Standard 13. Collaboration

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Standard 13. Collaboration

• The registered nurse collaborates with healthcare
  consumers, family, and others in the conduct of
  nursing practice.

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Defining Collaboration

• Collaborate as a verb To work, one with
  another to cooperate especially in a joint
  effort toward a mutual goal.
• Collaboration as a noun The act of
  collaborating

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Collaboration in Nursing Practice

• Intraprofessional Nurse to nurse or within the
  profession
• Interprofessional Nurse to other professional
  or between the professions
• Transprofessional Across professions
• Multiprofessional Involving multiple professions
• Nursepatient, family, community, population
• Nurseagency

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Collaborative Reasoning

• A consensual approach towards
• The interpretation of examination findings the
  setting of goals and priorities
• Implementation and progression of treatment
• (Edwards, Jones, Higgs, Trede, Jensen, 2004)

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Collaborative Decision-making

• Ethical right to participate in decision-making
  that affects health.
• Ethical responsibility to obtain informed
  consents.
• Partnership in decision-making between nurses,
  other professionals, and patients, families,
  communities and/or populations.

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Common Elements of Collaboration

• Desire for all participants to work together
  towards a common purpose or goal.
• Belief that all participants are valued.
• Embrace the unique perspectives of all
  participants.
• A strong sense of purpose among participants.
• Intentional trust and shared responsibility among
  participants.

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Nursing Competencies in Collaboration
Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes

• Knowledge
• To assess ones collaboration expertise
• To understand the scope and roles of other
  professionals
• Skills 
• In communication to promote collaboration within
  interprofessional
• In commitment to lifelong learning and
  self-development
  ?

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Nursing Competencies Knowledge, Skills, and
Attitudes

• Attitudes
• Respect of the healthcare consumer central to the
  collaborative process
• Committed to conflict management and engagement