patient outcomes by ensuring that staff can get questions answered quickly and easily.
Conclusion
To summarize, iCARE components can support interprofessional teams by improving the work environment and outcomes for all healthcare professionals involved within the Cath Lab. It can be done by enhancing the practical clinical skills of multidisciplinary professionals while recognizing positive individual differences among multidisciplinary team members. In addition, iCARE components can support interprofessional teams and patient outcomes by providing increased patient safety by involving multidisciplinary care teams in identifying key concepts and outcomes, the most vulnerable patient populations to improve the scope of the care team care. By having recent Multiple Mini Interviews (MMI) with my institution leaders I can impact procedures of supporting interprofessional teams in my organization to address the interprofessional team culture and the process of a case. This will enable me to learn examples of interprofessional teamwork and best practices by having education sessions with my leadership in my unit.
References
Hellyar, M., Madani, C., Yeaman, S., O’Connor, K., Kerr, K. M., & Davidson, J. E. (2019). Case study investigation decreases burnout while improving interprofessional teamwork, nurse satisfaction, and patient safety. Critical Care Nursing Quarterly, 42(1), 96-105. Web.
King, A. E., Gerolamo, A. M., Hass, R. W., Libros, S., & Forstater, A. T. (2021). Evaluation of an interprofessional team training program to improve the use of patient safety strategies among healthcare professions students. Journal of Allied Health, 50(3), 175-183. Web.
McHugh, S. K., Lawton, R., O’Hara, J. K., & Sheard, L. (2020). Does team reflexivity impact teamwork and communication in interprofessional hospital-based healthcare teams? A systematic review and narrative synthesis. BMJ quality & safety, 29(8), 672–683. Web.
Stacey, G., & Cook, G. (2019). A scoping review exploring how the conceptualization of resilience in nursing influences interventions aimed at increasing resilience. International Practice Development Journal, 9(1). Web.
