interprofessional collaboration and teamwork in health care organizations,

Interprofessional collaboration and teamwork in health care organizations,

Search the Capella library and Internet to locate scholarly and professional journal articles on the elements of an effective interprofessional health care team to use as support in this assessment.

Requirements

You have been asked to submit an article to be published in your organization’s newsletter. After careful deliberation, you have decided to address the topic of interprofessional collaboration and teamwork in health care organizations, and how teams can be successful. Your article should be 3–4 pages in length, not including the title page and references page. Format this assessment following APA guidelines.

Complete the following in your article:

·         Explain what is meant by the term interprofessional collaboration from a nursing perspective. (Do not simply copy a definition from a dictionary or other resource!)

·         Describe the characteristics and qualities of effective interprofessional teams in terms of patient care and safety.

·         Describe the benefits and limitations of interprofessional teams for health care organizations, members of a team, and patients.

·         Explain the challenges of working in an interprofessional team.

·         Describe strategies to help people come together to function effectively as a collaborative team.

·         Explain how interprofessional teams define success. Consider how the definition might change based on the types of situations the team was formed to handle.

Additional Requirements

·         Include a separate title page and references page.

·         Reference at least three current scholarly or professional resources.

·         Use APA format.

·         Use Times New Roman font, 12 point.

·         Double space.

·         Interprofessional Collaboration and Teamwork Scoring Guide
Interprofessional Collaboration and Teamwork Scoring Guide Grading Rubric
Criteria
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Explain the meaning of the term “interprofessional collaboration” from a nursing perspective.
Does not explain the meaning of the term “interprofessional collaboration.”
Provides a definition of the term “interprofessional collaboration” but does not explain it from a nursing perspective.
Explains the meaning of the term “interprofessional collaboration” from a nursing perspective.
Explains the meaning of the term “interprofessional collaboration” from a nursing perspective. Considers how it differs from interprofessional collaboration in other fields.
Describe the characteristics and qualities of effective interprofessional teams in terms of patient safety.
Does not describe the characteristics and qualities of effective interprofessional teams.
Lists the characteristics and qualities of effective interprofessional teams, or describes the characteristics and qualities of effective interprofessional teams, but not in terms of patient safety.
Describes the characteristics and qualities of effective interprofessional teams in terms of patient safety.
Describes the characteristics and qualities of effective interprofessional teams in terms of patient safety and explains how the characteristics and qualities contribute to patient safety.
Describe the benefits and limitations of interprofessional teams for health care organizations, interprofessional team members, and patients.
Does not describe the benefits and limitations of interprofessional teams for health care organizations, interprofessional team members, and patients.
Describes the benefits and limitations of interprofessional teams for health care organizations or interprofessional team members or patients, but not all three.
Describes the benefits and limitations of interprofessional teams for health care organizations, interprofessional team members, and patients.
Analyzes the benefits and limitations of interprofessional teams for health care organizations, interprofessional team members, and patients.
Explain the challenges of working in interprofessional teams.
Does not explain the challenges of working in interprofessional teams.
Lists the challenges of working in interprofessional teams.
Explains the challenges of working in interprofessional teams.
Explains the challenges of working in interprofessional teams and considers the implications for the patients of a team that fails to overcome challenges.
Describe strategies to help people work effectively together.
Does not describe strategies to help people work effectively together.
Lists strategies to help people work effectively together.
Describes strategies to help people work effectively together.
Compares strategies to help people work effectively together to determine the best ways to use the strategies.
Explain how interprofessional teams define success.
Does not explain how interprofessional teams define success.
Defines success but does not show a connection between the definition and interprofessional teams.
Explains how interprofessional teams define success.
Explains how interprofessional teams define success and explains how the definition may change depending on the team and the organization.
Write content clearly and logically, with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
Does not write content clearly, logically, or with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
Writes with errors in clarity, logic, grammar, punctuation, or mechanics.
Writes content clearly and logically, with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
Writes clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics; uses relevant evidence to support a central idea.
Correctly format paper, citations, and references using APA style.
Does not format paper, citations, and references using APA style.
Formats paper with errors in format style, citations, and references in using APA style.
Correctly formats paper, citations, and references using APA style. Citations contain few errors.
Correctly formats paper, citations, and references using APA style. Citations are free from all errors.