How does BSN education prepare you to become a more active member of the interprofessional team?
What communication skills develope as a result of education that improves practice and helps patients achieve better outcomes?
Visit the Future of Nursing Campaign for Action Website http://campaignforaction.org/ (Links to an external site.) Click on Resources. Check the box for Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration. Choose one of the postings underneath to read. Comment on how the information presented impacts use of effective communication.
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Interprofessional Communication and Collaboration for Improving Patient Health Outcomes
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Interprofessional Communication and Collaboration for Improving Patient Health Outcomes
A Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) takes four years to complete and often includes liberal courses to fulfill general education requirements specific to the nursing specialty. For several reasons, a BSN program can prepare the student to be a more active interprofessional team (Catalano, 2019). It provides students with knowledge and experience that contributes to a rich foundation of clinical judgment, physical assessment, patient-centered care, leadership, and others. These skills and abilities enable graduates to be part of a more active interprofessional team.
Communication is very important in nursing to enhance both interprofessional collaboration and to build a nurse-patient therapeutic relationship. BSN education improves students’ verbal communication skills (Catalano, 2019). Excellent verbal communication is the core to providing or passing accurate and honest information. Education also improves non-verbal communication skills that can improve a good relationship between the nurse and the patient (Catalano, 2019). It also improves active listening, written communication as well as presentation skills. Other communication skills such as empathy, compassion, and cultural awareness are also improved.
In the website provided, the article “Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity” presents information that impacts the use of effective communication (campaignforaction.org, n.d.). For instance, the article recommends that nurses initiate work to develop shared agenda for addressing social determinants of health. Collaboration and sharing ideas is one method of ensuring effective communication among professionals (campaignforaction.org, n.d.). The two elements (collaboration and shared ideas) will impact (improve) effective communication in healthcare organizations.
References
Catalano, J. (2019). Nursing Now: Today’s Issues, Tomorrow’s Trends. F.A. Davis Company.
campaignforaction.org. (n.d.). Future of Nursing 2030 draft action plans: Campaign for Action http://campaignforaction.org/